The CNR is present in various international coordination and scientific planning organizations in the Arctic and Antarctica. These include the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the European Polar Board (EPB), the Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO), the Ny-Ålesund Scientific Managers Committee (NySMAC) and the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON).
Furthermore, thanks to signed treaties or political agreements, the CNR actively supports the presence of our country, with its experts, in scientific organizations, committees and working groups. CNR researchers participate to the Working and Expert Groups of the Arctic Council (AC). With regards to Antarctica, the CNR takes an active part in the various permanent committees of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
ISP is strongly committed to guaranteeing the participation of the CNR in the SIOS (Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System) initiative whose purpose is to integrate, optimize and coordinate resources and research in the Svalbard archipelago at an international level.
In this context, the Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP) supports the CNR’s representation on international bodies with the presence of:
| Acronym | Organisation | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Council - Arctic Contaminants Action Programme
POPs and Mercury Working group |
Warren Cairns | Component | |
| Arctic Council - Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane | Stefania Gilardoni | Component | |
| Arctic Council - Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme | Nicoletta Ademollo, Vito Vitale | Components | |
| Arctic Council - Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme
Mercury Working group and POPs Working group |
Warren Cairns | Component | |
| Association of Polar Early Career Scientists National Committees |
Andrea Spolaor | Component | |
| Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium | Leonardo Langone | CNR reprensentative | |
| Marine Invasive Alien Species in Arctic Waters | Maurizio Azzaro | National Delegate | |
| European Polar Board | Vito Vitale | CNR reprensentative | |
| Forum of Arctic Research Operators | Mauro Mazzola | National reprensentative | |
| An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes | Paolo Montagna | National Delegate | |
| International Arctic Science Committee | Carlo Barbante | National Delegate | |
| International Arctic Science Committee
Cryosphere Working Group |
Andrea Spolaor | Component | |
| International Arctic Science Committee
Marine Working Group |
Tommaso Tesi | Component | |
| International Permafrost Association | Renato R. Colucci | National Delegate | |
| Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee | Mauro Mazzola, Andrea Spolaor, ad interim | National representatives | |
| Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks | Vito Vitale | Component | |
| Synoptic Arctic Survey Scientific Steering Committee | Maurizio Azzaro | Component | |
| Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Input Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Antarctica |
Nicoletta Ademollo | Component | |
| Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
Board of Director |
Vito Vitale | Component | |
| Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
Research Infrastructure Coordination Committee |
Mauro Mazzola, Stefania Gilardoni | Components | |
| Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
SIOS Data Management System Working Group |
Giulio Verazzo | Component | |
| United Nations, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea,
World Ocean Assessment III |
Maurizio Azzaro | Expert |
