European Polar Board
Budget
€431,417
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
2.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The European Polar Board (EPB) is an independent organisation focused on major strategic priorities in the Arctic and Antarctic. EPB Members include research institutes, logistics operators, funding agencies, scientific academies and government ministries from across Europe. The EPB’s vision is of a strong and cohesive European Polar research community, wherein decisions affecting or affected by the Polar Regions are informed by independent, accurate, and timely advice from the EPB. The EPB has a mission to improve European coordination in Arctic and Antarctic research through improved information sharing, optimised infrastructure use and joint initiatives between Members. The EPB promotes multilateral collaborative activities between our Members and provides a single contact point for the European Polar research community as a whole for international partners. The EPB advances the collective knowledge of Polar issues, particularly in the context of European societal relevance.
EU Legislative Interests
The EPB co-coordinates EU Polar Cluster, a network of collaborative polar projects funded by the European Commission and also participates in several EU-funded polar research projects (OCEAN:ICE, SO-CHIC, INTERACT III, Arctic PASSION, EU-PolarNet 2, POLARIN).
Communication Activities
Policy briefings, webinars and conference sessions and exhibitions (ASSW, Arctic Circle Assembly, SCAR, All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum). The EPB with EU-PolarNet 2 and EU Polar Cluster organised a webinar ‘The new Arctic Policy and Research & Innovation” that discussed the new strategy & effects on future research with EU representatives. The webinar introduced the new Arctic Policy to the EU Polar science community, discussed the role of Research & Innovation in the new strategy and to see how R&I projects can contribute to the Policy objectives. A recording of the webinar can be viewed on the EPB YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W1V6cUDo00
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
EPB has an MoU with European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA), Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), European Space Agency (ESA), Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). Details are given on the EPB website https://www.europeanpolarboard.org/about-us/agreements/
Organisation Members
The list of EPB Members is given here: https://www.europeanpolarboard.org/about-us/membership/ The list of projects that EPB participates in is given here: https://www.europeanpolarboard.org/projects/
Additional Information
The income information provided in 14 b includes ADVANCE payments from projects ArcticPASSION (€71,103), OCEAN - ICE(€59,128) and SO-CHIC (€70,586). The annual accounts of the European Polar Board are always made available online as a part of the requirements of being a Dutch Organisation of Public Benefit (ANBI - Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) status. These are available here: https://www.europeanpolarboard.org/about-us/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.