Advancing Elderly People's Agency and Inclusion in the Changing Arctic and Nordic Welfare System (AEPA-Wel)
The AEPA-Wel project addresses the well-being and social inclusion of the growing proportion of e...
Arctic Pedagogy in Teacher Education II
The project aims to support and equip future teachers in the North with knowledge, skills and att...
ECONOR IV - The Economy of the North 2020
This project aims to produce an ECONOR IV – Economy of the North 2020 report. This will follow ...
Training of Arctic indigenous youth for Arctic Biodiversity Change
The objective of this project is to increase awareness and capacity of Sámi youth of the natural...
Sámi SDG Portal
The main focus in this project is to support the Saami Council, a Sámi NGO, to engage with the S...
Nordic Arctic Rehabilitation
The purpose of this project is to facilitate knowledge sharing about increasing rehabilitation ef...
Implementation of SDGs in the Nordic Arctic
The aim of the project is to generate knowledge on the local experiences with the implementation ...
North Entrepreneurs
This project is about addressing the need for local innovation in the bioeconomy of the Artic, fo...
Natural Hazards and Tourism
This project has been initiated by Asiaq and aims to educate tourists about the natural hazards e...
Arctic Opportunity Explorers
The project builds on previous work from the Educating Arctic Entrepreneurs project. The proposa...
Agents for the New North
The objective of this project is to support young people’s capacity building, to mobilize Nordi...
Establishing user feedback and training mechanisms in the Arctic Regional Climate Centre’s Nordic Node
Information on climate change in the Arctic is an urgent issue and the project addresses this. It...
Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities
The project is developed on the idea of building partnership and addressing inequality while invi...
Sustainable Nursing in the Circumpolar North
The project Sustainable Nursing in the Circumpolar North aimed to have a summer school for the st...
Launching the New Arctic Kitchen
The project builds on previous projects within the same area developing Arctic food, promotion of...
Understanding ageing, gender and ethnicity: Experiences from European Arctic (AGE-Arctic)
The project was started at the Unit of Gender Studies, established by the University of Lapland. ...
From Data to Decision: Harnessing the Power of Arctic Biodiversity Data Visualization to Track the Sustainable Development Goals and Other Targets
The project is led by CAFF, which is the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council and con...
eXchanging Knowledge 2017-2018
This is a two-year project that got funded by the Nordic Arctic Cooperation Programme in 2017 wit...
Peas - a genetic resource for sustainable protein production in the Arctic
The aim of this project is to identify how genetic resources related to peas can be adapted for ...
Desktop Study on Marine Litter including Microplastics in the Arctic
This project addresses what can be done at the local and regional level to stop the destruction o...
Invasive alien species in the Arctic
- Development and implementation of technological information platforms to travellers in Arctic a...
Nordic Regional Youth Camp
- Young Eyes on Sustainability in the Arctic Dimension
The main purpose of this project is to ...
Arctic Marine Best Practice Information Forum on the IMO Polar Code
– 2nd Annual Meeting and Web-Portal
The project aims at creating a network of all those invo...
Nordic roots of Arctic Cooperation
The project covers University of the Arctic activities during the UArctic Congress 2018, an event...
The China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC)
- pioneering Nordic synergies in international Arctic cooperation
The project has as its key o...
Inspiring Arctic voices through youth: Arctic Biodiversity Youth Summit
The main objective of this project is to create a network of youth that will build capacity and k...
Promoting sustainable student entrepreneurship in the Arctic
- a Nordic network collaboration on Arctic student entrepreneurship with a holistic perspective o...
Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic
The project aim is to investigate ways to develop sustainable tourism in the Arctic and make Arct...
Partnership for Sustainability
- Arctic Tourism in Times of Change
This project is grown out of the University of the Arctic...
North Atlantic Food and Tourism Cluster Network
- food event at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2018
The aim of the project is to inspire policy de...
Arctic Wood NetWORK (AWNW)
The project aims to increase opportunities for local craft entrepreneurs to live from sustainable...
Arctic Coastal Adaptation
– Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange Across Borders
The overall aim of this proposed p...
Arctic Leader Summit 2019
The Arctic Leaders Summit (ALS) is a high-level political gathering of indigenous leaders in the ...
Arctic Indigenous Digital Talent Hub
The goal of the project is to build Digital Talent Hubs & Virtual Reality environments in ind...
Arctic User Knowledge Network: From Local to Global
The project will initiate transatlantic cooperation, giving fishermen and other resource users a ...
Nordic Snow Network (NordSnowNet)
The project aims at establishing a Nordic Snow Network in five meteorological institutes.
Snow...
Local Knowledge in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
The project aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience on the engagement of indi...
Arctic Marine Tourism: Shipping analysis and Best Practices Guidelines
The project Arctic Marine Tourism: Shipping analysis and best practices Guidelines will seek to b...
Workshop: Follow-up on State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report
Arctic ecosystems are changing at an increasing rate as a result of climate change and human impa...
Gender Equality in the Arctic – Phase III
The purpose and objective of the project are to raise visibility and understanding of the importa...
EALLU - Food Innovation Leadership 2019-2021
As a sub-project of the Arctic Council EALLU initiative, the applied project will develop and imp...
