The BEAC meets at Foreign Ministers level in the chairmanship country at the end of term of office. The chairmanship rotates every second year, between Norway, Finland, Russia and Sweden.
Norway took over the BEAC Chairmanship at the XIII BEAC Ministerial Session, Kiruna, Sweden, on October 12, 2011.
The Working Group of Indigenous Peoples has an advisory role and cooperates closely with both the BEAC and the BRC.