• Canada
  
• Canadian Arctic Policy in English

• Denmark / Greenland / Faroe Islands
• Danish Arctic Policy

• Finland
• Finland´s Arctic Strategy in Finnish and in English

• Iceland
• Icelandic Arctic Policy In Icelandic and A Parliamentary Resolution on Iceland´s Arctic Policy in English.

• Norway
• Norwegian Arctic Policy - Full text in English and Russian, Summaries in French and German

• Sweden
• Sweden Arctic Policy

• The Russian Federation
• Russian Arctic Policy in Russian

• The United States
• U.S Arctic Policy in English

The category of Permanent Participant provides for the active participation and full consultation with the arctic indigenous representatives within the Arctic Council. Two new organizations were approved as Permanent Participants at the October 2000 Barrow Ministerial, bringing the total to six.

The Arctic Council is equally open to other arctic organizations of indigenous peoples with a majority of arctic indigenous constituency representing:
- a single indigenous people resident in more than one Arctic State or
- more than one arctic indigenous people resident in a single Arctic State.

• Aleut International Association (AIA)

• Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC)

• Gwich'in Council International (GCI)

• Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)

• Russian Arctic Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)

• Saami Council

The scientific work of the Arctic Council is carried out in six expert working groups focusing on such issues as monitoring, assessing and preventing pollution in the Arctic, climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, emergency preparedness and prevention in addition to the living conditions of the Arctic residents.

• Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP)

• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

• Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

• Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)

• Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)

• Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)

Observer status in the Arctic Council is open to: a. Non-arctic states; b. inter-governmental and inter-parliamentary organizations, global and regional; and c. non-governmental organizations.

International organizations

• World Concervation Union (IUCN)
• North Atlantic Marine mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
• Nordic Council of Ministers (NCoM)
• Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)  
• Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE)
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP-GRID/Arendal)

 Non-arctic states

France

Germany

Poland

Spain

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

Non-governmental organizations

• Advisory Committee on Protection of the Seas (ACOPS)
• Arctic Circumpolar Route
• Association of World Reindeer Herders (AWRH)

• Circumpolar Conservation Union (CCU)

• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

• International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
• International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH)
• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
• Northern Forum
• University of the Arctic (UArctic)
• WWF Arctic
  

The Arctic Council Secretariat supports the Chair of the Arctic Council. In the past, the location of the Secretariat was rotated biennually with the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Prior to their consecutive chairmanship periods, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden made a joint agreement to share the Secretariat,for the duration of their chairmanship periods. Norway held the chairmanship from 2006-spring 2009; Denmark from 2009-2011; and Sweden from 2011-2013.

The Secretariat is hosted by the Norwegian Polar Institute located at the Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway. The Fram Centre houses many Arctic institutions and companies focusing on environmental research and cooperation in the Arctic.

Secretariat Staff:

Nina Buvang Vaaja
Head of Secretariat
Phone: +47 77 75 01 43
Mobile: +47 91 70 97 93
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Tordis Villinger
Senior Advisor
Office Manager
Phone: +47 77 75 01 42
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Website, office management, conference logistics

Lev Levit
Russian Language Advisor
Translator
Phone: +47 77 75 01 47
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Website, translation

Linnea Nordström
Information Officer
Phone: +47 77 75 01 44
Mobile: +47 94 87 88 98
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Website, communication