Funding countries forming the Arctic. Contributions are in the Component Arrangements form of services, software, and infrastructure. No actively being structured budget or business plan implemented. implemented Currently no management structure in place. Management management team is required to drive the Early phase of implementation and maintenance of the SDI implementation Component actively being Current Implementation Status of the Organizational Readiness Component implemented Capacity Building For the capacity building component, two sub-components were identified as key to the successful operation of the Arctic SDI. These sub-components are communication and outreach—one of the six objectives of the Arctic SDI Strategic Plan—and capacity strengthening. Although implementation has begun on this component the activities to-date are very limited (see Table 5 for details). Table 5: A Summary of the Implementation Activities of the Capacity Building Component Implementation Component Sub-Component Implementation Activities Level A communication and outreach program is currently Communication being design by the Communication Working Group. A Early phase of and Outreach key communication and outreach tool implemented implementation Capacity to-date is the Arctic SDI website. Building No capacity strengthening program developed. Capacity However, the Arctic SDI has worked with CAFF on Early phase of Strengthening structuring their data collection techniques to support implementation data sharing. Early phase of implementation Current Implementation Status of the Capacity Building Component Information Infrastructure For an SDI to operate successfully and achieve its goals there need to be in place modern and reliable infrastructure. The evaluation identified that significant efforts have been made to implement a modern information infrastructure to support the goals and objectives of the Arctic SDI (see Table 6 for details). The results of the evaluation show that the implementation of the information infrastructure component was completed for this phase of the SDI. Table 6: A Summary of the Implementation Activities of the Information Infrastructure Component Implementation Component Sub-Component Implementation Activities Level Reliable infrastructures that meets international Reliable standards are in place to support the functions of the Implementation Infrastructure completed
Funding Arrangements countries forming the Arctic. Contributions are in the form of services, software, and infrastructure. No structured budget or business plan implemented. Component actively being implemented Management Currently no management structure in place. management team is required to drive the implementation and maintenance of the SDI Early phase of implementation Current Implementation Status of the Organizational Readiness Component Component actively being implemented Capacity Building For the capacity building component, two sub-components were identified as key to the successful operation of the Arctic SDI. These sub-components are communication and outreach—one of the six objectives of the Arctic SDI Strategic Plan—and capacity strengthening. Although implementation has begun on this component the activities to-date are very limited (see Table 5 for details). Table 5: A Summary of the Implementation Activities of the Capacity Building Component Component Sub-Component Implementation Activities Implementation Level Capacity Building Communication and Outreach A communication and outreach program is currently being design by the Communication Working Group. A key communication and outreach tool implemented to-date is the Arctic SDI website. Early phase of implementation Capacity Strengthening No capacity strengthening program developed. However, the Arctic SDI has worked with CAFF on structuring their data collection techniques to support data sharing. Early phase of implementation Current Implementation Status of the Capacity Building Component Early phase of implementation Information Infrastructure For an SDI to operate successfully and achieve its goals there need to be in place modern and reliable infrastructure. The evaluation identified that significant efforts have been made to implement a modern information infrastructure to support the goals and objectives of the Arctic SDI (see Table 6 for details). The results of the evaluation show that the implementation of the information infrastructure component was completed for this phase of the SDI. Table 6: A Summary of the Implementation Activities of the Information Infrastructure Component Component Sub-Component Implementation Activities Implementation Level Reliable Infrastructure Reliable infrastructures that meets international standards are in place to support the functions of the Implementation completed
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