Our Organisation

How we work

INPA is composed of Members (station representatives), a Board of Directors, and the association’s staff. 

Decisions are made by the Associated Members. During the Annual General Assembly, Members agree on the yearly Action Plan, describing the activities and initiatives Directors and staff will undertake during the following year.

Members’ General Assembly elects the Board of Directors that is delegated to track progress and carry on INPA activities in order to accomplish the Action Plan. The Board is led by a Chair, who is also appointed every year. 

For his outstanding work in promoting Arctic scientific cooperation for more than 50 years and his crucial role in the creation of the INTERACT network, Prof. Terry Callaghan is the Honorary President of INTERACT Non-Profit Association.

The staff of INTERACT Non-Profit Association is dedicated to managing INTERACT day-to-day coordination activities, contracted tasks and mission-driven initiatives.

How we use funds

INPA is a non-profit association. Funds can be spent on “Mission driven activities”, “Contracted activities” and “Day-to-day Coordination activities” in line with the INPA Statutes.

  • "Mission Driven activities" are tasks that will be carried out depending on the availability of raised funds. These activities are those proposed and agreed in the INTERACT Non-Profit Association’s Statutes and recorded in the internal documents.

  • "Contracted Activities" are granted projects where a number of INPA's members (stations) or the association itself are involved.

  • “Day-to-day Coordination activities" consist of a set of activities needed to ensure the efficient and continuous operation of performing the agreed activities of INPA. They require a minimum amount of funding to be performed, which should be mainly covered by the Association’s Member Fees and Contracted Activities overheads.

How we make

Action Groups consisting of the stations’ representatives, directors and staff focus on the mission-driven activities of the association and push forward the development of the initiatives, including the Action Plan. There are currently 6 Action Groups running.

  • Secretariat & Outreach AG focuses on day-to-day coordination activities, recruiting of new members, communication, accounting, administration, and funding.

  • Networking AG will dedicate to engage the members’ community and foster internal cooperation through members’ forum meetings. Members plan have an open session for non-members to join.

  • Projects AG will focus on developing internal projects, positioning papers and to establish collaboration with external organisations (e.g. Arctic Council WGs CAFF and AMAP).

  • Access AG will work on developing INPA Transnational Access Program, improving Remote and Virtual Access capabilities and envision the Roadmap for the future of INTERACT Non-Profit Association Access Provision.

  • Education AG aims to find opportunities to collaborate with educational initiatives and platforms and /to offer educational resources on various domains.

  • Fundraising AG works on finding fundraising opportunities and develop strategies and tools for fundraising. The Action Group aims to build relations and collaborations with foundations, organisations or private entities of aligned interests.

How we make

Action Groups consisting of the stations’ representatives, directors and staff focus on the mission-driven activities of the association and push forward the development of the initiatives, including the Action Plan. There are currently 6 Action Groups running.

  • Secretariat & Outreach AG focuses on day-to-day coordination activities, recruiting of new members, communication, accounting, administration, and funding.

  • Networking AG will dedicate to engage the members’ community and foster internal cooperation through members’ forum meetings. Members plan have an open session for non-members to join.

  • Projects AG will focus on developing internal projects, positioning papers and to establish collaboration with external organisations (e.g. Arctic Council WGs CAFF and AMAP).

  • Access AG will work on developing INPA Transnational Access Program, improving Remote and Virtual Access capabilities and envision the Roadmap for the future of INTERACT Non-Profit Association Access Provision.

  • Education AG aims to find opportunities to collaborate with educational initiatives and platforms and /to offer educational resources on various domains.

  • Fundraising AG works on finding fundraising opportunities and develop strategies and tools for fundraising. The Action Group aims to build relations and collaborations with foundations, organisations or private entities of aligned interests.