Intensive aquaculture and sustainable regional development in the Arctic region – From controversy to dialogue (AquaLog)
The overall objective is to establish a network project to:
– identify factors and forces th...
Sustainable Seaweed Harvest in Greenland (SUSHi)
Ecologically and economically sustainable seaweed harvesting in Greenland is facilitated by 1) th...
The 2015 Arctic Energy Summit: Energy in a Lasting Frontier
The 2015 Arctic Energy Summit: Energy in a Lasting Frontier (AES 2015) is a multi-disciplinary ev...
Healthy Food and Lifestyle Choices
The main aim of this project is to contribute to a more healthy diet in a changing Arctic by brin...
Arctic Ship Traffic data Project – Development of a circumpolar Arctic shipping database (Phase 2)
The main source of shipping activity data is by access to use the information collected by the Au...
Arctic Shipping Data Service – Development of a circumpolar Arctic shipping database
The Arctic Shipping Data Service (ASDS) is an initiative responding to increased attention and ac...
Values from Waste
The “Values from wastes” project is collaboration between the Arctic areas of North Iceland, ...
Sustainable Communities and the Legacy of Mining in the Nordic Arctic
The overall objective of the project is to investigate how the legacies of mining have impacted c...
Advancing Elderly People’s Agency and Inclusion in the Changing Arctic and Nordic Welfare
This project will increase our understanding of, and support for, the wellbeing, agency, and incl...
Recognising indigenous rights and local Perspectives on Arctic
The aim of this project is to fill a gap in knowledge on questions of local people’s rights and...
Arctic Youth and Sustainable Futures
This project seeks to understand what are the most strategic investments in human capital and cap...
Arctic Health and Wellness Workshop
In January 2016, a group of Arctic health scholars, health professionals, youth, elders and heale...
Preventing Suicide in Sápmi
The projects main objectives are to disseminate knowledge about suicides and suicides prevention ...
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA)
The Arctic countries have common challenges and interests linked to future changes in climate and...
Arctic women conference
The project aims at arranging an Arctic Women’s Conference to continue cooperation between wome...
ECONOR III – The Economy of the North
The purpose of ECONOR III is to provide an updated overview issue of the economy, living conditio...
Cooperation in the Area of Climate Change Mitigation in the Barents Region
The main objective of the project is to determine the overall potential, opportunities and the ma...
Our Nature, Our Food, Our Future – a project on food as bearer of culture and identity in the Arctic
Through a three-legged approach under the theme ‘Our Nature, Our Food, Our Future’, the proje...
Marine Resource Governance in the Arctic
This project aims to promote sustainability of the marine resources and the environments that sup...
Infectious Zoonotic Diseases Transmissible from harvested Wildlife to humans in the European Arctic (ZORRO)
Documented contaminant related effect on the immune system and altered dispersal of animals due t...
Facilitating use of Nordic plant genetic resources: Evaluating the Nordic Red Clover Collection for Arctic breeding
The main aim of this project is to increase the use of plant genetic resources by directly channe...
Reconstructing stock size of Norwegian spring spawning herring and blue whiting during the 19th –20th century (HERCENT)
In this project, the population size of NVG herring and blue whiting is estimated back to the 18...
State of the Arctic Freshwater biodiversity report
The CBMP-Freshwater Plan was endorsed by the CAFF board in 2012 and represents an agreement among...
Needs for restoration of Water bodies in the Barents region
This project aims to investigate the needs for restoration of water bodies in different regions o...
Seabird harvest in the North Atlantic
The project wants to highlight and raise awareness of the importance of sea birds and sea birds c...
Wastewater treatment in Nordic Arctic Areas; Northern Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland – is it sufficient?
The discharge of wastewater from the areas of the Nordic Arctic has not been regarded as a big is...
Arctic Marine Protected and Important Areas: Phase 2: Conducting a gap analysis and making use of new information and analytical tools
The Arctic Council has recognized that the Arctic environment needs to be protected as a basis fo...
Arctic Marine Protected and Important Areas: Phase 1: harmonisation and integration of information
The Arctic Council has recognised that the Arctic environment needs to be protected as a basis fo...
Monitoring mercury (Hg) in the border area of Norway, Finland, Russia
Mercury (Hg) continues to present risks to Arctic wildlife and human populations. Mercury is also...
Telling the Story of Indigenous Peoples in a Changing Arctic
The Arctic Council will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2016. One of its unique and most import...
The Future of the North. Sustainability of Nordic countries
The aim of the project is to bring scholars from the Nordic region, who will work together with r...
Nordic educational platform on the environment in the Arctic
The project’s aim is to make comprehensive training materials available in the Arctic regions o...
Teaching sustainable use of energy & raw materials in an environment affected by climate change
A sustainable use of natural resources such as renewable energy and raw materials require knowled...
Climate Change Teaching in Greenland
The goal of the project is to promote education in the Greenlandic community and enhance knowledg...
Environment, Climate and Nature in the Arctic. Education in and from a Nordic perspective
The project is intended to make comprehensive training materials available in the Arctic regions...
Arctic Council EALLU: Reindeer Herding Youth and Adaptation to Climate Change
Future sustainability of Sámi reindeer husbandry might face major challenges related to the rapi...
Joint Saami and Inuit Youth Capacity Building Project
The project aims at setting up a one-year study programme for 6 Saami and 2 Greenlandic students...
