Agenda Item 7.1. SAO Meeting 28-29 April 2010 Ilulissat. Update on PSI – Arctic Council's Project Support Instrument.

Project Support Instrument (PSI) is an Arctic Council (AC) circumpolar funding mechanism for projects and actions related to prevention, abatement and elimination of pollutants harming the Arctic. The PSI was established at the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the AC, 29 April 2009, and will be addressi...

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Main Author: NEFCO
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: NEFCO 2010
Subjects:
Psi
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11374/992
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Summary:Project Support Instrument (PSI) is an Arctic Council (AC) circumpolar funding mechanism for projects and actions related to prevention, abatement and elimination of pollutants harming the Arctic. The PSI was established at the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the AC, 29 April 2009, and will be addressing projects and programmes approved by the AC. The PSI Guidelines, decided by the Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) on 7 April 2005, requires that the Funds Manager (NEFCO) semi-annually present a report to the SAOs about the activities of the PSI. This Report (Draft 2010-03-15) provides the current status of PSI including the contributions to the PSI Funds and updates the previous 12 October 2009 NEFCO Report to the SAOs.