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IODE Steering Group for OBIS

Establishment

The IODE Steering Group was formally established by the 21st Session of the IODE Committee through Recommendation IODE-XXI.2:

Recommendation IODE-XXI.2

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IODE STEERING GROUP FOR OBIS (SG-OBIS)

The IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange,

Noting the great progress that has been made under the Global Census of Marine Life (CoML) programme and that this ten-year initiative, to assess and explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the oceans, concluded at the end of 2010,

Recalling the decision, through Resolution XXV-4, to accept OBIS within the IODE Programme, and the request to the IOC Executive Secretary to make the necessary administrative arrangements necessary for OBIS activities to continue under the auspices of IOC and its IODE Programme,

Recommends the establishment of an IODE Steering Group for OBIS with the following terms of reference:
- Advise the IODE Committee on the vision and mission for OBIS;
- Advise the IODE Committee on the strategy for OBIS sustainability and further development;
- Define and monitor the OBIS business plan;
- Assist the IOC Project Office for IODE/OBIS and IODE Committee with seeking funding for the sustained development of OBIS;
- Prepare, for submission to the IODE Committee, the work plan for the OBIS community on expanding the dataset and the toolset, on developing new information system products, and on addressing the issues on gaps, that will be implemented and monitored by the IOC Project Office for IODE/OBIS;
- Review progress of and guide the implementation of the work plan, taking into account emerging issues
- Identify any technical or scientific issues as relevant to the implementation of the work plan and recommend these, as required, for action to the GE-OBIS through the IODE Committee;
- Agree on the sharing of responsibilities between members of the OBIS community
- Manage, and recommend criteria, regarding the OBIS Node membership;

Recommends that the membership of the Steering Group shall include the managers of OBIS Nodes or their designated representatives, and representatives from organizations contributing to the development and maintenance of the OBIS infrastructure. The Steering Group will designate its own Chair, define rules and responsibilities of Nodes, and develop objective criteria for evaluation of membership. IODE Co-Chairs will be invited to attend the meetings.

Membership

The membership of the Group can be found here.

Meetings

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Last Updated on: Wednesday, 04 January 2023 14:14
 
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