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Who is Who ? An overview of international Arctic organizations Volker Rachold, International Arctic Science Committee Craig Tweedie, University of Texas.

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1 Who is Who ? An overview of international Arctic organizations Volker Rachold, International Arctic Science Committee Craig Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso

2 There are so many – how to present this overview? Need selection criteria! Organizations, programmes and initiatives No research projects Focus on international, circum-Arctic coordination Not on 3 yr cycles

3 There are still quite a few – how to structure this overview ? Need categories! International Arctic organizations (a) Governmental (b) Non-governmental (c) In between Global organizations with Arctic component National and bi-lateral Arctic organisations with international focus International programmes and initiatives

4 International Arctic organizations (a) Governmental - 1 Working Groups The Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Permanent Participants Aleut International Association (AIA) Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) Gwich'in Council International (GCI) Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) Saami Council Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) Indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS) www.arctic-council.org Arctic Council www.arctic-council.org

5 International Arctic organizations (a) Governmental - 2 Conference of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region www.arcticparl.org Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers www.norden.org Northern Forum (NF) www.northernforum.org

6 International Arctic organizations (b) Non-governmental International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) www.iasc.se Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) www.arctic.noaa.gov/aro/pag International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA) www.iasc.se/isira Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) www.aosb.org European Polar Board (EPB) www.esf.org/epb International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) www.iassa.gl Climate and Crysphere (CliC) clic.npolar.no International Permafrost Association (IPA) www.geo.uio.no/ipa

7 International Arctic organizations (c) In between Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO) www.faro-arctic.org IASC Regional Board (IASC RB) www.iasc.se Northern Research Forum (NRF) www.nrf.is

8 Global organizations with Arctic component International Council for Science (ICSU) www.icsu.org World Meteorological Organization (WMO) www.wmo.ch UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) www.unesco.org UN Environment Programme (UNEP) www.unep.org World Wildlife Fund (WWF) www.wwf.org + several daughters…

9 National and bi-lateral Arctic organisations with international focus Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) – USA www.arcus.org International Arctic Research Center (IARC) – US/Japan www.iarc.uaf.edu Otto Schmidt Laboratory (OSL) – Russian/German www.otto.nw.ru Fram Climate Research Laboratory (FAL) – Russian/Norwegian www.fram.nw.ru Arctic Institute of North America – Canada/USA www.arctic.ucalgary.ca Arctic Centre – Finland www.arcticcentre.org

10 International programmes and initiatives International Polar Year (IPY) www.ipy.org 2 nd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II) www.icarp.dk Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) www.amap.no/acia Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR) www.svs.is/ahdr Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) www.assw2006.de International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) / Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) www.arcus.org/search University of the Arctic (UArctic) www.uarctic.org

11 2004 200520062007200820092010 IPY (Joint Committee WMO, ICSU) Assessments: ACIA, AHDR AC, IASC AC ICARP II ISAC/SEARCH Ongoing research = ASSW (IASC, AOSB, EPB, PAG, FARO) IPY Planning PlanningSnapshot Long-term Implementation IASC and partners IASC, AOSB WMO, ICSU Assessments ? AC, IASC ACIA follow-up AC, IASC ACIA follow-up

12 Anything important missing? Please let us know! 5:45 p.m. – Poster Session: Presenting a wide range of Arctic research, education, and outreach activities

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