Governmental organisations in the Arctic

Arctic policy
Arctic policy priorities differ: every Arctic nation is concerned about sovereignty and defense, resource development, shipping routes, and environmental protection.
Several boundary and resource disputes in the Arctic remain unsolved, there is remarkable conformity of stated policy directives among
Arctic nations toward peace and
cooperation in the region.

Arctic Council
The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum for promoting cooperation, coordination, and interaction among the Arctic States.
Eight member countries:
- Canada,
- the Kingdom of Denmark
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Russia
- Sweden
- the United States

Arctic Council

Arctic Council
- April 29, 2009: a task force to create an international Search & Rescue (SAR) instrument for the Arctic
Nuuk, Greenland, May 12, 2011: ministers signed a Search & Rescue agreement, the Arctic Council's first law-bound treaty
- April 24, 2015: a Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation was created to consider future needs for cooperation on Arctic marine issues.

Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
- CPAR is a parliamentary body comprising delegations appointed by the national parliaments of the Arctic states and the European Parliament.
The conference also includes Indigenous peoples groups as Permanent Participants, and observers.
The conference meets every two years.
Between conferences the Arctic parliamentary cooperation is carried on by a Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region

International Maritime Organization
IMO was established in 1948 to develop and maintain a comprehensive regulatory framework for shipping.

Regional Arctic
Cooperative Organizations
The Nordic Council of Ministers is the inter-governmental body: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the autonomous territories of Åland Islands (Finland), Faroe Islands (Denmark) and Greenland (Denmark).
Barents Euro-Arctic Council is the forum for intergovernmental cooperation in the Barents Region (1993) to "provide impetus to existing cooperation and consider new initiatives and proposals”.
Pacific Northwest Economic Region: Arctic Caucusa –a loose alliance between Alaska and the Canadian Territories of Northern Territories and the Yukon. Members include legislators, government officials, business and nonprofit leaders.