C o o p e rat i o n w i t h ot h e r
04 O rg a n i z at i o n s
4.1
Cooperation with other Organizations
- Overview
Volker Rachold
ited financial resources, and to avoid duplication of
efforts, IASC has always strived for close cooperation with other groups interested in Arctic research.
Today IASC maintains excellent relations with many
other polar and global science organizations.
With the goals to develop and stimulate shared initiatives that are of high interest to the broader Arc-
Council from its very beginning, and in this function
tic research community, to make better use of lim-
Table 1
IASC has been an accredited observer of the Arctic
it is in the position to provide independent scientific
List of Formal Partnership Agreements
Organization
Type
Signed
Comment
Jointly with
SCAR
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
(APECS)
MoU
2008
renewed 2013
Circumpolar Health Research Network (CirchNet)
LoA
2011
European Polar Board (EPB)
MoU
2014
Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)
MoU
2013
International Arctic
Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
LoA
2008
renewed 2013
International Association
of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)
LoA
2008
renewed 2013
International Council
for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)
MoU
2011
International Permafrost Association (IPA)
MoU
2009
renewed 2014
Pacific Arctic Group (PAG)
LoA
2009
renewed 2014
Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research (SCAR)
LoA
2006
renewed 2011
University of the Arctic (UArctic)
LoA
2011
Jointly with
IASSA
World Climate Research Program (WCRP)
Climate and Cryosphere (CliC)
MoU
2008
renewed 2013
Jointly with
SCAR
MoU: Memorandum of Understanding
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LoA: Letter of Agreement
MoA: Memorandum of Agreement
Jointly with
SCAR
Jointly with
SCAR