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Item EPPR Working Group Meeting Reports(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-12-01) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR); ACSThis entry contains archived Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group (EPPR) meeting reports since 2005. Please note, that some gaps in the archive remain, as EPPR secretariat used to rotate with the chairing state, until the establishment of the Arctic Council Secretariat. EPPR was established in 1991 as a part of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy, and in the beginning met once a year, until a practice to meet twice a year in a plenary setting was adopted. EPPR Expert Groups meet as they see fit. In case you are in possession of earlier EPPR meeting reports or other material, and would like to add them into the archive, please contact eppr@arctic-council.org.Item Radiation (RAD) Expert Group Mandate(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2019-12) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)The function of the RAD Expert Group is to facilitate the implementation of the EPPR mandate and strategic plan framework with regard to radiological and nuclear emergencies.Item EPPR Strategic Plan(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2016-03-16) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)EPPR is assigned the responsibility for maintaining the Operational Guidelines that implement the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic (MOSPA) to which all Arctic Council countries are signatories. EPPR also supports the Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Arctic by addressing relevant lessons learned from SAR exercises and real incidents. EPPR strives to be the premier international forum for collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response issues in order to advance risk mitigation and improve response capacity and capabilities in the Arctic.Item Marine Environmental Response (MER) Experts Group Mandate(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-06-29) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)The MER Experts Group’s purpose is to focus specifically on promoting the implementation of the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic (MOSPA) and its Operational Guidelines in order to ensure accuracy and effectiveness.Item Search and Rescue (SAR) Experts Group Mandate(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-06-29) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)The SAR EG reports to the EPPR as a guiding body. The group`s purpose is to facilitate high-level, intergovernmental discourse on Arctic SAR issues and to ensure the implementation of the Arctic SAR agreement.