The Nordic Strategy launched in mid-2021 outlines Ireland’s relationship and engagement in the Arctic, including the aspiration of Observer status to the Arctic Council. This includes our commitment to sustain and increase engagement with organisations focusing on Arctic issues, including:
- Continued official and scientific engagement on Arctic issues including active participation at significant Arctic conferences, like Arctic Frontiers and the Arctic Circle Assembly.
- Contributing to Arctic Council working groups (PAME, CAFF, etc) through direct or indirect engagement via OSPAR.
- Support for EU engagement based on new EU Arctic strategy.
- Further engagement with the OSPAR (Oslo and Paris) Commission and support for the Network of Arctic Researchers in Ireland in exploring networking opportunities with Nordic counterparts
- Active engagement with the Northern Periphery and Arctic Area Programme which promotes inter-regional cooperation on shared challenges and opportunities.
Our Embassies in the Nordics are also engaging with Saami Representative Parliaments and organisations in order to deepening our links with these communities that live in the Arctic region.
The impact of Arctic issues for Ireland are as pertinent as ever (climate change, ocean, marine, biodiversity etc.) and Ireland seeks to continue to enhance our engagement with the region in the period ahead.
The future: Ireland remains interested in Arctic issues, and we will seek to engage on these in the period ahead, particularly as we implement the Nordic Strategy. DFA works closely with the Network of Arctic Researchers in Ireland (NARI) in this regard. DFA has, together with the Marine Institute, supported NARI in staging a highly successful panel event with Irish researchers at the Arctic Circle Assembly conference in Reykjavik on 13 October 2022. Ireland also had high-level engagement at the Arctic Frontiers Conference held in Tromsø in May. The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Marine Institute supports and funds Irish participation in the Emerging Leaders program run by Arctic Frontiers. Through the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Ireland is currently co-chairing the Arctic Outcomes Working Group (AOWG) on OSPAR.
- Name of organisation
- Marine Institute
- Type of organisation
- National authority
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversityPrevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersOcean and waters knowledge systemPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 25000
- Basin coverage
- Atlantic/Arctic coast
- Website link
- info@nari.ie
- Country
- Ireland