In order to achieve our goal of a sustainable and workable policy on the Polar Regions, the main activities of the Polar Conservation Organisation are:

• Awareness & Education

Awareness & access to unbiased, objective information are the basis of any informed decision and as such is our primarily objective. PCO intends to stimulate and facilitate dialogue, information, and hopefully, understanding about the various issues related to the Polar Regions, its peoples, customs, economic activities and environmental and conservation needs. The Polar Conservation Organisation has a successful network, both online and in real life. It attracts the general public by providing accurate unbiased information, press releases and daily updated news via the website. Most importantly, because we support something so crucial to our environment and the Earth’s very existence, politicians, other NGOs, Industry players and the public are eager to contribute.

• Publications

Publications and related events are important in order for the PCO to achieve its objectives. Interviews with leading political figures and industrial leaders will generate well-informed content on related topics, and will be made available online through PCO’s interactive website. PCO will eventually publish articles and news pieces as well. Ultimately PCO would like to contribute regularly to environmental press and other publications and publish a quarterly report on Polar Conservation related matters.

• Think Tank

Proper policy and decisions rely on well thought out and analysed alternatives. PCO intends to stimulate the debate with representation ranging from scientists to politicians, corporate executives and educators, with the aim of establishing and developing and guiding EU policies on Polar issues. Results will be published in the various PCO publications.

• Lobbying

PCO enjoys support from various people in EU institutions and will continue to build these relationships and work with interested parties toward the creation and maintenance of a common EU policy and an EU Commissioner responsible for overseeing polar related maters. Timing is critical as the EU Parliament elections are due to take place in June 2009, again highlighting the importance of acting now.

• Interactive Online Web Platform

A dynamic and interactive sophisticated online web platform capable of combining online social networking with a real world community of interest, and an educational resource, to enable individuals, politicians and companies to benefit from the ensuing balanced policies and political / economic frameworks. The web platform is thus vital in supporting the PCO’s activities and services catering to politicians, scientists/researchers, educational institutions and students as well as the general public.