Arctic Council Repository
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council as a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
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Education and training in the Arctic: Identifying education and training needs for Arctic Indigenous Peoples
(2019-01)The University of the Arctic and Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat organized a panel to discuss education and training needs for Arctic Indigenous Peoples during the UArctic Congress 2018 in Oulu, Finland on ... -
Report: SAO plenary meeting
(2019-01)The SAOC welcomed delegates to the third plenary meeting of SAOs during the Chairmanship of Finland (2017-2019). He invited the two new Heads of Delegation for Bård Ivar Svendsen, and ICC, Dalee Sambo Dorough, to briefly ... -
Arctic Council Communications Strategy 2018
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-10)This new communications strategy for the Arctic Council replaces the updated strategy document approved in 2016. This strategy seeks to deploy the full range of Council resources to take on these new communications challenges. -
Statements from Rovaniemi 2018 Observer Special Session: Observer States
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)Statements from the Arctic Council Observer States at the SAO Meeting Observer Special Session in Rovaniemi, Finland 1-2 November 2018. -
Statements from Rovaniemi 2018 Observer Special Session: Observer Organizations
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The Observer Organizations' statements from the Observer Special Session during the Senior Arctic Official's Plenary meeting in Rovaniemi, November 2018. -
Presentations from Rovaniemi 2018 SAO Meeting
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)Slides from presentations held at the SAO Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland 31 October - 2 November 2018. Some of the topics include reports from the recent events such as Arctic Environment Ministers' Meeting, Arctic Biodiversity ... -
Participant list SAO meeting, 1-2 November 2018 Rovaniemi, Finland
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)Participant list of the SAO plenary meeting in Rovaniemi, Finalnd, 1-2 November 2018. -
EPPR Working Group Report to SAOs, November 2018 Rovaniemi
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)EPPR held its first meeting of 2018 in Helsinki, Finland on June 5-7. 65 participants attended representing the Arctic States, one Permanent Participant (AIA), one Working Group (PAME), four observer states (Italy, Singapore, ... -
PAME Summary Progress Report SAO Meeting 1-2 November 2018, Rovaniemi, Finland
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)PAME’s 2nd biannual meeting of 2018 (PAME II-2018) was held at the facilities of the Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University in Vladivostok, Russia from 1-4 October following pre-meetings of PAME’s five thematic expert ... -
Meeting Summary Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) Rovaniemi, Finland, 29-30 October 2018
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The third regular meeting of the SDWG under the Finnish Chairmanship took place at Rovaniemi, Finland, on 29-30 October 2018. -
Report of the 1st Arctic Resilience Forum, 10-11 September 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The level of awareness as well as overall readiness for addressing climate and other environmental changes and their linkages to human development has markedly increased in recent years. This has been demonstrated, among ... -
EGBCM Chair's Summary & annex 1
(2018-11)The Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane (EGBCM) held its fifth meeting in Helsinki, Finland on 20-21 September 2018. Mikael Hildén (Finland) chaired the meeting. Participants included six Arctic States (Canada, Finland, ... -
Connectivity in the Arctic Discussion paper
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The Task Force on Improved Connectivity (TFICA) started its work in Helsinki in November 2017, where the Task Force held its first meeting. Since then the Task Force has had two other meetings. The second meeting was in ... -
Recommendations by the Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation II for complementary enhancements of the Arctic Council institutions including the SAO based mechanism to coordinate marine issues in the Arctic Council
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation (TFAMC, Task Force I), that worked in 2015-2017 was established with the general aim of enhancing Arctic marine cooperation. During the cause of discussions in the Task Force the ... -
Chair’s Summary of the Arctic Environment Ministers’ meeting
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)Finland organized the Arctic Environment Ministers’ meeting (AEMM) between the eight Arctic States and the six Permanent Participants representing the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, on 11–12 ... -
Cover note by the Chairmanship – Thematic discussion: biodiversity in the Arctic
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The Working Groups will in the SAO meeting 2 November present their activities that promote Actions for Arctic Biodiversity 2013-21. CAFF has prepared a background memorandum (see attached) summarizing the content of the ... -
Memorandum to Senior Arctic Officials 24/9/2018 for information and guidance Thematic discussion: biodiversity in the Arctic
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)This memo provides background to the Thematic discussion on biodiversity in the Arctic at the SAO meeting, Nov 1-2, Rovaniemi. The SAOs will discuss how the Arctic Council should through implementation of the recommendations ... -
Amarok (Arctic Council tracking tool)
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)Amarok, Arctic Council Tracking Tool, submitted to the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Rovaniemi, November 2018. -
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation Report on the Arctic Council Project Support Instrument to the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials’ meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, 31-October - 2 November, 2018. Version 11 October 2018.
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)Nordic Environment Finance Corporation Report on the Arctic Council Project Support Instrument to the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials’ meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, 31-October - 2 November 2018. Version 11 October 2018 -
Arctic Biodiversity Congress Bulletin
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2018-11)The Arctic Biodiversity Congress was held from 9-12 October 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The Congress was hosted and arranged by the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group of the Arctic Council, and the ...
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