Step towards securing data availability – Example of organizations and responsibilities

Arctic Council

Arctic Council Ministerial Declaration

• Decides to look into a specific Arctic challenge
• Requests a report from one of the Arctic Council Working Groups
• Requests data to be easy accessible and reuseable according to a Information Management Policy

Managements Boards of the Arctic Council Working Group

• Mandated by the Arctic Council Ministers
• Organizing the production of reports to the Arctic Council 
• Data requirements for reports from expert groups
• Data Terms of Reference / Procurement policies 
• Secure access to a Data Distribution system

Expert Groups of the Arctic Council Working Groups

Identify and decide  on

• Data needs
• Data sources

Follow Data Providers Guidelines

• Data Management best practices
• Data creation
• Prepare for data distribution
• Create metadata