asked the Arctic Council to “…Support the value added and innovation in Arctic indigenous societies to strengthen their adaptive capacity to change, including initiatives such as the Arctic Indigenous Peoples ́ Culinary Institute (…) and the EALLIN Reindeer Herding Youth Project.“ The project will the Traditional Knowledge on food culture of Arctic indigenous peoples, carried by elders and disseminated by youth, thereby also bridging gaps between generations for preservation of unique Arctic knowledge. The project will ensure gender equality among participants, also in accordance with the Aoluguya Declaration on the occasion of the 5th World Reindeer Herders Congress in 2013. Actually, the main focus on food culture will in itself naturally balance gender in the project: Given indigenous reindeer herding women´s traditionally strong roles and knowledge in terms of food culture, food preparation and so on, women would have to take an important part in the work. The project will follow the ethical guidelines for handling of Traditional Knowledge developed by ICR (Sundset et al. 2007), as well as the drafted principles for inclusion of Traditional Knowledge into the work of the Arctic Council (cf. the Ottawa workshop). Activities and Outputs The project will have indigenous reindeer herding youth as a focal point for its activities and implementation. Reindeer herding youth from Fennoscandia, North America and Russia will be included in a series of workshops and seminars gathering reindeer herders from different areas, expressing their wishes and needs for new insights into matters of traditional knowledge and food culture, and the shared experiences of reindeer peoples. The project will plan and implement international seminars and workshops on Arctic indigenous food culture, involving Arctic indigenous reindeer herding youth, contributing to competence building, and bridging knowledge gaps between the generations of indigenous elders and youth on food culture. Specifically, the project with partners will seek to document indigenous traditional knowledge in terms of the
Annex B – Action Timetable Indicated project timeline: April 2015–Spring 2019 (ie. US and Finnish AC Chairmanships) Action Date Responsibility Comments Finalize concept Oct 2014/ Project team Reflect SDWG comments Endorsement by SDWG Oct 2014/ SDWG Identification of partners etc. Oct 2014/ later Project team Additional partners may be identified underway. Finalize agreements with partners etc. Jan 2015 Project team Additional partners may be included underway. Planning seminars/ workshops Cf. detailed plan for activities Project team, knowledge partners Detailing linked to concept finalization, regional planning and funding etc. Implementing seminars/ community-based workshops Cf. detailed plan for activities Project team, knowledge partners Planning training and education components Cf. detailed plan for activities Knowledge partners, project team Detailing linked to concept finalization, regional planning and funding etc. Implementing training and education components Cf. detailed plan for activities Knowledge partners, project team Reporting to SDWG/ AC Continous. Project team, in deliberation with host states/ PPs Continuous reporting to SDWG/ SAOs, according to project progress. Outreach, of process and content Continous. Project team Incl. reindeerportal.org and arcticportal.org on Iceland. Finalize recommendations, for SDWG review In line with workplan of AC Project team, in deliberation with host states/ PPs Forwarded through regular process (ie. SDWG-SAO-Ministerial) Finalize deliverables In line with workplan of AC Project team Forwarded through regular process (ie. SDWG-SAO-Ministerial)