The next meeting of SCPAR will take place in Stockholm 14 February 2012 in Riksdagen (the Swedish parliament).

At a seminar 17-18 January 2012 at the Munk School in Toronto the Chair of SCPAR Mr. Morten Høglund represented the Committee. In his intervention Mr. Høglund outlined some of the proposals in the draft report "Arctic governance in an evolving Arctic Region".

November 2 US member of SCPAR senator Murkowski met with senator Torlopov and Mr. Høglund in Washington DC.

The Chair of SCPAR Mr. Morten Høglund has written a letter to Canadian authorities in support of continued strongCanadian funding of the University of the Arctic.

Senator VladimirTorlopov from the Russian Council of Federationand Mr. MortenHøglund Chair of SCPAR, will meet US Senator Lisa Murkowski in Washington DC 2 November to discuss Arctic cooperation.

The Chair of SCPAR Mr Morten Høglund will represent SCPAR at the International Arctic Legal Forum in Salekhard 26-29 October 2011.

The 10th Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region will be hosted by the Parliament of Iceland. The conference venue is Akureyri and the time 5-7 September 2012.

At the meeting of the Standing Committee in Syktyvkar 28 September 2011 Ms Gudfridur Lilja Gretarsdottir was elected new Vice-Chair of SCPAR. Ms Gretarsdottir followed Ms Juliane Henningsen as Vice-Chair and is a member of parliament from Iceland.

The Chair of SCPAR Mr Morten Høglund visited Murmansk last weekto discuss business cooperation and possibilites in the North.

Ms Mirja Vehkaperä, member of the Finnish delegation to the Arctic parliamentary cooperation, represented SCPAR at the 20th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Helsinki, Finland 28-30 August 2011.