The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme is one of five Working Groups of the Arctic Council.

AMAP reports to the Arctic Council and Ministers through their Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs).

The work of AMAP is directed by the AMAP Working Group (AMAP WG), which includes representatives from the following members and observers:

• Member countries (the eight Arctic rim countries): Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United States;

• Permanent participants (the indigenous peoples organizations): Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), Saami Council, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), Aleut International Association (AIA);

• Observing countries: Germany, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom;
  Observing and cooperating international organizations: Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS), European Environment Agency (EEA), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH), Nordic Council of Parliamentarians (NCP), Northern Forum, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA), Oslo and Paris Commissions (OSPARCOM), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), World Wide Fund for Nature - Arctic Programme (WWF-AP).

• AEPS programmes and organizations: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR), Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat (IPS), Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG).

The AMAP Assessment Steering Group (ASG) coordinates all work associated with the preparation of the assessment. ASG members include the coordinators responsible for the preparation of individual parts of the AMAP assessments. Together with CAFF, AMAP is jointly responsible for the Arctic Council’s Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), which has its own Assessment Steering Committee (ASC).

AMAP is supported by a permanent Secretariat located in Oslo, Norway.