The PAME-II 2020 meeting will be held online as a virtual meeting via PAME's GoToMeeting System.
The next PAME Working Group Meeting (PAME II-2020) and its associated expert pre-meetings will be held online from 15-25 September 2020. We will be using PAME‘s GoToMeeting System. Below are details on the aim and schedule of the meeting.
The aim of this Meeting is to discuss and make progress on any outstanding issues in projects/deliverable documents for 2021 Ministerial, including
- Leads on respective activities to provide summary status on progress to date in accordance with the PAME I-2020 Records of Decisions and the PAME 2019-2021 Work Plan and propose timelines to finalize respective activities/projects for deliverables to the 2021 Ministerial meeting (May 2021).
- Agree on updates/timelines for the next SAO meeting 28-30 October 2020 to include a list of planned deliverables for the April 2020 Ministerial meeting.
- Compile proposed activities and projects for possible inclusion into the PAME Work Plan 2021-2023 to include draft content, new proposed projects and indications of lead/co-leads. The AMSP 2015-2025 Implementation Plan can be used as a framework.
- Agree on timelines/milestones of actions and activities needed up to May 2021 Ministerial meeting to include the final draft of the PAME Work Plan 2021-2023 and inputs to the SAO Report to Ministers as per guidance from the Arctic Council/Iceland‘s Chairmanship.
Documents requiring decisions from this meeting should be distributed 30 days in advance, or by 28 August 2020 in accordance with the Arctic Council’s Working Groups Common Operating Guidelines.
Leads on respective activities are requested to prepare for this meeting in accordance with the PAME Work Plan 2019-2021 and Records of Decisions from the PAME I-2020 meeting.
PAME II-2020 Guidelines for online participation
Pre-meeting Documents
PAME II-2020 Pre-Meetings Schedule and Logistics 15-22 SepOrder of PAME pre-meeting/expert group events:
- Project leads provide a brief overview status (5 min) on their respective projects and a proposed process and timeline to finalize for the 2021 Ministerial meeting.
- Participants will be invited to provide input and pose questions either verbally or in writing via the GoToMeeting chat function.
- Participants will be invited to submit a project plan proposal for the PAME 2021-2023 Work Plan in advance of the meeting for consideration during the pre-meeting. This should include:
- A project plan in writing
- A proposed timeline seeking approval for the project.
- Project-leads (both existing and new project proposals) provide in writing, to respective pre- meeting co-chairs, suggested text on their projects for inclusion to the Records of Decisions (RoDs) at the end of the first day.
- Pre-meeting co-chairs develop draft RoDs and send out to participants for their review and comments.
- Pre-meeting co-chairs attend the PAME II-2020 HoDs meeting on behalf of their respective expert groups and provide a brief overview of discussions and submit their RoDs.
MPA Expert Group (Plenary agenda 4): 15 and 16 September
- Co-Chairs: Elizabeth McLanahan/USA and Jan Ekebom/Finland
- Tuesday 15 September and Wednesday 16 September: 13.00-16.00 (GMT, 3 hours)
- (09.00 North America east coast/13noon ICE/15:00 NOR, SWE, KoD/16.00 FIN, Moscow)
- PAME‘s GoToMeeting System #1
PAME II-2020 MPA pre-meeting agenda (15-16 Sep)
Agenda 4.1.1:ArcNet 2-pager
Agenda 4.1.2: MPA Factsheets
- Annotation to Agenda Item 4.2
- Factsheet: Food Security text, draft
- Factsheet: MPA's text, draft
- Factsheets Draft Proposed timeline
- Background document: UK factsheet layout example
Agenda 4.1.3:
Agenda 4.1.4: Progress report on Modelling Arctic Oceanographic Connectivity
Presentations:
