pdf IP077: The SCAR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Group

ATCM XLV and CEP XXV 2023, Helsinki, Finland

Information Paper

IP077: The SCAR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Group

Submitted: 27 April 2023

Summary:

SCAR’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Group (AG), established in 2021, now has over 150 members. The group is active in a number of areas such as developing a SCAR Code of Conduct on EDI issues, reviewing existing external diversity and inclusion resources, and working with other organisations to share experience and best practices. The AG also includes representatives from COMNAP, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS). The EDI AG is collaborating with the SCAR Executive Committee, Secretariat, and Capacity Building, Education and Training (CBET) Committee to address the issues identified during a scoping phase, and to advance SCAR's goal of becoming a truly inclusive organisation, in line with the desire expressed in the Final Report from ATCM XLIV, Berlin 2022, “to ensure that everyone working on Antarctic matters [is] safe, welcomed, respected and free from discrimination”.

ATCM - Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
CEP - Committee for Environmental Protection
45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
29 May - 8 June 2023