Observers | Arctic Portal

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