- ArcNet - An Arctic OCean Network of Priority Areas for Conservation (WWF Arctic Programme)
- “Changing Arctic” Fact Sheet Project“Changing Arctic” Fact Sheet Project (Zac Cannizzo & Tori Luu - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))
- Modelling Arctic oceanographic connectivity
MPA Pre-meeting Registrations (37)
Shipping Expert Group (Plenary Agenda 6): 17 and 18 September
- Co-chairs: Peter Oppenheimer/USA and Drummond Fraser/Canada
- Thursday 17 September and Friday 18 September: 13.00-16.00 (GMT, 3 hours)
- (09.00 North America east coast/13noon ICE/15:00 NOR, SWE, KoD/16.00 FIN, Moscow)
- PAME‘s GoToMeeting System #1
PAME II-2020 Shipping Experts Group (SEG) Pre-Meeting Agenda (14. september version)
Pre-meeting documents:
- Agenda item 6.2 a: ARHC-PAME Letter
- Agenda item 6.3.b: Arctic Marine Tourism Project - Status and next steps
- Agenda item 6.6.b: AMSA Recommendations Matrix: Final draft proposed update updated version (6 November 2020)
- Agenda item 6.6.b.i: AMSA Recommendation SAO Approval cover letter
- Agenda item 6.6.c: Arctic Shipping Best Practice Information Forum
- Agenda item 6.7.a: Interpretations of the Polar Code (Norway)
- Agenda item 6.7.b: EPPR-PAME project: Low sulphur fuels
- Agenda item 6.8.a: Arctic Ship Traffic Data summary status
- Agenda item 6.8 b: Arctic Shipping Status Reports
- Agenda item 6.9.a: DRAFT Wastewater PAME survey project proposal-ICE-WWF-CCU
- Agenda item 6.9b: Project proposal by Russia (GH4 project)
- Status “New low sulphur fuels - fate and behavior in cold water conditions” project (Jon Arve Royset, Norway)
- ICES WGSHIP: The Impacts of Marine Shipping (Cathryn Murray, Canada & Ida-Maja Hassellöv, Sweden)
REDEG (Plenary agenda 7): 21 and 22 September
- Co-Chairs: Dennis Thurston/USA and Mareen Coupley/Canada
- Monday 21 September and Tuesday 22 September: 15.00-18.00 (GMT, 3 hours)
- (08.00 North America west coast/15.00 ICE/17:00 NOR, SWE, KoD/18.00 FIN, Moscow)
- PAME‘s GoToMeeting System #1
PAME II-2020 REDEG pre-meeting agenda (21-22 Sep)
- Agenda item 7.1:
- Agenda item 7.2:
- Agenda item 7.3:
- Other documents:
- Background document: Draft ToR - REDEG
- REDEG Project Proposal (2021-2023) - Draft MEMA Outreach and Next Steps
- REDEG Project Proposal (2021-2023) -Draft Guidelines for Arctic Marine Oil and Gas Associated Noise
- REDEG Project Proposal (2021-2023) -Draft Guidance on Non-Emergency Offshore Oil and Gas Operations and Monitoring
- REDEG Project Proposal (2021-2023) DRAFT A Thorough Update of the Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Regulatory Resource (AOOGRR)
Presentation:
- Regulation and Standardisation of Arctic petroleum activities (Hilda Kjeldstad; Head of Regulatory Development
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority)
EA Expert Group (Plenary Agenda 8): 21 and 22 September
- Co-Chairs: Libby Logerwell/USA and Lis Lindal Jörgensen/Norway
- Monday 21 September and Tuesday 22 September: 15.00-18.00 (GMT, 3 hours)
- (08.00 North America west coast/15.00 ICE/17:00 NOR, SWE, KoD/18.00 FIN, Moscow)
- PAME‘s GoToMeeting System #2
PAME II-2020 EA pre-meeting agenda (21-22 Sep)
Marine Litter Expert Group (Plenary Agenda 9): 17 and 18 September
- Co-Chairs: Elizabeth McLanahan/USA, Charlotte Mogensen/KoD and Anne Berteig/Norway
- Thursday 17 September and Friday 18 September: 13.00-16.00 (GMT, 3 hours)
- (09.00 North America east coast/13noon ICE/15:00 NOR, SWE, KoD/16.00 FIN, Moscow)
- PAME‘s GoToMeeting System #2
PAME II-2020 Marine Litter Expert Group Pre-Meeting Agenda (17-18 Sep)
- 3rd draft ML-RAP version 26 Aug
- 3rd draft ML-RAP compile comments NOR-ICE-KoD-USA-AMAP-ACAP-Saami-AIA-GERM-CHINA-EXP-EC-version 17 Sep
- Background document: Draft chart for AMAP monitoring for PAME report_v2
