D4.14 Completed stakeholder consultations, report on the needs, gaps and opportunities produced

Altogether EU-PolarNet conducted in 2015-2018 twelve stakeholder events and two online surveys in Work package 1 and Work package 4. Every event focused on one varying theme related to a topical Polar issue and included presentations and/or panel discussions involving different stakeholders (e.g. Industry, policy makers, and Arctic Indigenous Peoples) and researchers. The outcomes of the stakeholder events were used to identify the societal needs and challenges for the development of the Integrated Polar Research Programme and for learning and sharing information on best practices in stakeholder engagement and finally for giving recommendations on successful stakeholder engagement. The last item is presented in more detail in the White Paper on the status of the stakeholder engagement in the polar research (D4.15).