The Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange concluded its deliberations today in Beijing, China with the adoption of its Summary Report. The Committee unanimously re-elected Dr Malika Bel-Hassen Abid (Tunisia) and Mr Greg Reed (Australia) as Co-Chairs for the next inter-sessional period (2009-2011). The Session was attended by 67 participants from 35 countries and 4 organizations.
At the closing ceremony Mr Greg Reed stated that this 20th session of the IODE committee has been very successful and has made important decisions about the future of the programme. He thanked the Committee for its support and contribution. Mr Reed then summarized some the highlights of the Session:
IODE Ocean Data Portal: Good progress was made in the development of the IODE ODP Project, however the Committee needs to ensure that more members contribute as data providers. IODE must also work with other portal projects, such as SeaDataNet, to ensure interoperability between these different systems as NODCs cannot be expected to install multiple portal applications.
OBIS: The committee has expressed its opinion that OBIS should become part of the IODE programme and this message will be conveyed to the IOC Assembly in June.
The Groups of Experts have submitted an extensive work plans for the next two years and the IODE officers will monitor progress.
ODINWESTPAC has also developed a comprehensive work plan and this should ensure the further expansion of the work of IODE in this region. In addition there is has been renewed interest in re-invigorating the ODINCINDIO and ODINCARSA projects.
Mr Reed concluded by noting that IODE-XX had adopted a very extensive work plan for the next intersessional period and he stated that both himself and Dr Malika Bel Hassen Abid looked forward to providing leadership of IODE for the next two years.
Finally Dr Malika Bel Hassen Abid, Mr Greg and Mr Peter Pissierssens (Technical Secretary IOC/IODE), on behalf of the Committee thanked the IODE-XX hosts of the State Oceanic Administration and the National Marine Data and Information Service for their support in making this meeting such a success.
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Beijing, 8 May 2009 - IODE adopts Statement on the Future of OBIS
After considered discussion of the options, IODE came to the view that the preferred option wasthe adoption of OBIS as an IODE programme activity.Hence the Committee agrees in principle that the OBIS programme could be sensibly accommodated within IODE. However without a more finalized version of the OBIS business plan, the financial requirements and thus the financial implications for IODE cannot be fully assessed at this point in time. Thus IODE decided that it would be premature to make a Recommendation at this stage, whilst welcoming the possibility of OBIS becoming a part of IODE. [read more HERE ]
The Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX) is currently being held at the China People’s Palace in Beijing, China, between 4 and 8 May 2009. The event is hosted by the SOA (State Oceanographic Administration) of China. The Deputy Administrator at SOA, Mr Chen Lianzeng, welcomed and officially opened the Session, which is attended by 65 delegates from 35 Member States, 5 international organisations and 3 World Data Centres.
The IODE Committee will, during its 5 day Session, review the work of the past inter-sessional period and discuss on important topics such as the cooperation with OBIS, the progress and way forward of the OceanData Portal and the development of standards in the OceanDataStandard project. The current status and progress of the different ODIN networks will be discussed. The different Groups of Experts will report on their progress and achievements during the inter-sessional period and the Committee will discuss the cooperation with other agencies and organisations.
The IODE Ocean Data Portal and WIS Technology Workshop was held in Obninsk, Russian Federation, from 18 to 19 March 2009. The aim of the meeting was to address Ocean Data Portal(ODP) and the WMO Information System (WIS) technologies and interoperability issues in order torefine ODP version 1 and produce plans for ODP version 2. The workshop reviewed the progress of the ODP version 1 development, discussed ODP and WIS
interoperability issues to support the WIGOS Pilot Project fro JCOMM, and considered the reference model and development plan for ODP version 2. REPORT AVAILABLE
Programme Specialist, regional capacity development IODE
Organizational unit:
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Duty station:
IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium
Grade:
P-3 (Appointment of Limited Duration)
Closing Date:
16 May 2009
Purpose of post:Under the general supervision of the Executive Secretary IOC, and under the particular supervision of the Head of the IOC Project Office for IODE, the incumbent will assist with the implementation of IODE regional capacity development programme activities with special attention to Africa, at the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium.
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The Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange concluded its deliberations today in Beijing, China with the adoption of its Summary Report. The Committee unanimously re-elected Dr Malika Bel-Hassen Abid (Tunisia) and Mr Greg Reed (Australia) as Co-Chairs for the next inter-sessional period (2009-2011). The Session was attended by 67 participants from 35 countries and 4 organizations.
The Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX) is currently being held at the China People’s Palace in Beijing, China, between 4 and 8 May 2009. The event is hosted by the SOA (State Oceanographic Administration) of China. The Deputy Administrator at SOA, Mr Chen Lianzeng, welcomed and officially opened the Session, which is attended by 65 delegates from 35 Member States, 5 international organisations and 3 World Data Centres. 
Mr Li Zhanbin, who joined the IOC project Office for IODE a year ago as a secondment agreement offered by NMDIS/SOA in Tianjin, China, has left us to return home. During the past year Li has helped us with a number of our web-based products, audio streaming, etc. We will miss Li and we wish him all the best!