- Background document: ML Outreach and Communication
Plenary Meeting Documents
PAME II-2020 Plenary Meeting 23-25 September
- Chairing: Paula Kankaanpaa (PAME Chair) and Elizabeth McLanahan (PAME Vice-Chair)
- Wednesday 23 September- Friday 25 September: 13.00-16.00 (GMT, 3 hours)
- (09.00 North America east coast/13noon ICE/15:00 NOR, SWE, KoD/16.00 FIN, Moscow)
- PAME‘s GoToMeeting System #1
Agenda Item 3 - Information from the Chair and the Secretariat
Background documents:- PAME I-2020 Meeting Report
- PAME I-2020 RoDs
- SAO Report, Nov. 2019
- PAME 2019-2021 Work Plan
- PAME Achievements Report 2017-2019
- SAO Report to Ministers (May 2019)
- 2019 Rovaniemi Joint Ministerial Statement
- 2019 Rovaniemi Statement from the Finnish Chair of the Arctic Council
- Iceland Chairmanship Program 2019-2021
- Common Operating Guidelines for Working Groups
- Report from joint Arctic Council - Arctic Economic Council meeting (Oct. 2019)
- Arctic Council Observer Manual
- Arctic Council Rules of Procedures
- Arctic Council Guidelines for Relationships with Outside Bodies
- Arctic Council Communication Strategy (2018)
- Arctic Council Communications and Outreach Guidelines (2016)
Agenda Item 4 - Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Refer to pre-meeting documents.Presentation:
ArcNet - An Arctic Ocean Network of Priority Areas for Conservation
Plenary presentation from Martin Sommerkorn (WWF)
Background documents:
- MPA Networks Action Table by USA (version 28 Aug 2018)
- PAME MPA-network toolbox: Area-based conservation measures and ecological connectivity.
- CAFF/PAME Indicator Report on Arctic Protected Areas.
- Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas (April 2015)
- 1st MPA Workshop Report
- 2nd MPA workshop Report
- 3rd MPA Workshop Report
- 4th MPA Workshop Report
Agenda Item 5 - Protection from Invasive Species
PAME invasive species - ARIAS-Memo-16 Sep 2020
Background documents:
- CAFF/PAME Arctic Invasive Alien Species Strategy and Action Plan (ARIAS)
- Invasive Species on PAME.is
Agenda Item 6 - Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment follow-up activities
Refer to pre-meeting documents.Background documents: (Agenda 6):
- AMSA Final Report (2009)
- 4th AMSA Implementation Progress Report for the period 2015-2017
- Arctic Ocean Review (AOR) Final Report (2013)
Agenda Item 7 - Arctic Offshore Resource Exploration and Development
Refer to pre-meeting documents.Background documents:
- Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Communities in Marine Activities (MEMA) Part II Report.
- Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Communities in Marine Activities (MEMA) Part I Report.
- MEMA Workshop Report.
Agenda Item 8 - Ecosystem-based Approach to Management
Refer to pre-meeting documents.Background documents:
- The 2017 – 2019 Progress Report of the Joint Ecosystem Approach Expert Group (EA-EG).
- Guidelines for Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Management of Arctic Marine Ecosystems (May 2019).
- Status of Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Arctic.
Agenda Item 9 - Arctic Marine Pollution
Refer to pre-meeting documents.Background documents (agenda item 9.1 - Marine litter):
- Desktop study on Marine Litter, including microplastics, in the Arctic (May 2019)
- ML-RAP Expert Group nominations
Agenda Item 10 - Preparations for the 2021 Ministerial Meeting and Arctic Marine Strategic Plan (AMSP) Implementation Reporting
Agenda 10.1:- AMSP implementation process update-Memo-22 Sep
- 3rd AMSP Implementation Matrix 2019-2021-2nd draft 9. september 2020 version
Agenda item 10.2: Proposed PAME timeline in preperation for the 2021 Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting
Agenda item 10.3: PAME Ministerial deliverables - draft
Background documents: