Report on stakeholder interaction in year 4 and 5

The stakeholder interaction activities during the last two years have focused on:
• Dialog meetings with relevant European Research Infrastructures
• A survey among sensor and instrument manufacturers.
• Meeting with representatives of national managing authorities.
• Attending relevant virtual conferences, webinars and networking events wherever possible
Successful dialog meetings were performed with 12 European Research Infrastructures revealing a good insight in their Arctic engagement, strategies and priorities for in situ observation, data management, focus on best practices, technology development, cooperation and coordination among themselves, funding situation and willingness to engage in future Arctic Observing System.
A web-based technololgy survey was conducted, showing that there is a group of sensor and instrument manufacturers that are active in innovation of new observing technology for the Arctic environment.