The Arctic Dialogue is an information exchange forum initiated by the Alfred Wegener Institute in 2013. The forum offers the opportunity to strengthen and foster an open dialogue between those invested in Arctic research and politics and provide the German Federal Ministries and Agencies access to relevant findings, field experiences and international contacts. The support and further development of this forum is one of the key tasks of the German Arctic Office.

Twice a year, the German Arctic Office, in cooperation with a host Ministry, organizes a meeting covering current issues related to policy and research in the Arctic. Representatives of relevant German Federal Ministries, research institutes and NGO’s attend the meetings. 

• Federal Foreign Office
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
• Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
• Federal Ministry of Defence
• Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action
• Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources
• Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
• Fedral Environment Agency
• Alfred-Wegener-Istitute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
• German Council of Foreign Relations
• German Institute of Development and Sustainability
• German National Commitee SCAR/IASC
• German Aerospace Center
• Ecologic Institute
• GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
• Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
• Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• German Institute for International and Security Affairs
• World Wide Fund for Nature