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The INTERACT program under EU FP7 has Transnational Access program that offers access to 18 research stations in Northernmost Europe and Russian Federation including:
- Free access for user groups/users to research facilities and field sites, including support for travel and logistic support
- Free access to information and data in the public domain held at the infrastructures
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The European Commission is pleased to inform that Mrs. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, has announced on 21 June 2011 the new name for the future EU funding programme for research and innovation: "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation". It will enter into force on 1st January 2014, after the end of FP7 on 31 Dec 2013.
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The summer edition of the IASC is available. This Progress edition covers:
- Indian Research in the Arctic: Collaborative Research on Ny-Ålesund
- From Carl Weyprecht to the Future Polar Research Institute - A Long History of Austrian Activities in the Arctic
- Czech Contributions to Polar Science
- The Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) project, and
- ...much, much more
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A Radio show about the Arctic was on the China Radio International (CRI) called "Beyond Bejing". The CRI is the only overseas broadcaster in the People's Republic of China and is owned and operated by the state. The CRI is one of the "three central media organizations in China" along with China National Radio (CNR) and China Central Television (CCTV).
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A conference about the "Arctic in Transition" will be held 3rd and 4th of October 2011. The conference is a collaboration between the Centre Jacques Cartier (France), ArcticNet (University Laval) and the Northern Research Forum (University of the Arctic and University of Lapland).
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A new publication about Border Studies is now available, "The Ashgate Research Companion to Border Studies".
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The IPY 2012 Conference From Knowledge to Action is taking place in Montreal, Canada April 22-27, 2012 and will be one of the largest and most important scientific conferences for polar science and climate change, impacts and adaptation. The Call for Abstracts for oral and poster presentations is now open.
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The eight Arctic states – Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the USA – are responding to recent environmental, (geo)political and (geo)economic changes, and challenges of globalization.
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Registration for the 6th NRF Open Assembly is now open. The 6th NRF Open Assembly will be held at Hotel Örk in Hveragerdi,south Iceland.
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The Arctic Frontiers (AFT) conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development.
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The EU-ARCTIC FORUM, established in 2010, provides the European Parliament a platform on all issues with regard to the Arctic, facilitating exchange and input of information as well as interlinking the fragmented debates on the Arctic within the EU.
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The seventh The International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) that was held in the town of Akureyri, Iceland the days of 22nd – 26th of june is thought to be a great success.