This working group was established by IODE-XXVI (paragraph 97-102 of the summary report)
Objectives
To draft the new structure of the IODE web site, prior to contracting the redesign and other technical tasks
Membership
Initial membership of the working group will include:
- Expert- Mr Pier Luigi Buttigieg
- Turkey-NODC-Mr Murat Elge
- ICAN-Ms Tanya Haddad
- IODESec – Ms Pauline Simpson
- OBIS COTT – Mr John Nicholls
- IOCAFRICA – Mr Mika Odido
- IODESec – Mr Arno Lambert
- IODESec – Ms Lucy Scott
- EMODnetSec – Mr Jan-Bart Calewaert
- INVEMAR-Colombia as an ADU name to be confirmed by Ms Paula Sierra-Correa
- The Secretariat will start up the process for the group to meet as soon as possible.
Meetings of, and progress reporting by the Group
not yet
Text that established the working group
97 This agenda item was introduced by Mr Taco De Bruin. He noted that, under agenda Item 6.5 (Performance review of the IOC Project Office for IODE) the reviewers had made the following recommendation:
“The strong brand of the IODE Project Office should be more prominently displayed on the various portals operated by the IODE Project Office. Each of these portals should have a clear and distinctive purpose which is well described. The IODE brand could also be strengthened by clarifying IODE’s relationships with the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) (amongst others) on the IODE website, and perhaps through a full website refresh. This should also help to focus which projects are most clearly in IODE’s domain, and which are most clearly in the domain of, for example, GOOS or WMO. Similarly, the IODE Project Office is encouraged to promote its brand and its activity including through Ocean Info Hub and Ocean Teacher Global Academy activities more prominently in communications for the UN Decade of the Ocean for Sustainable Development. The reviewers note the strong capacity of the IODE project office to conduct cross-cutting activities such as capacity building, training, marine information and data management projects, and operating various web portals.”
98 He noted that the current IODE web site had not been substantially changed for a decade. While its main target audience was and would remain the IODE community of data and information centres, the review identified the need for clarifying the IODE relationship with other IOC programmes as well as with other organizations. He noted that the Decade, which started in 2021, would add a new user community interested in data which IODE would need to address.
99 The Committee recommended to allocate funds in the 2021 budget for the redesign of the IODE web site, taking into account the recommendations of the review.
100 The Committee instructed the IODE Secretariat and Co-Chairs to establish a small working group of volunteers to draft the new structure of the IODE web site, prior to contracting the redesign and other technical tasks.
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