Summary
The ambition of EU-PolarNet 2 is to establish a sustainable and inclusive platform to co-develop and advance European Polar research actions and to give evidence-based advice to policymaking processes. This platform will allow to further develop the coordination of Polar research actions in Europe and with overseas partners. By involving all relevant stake- and rightholders it will support the development of transdisciplinary and transnational Polar research actions of high societal relevance. To ensure that such an important platform is sustained after the end of EU-PolarNet 2, the project will work towards creating a permanent European Polar Coordination Office.

Objectives
The objective of EU-PolarNet 2 is to provide a platform to co-develop strategies to advance the European Polar Research action and its contribution to the policy-making processes. In order to achieve this goal, EU-PolarNet 2 has six specific objectives with measurable outcomes assigned to the respective work packages that will address them: WP1 (Research Coordination), WP2 (Stakeholder Involvement), WP3 (Research Prioritisation), WP4 (Research Optimisation), WP5 (Policy Advice, Dissemination, Communication), WP6 (European Polar Coordination Office).

Project Partners
• Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Secretariat (AMAP)
• Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
• British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
• Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI)
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education (DAFSHE)
• Swiss Polar Institute (SPI)
• European Polar Board (EPB)
• Havstovan - Faroe Marine Research Institute (FAMRI)
• Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT-UL)
• International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR)
• İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Polar Research Center (ITU-PolRec)
• Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR)
• Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (MICINN)
• Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
• Norges Forskningsråd (RCN)
• Oulun Yliopisto (UOULU)
• Polarforskningssekretaritet (SPRS)
• Rannsóknamiðstöð Íslands (RANNIS)
• Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (IG-TUT)
• Universität Wien (UNIVIE-APRI)
• University of Silesia, Centre for Polar Studies (UoS-CPS)
• University of South Bohemia (USB-CPE)
• World Ocean Limited (WOC)