This working group was established by IODE-XXVI (Decision IODE-XXVI.6.2)
Objectives
- develop an inventory of IODE data and information management assets and tools that could help serve the needs of the Ocean Decade data and information access needs;
- collaborate and coordinate with the Decade Coordination Unit (DCU) to identify gaps and scope;
- submit its report with recommendations for further action to the IODE XXVII Session.
Membership
The membership of the group will be composed, inter alia, of:
IWG Lead (to be designated by the IWG),
- members of the IODE community
- invited Experts from the global ocean data and information communities
- members of the IODE Secretariat
- representative(s) of the Decade Coordination Unit.
Initial membership will include:
- OBIS - Anton Van de Putte
- United States of America - Hernan Garcia
- Mexico – Mr Carlos Torres
- Expert- Pier Luigi Buttigieg
- GOOS OCG (Kevin O’Brien) 2021 –(tentative: will confirm name of participant after next OCG executive meeting)
- United Kingdom ADU (OBIS-UK) – Mr Dan Lear
members added after IODE-XXVI:
- China- Dr. Yu Ting (Julia)
Meetings of, and progress reporting by the Group
not yet
Decision that established the group
Decision IODE-XXVI.6.2
IODE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2021-2030) AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IODE INTER-SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP
The IODE Committee,
Recalling the proclamation, by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at its 72nd session regarding the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030), through Resolution A/RES/72/73, therein the Ocean Decade, and stating that the Ocean Decade could benefit from making scientific data and information freely and openly available in accordance with the applicable legal framework,
Recognizing the important role that IODE has, and continues to play in timely and unrestricted international exchange of oceanographic data by the countries of the world for a wide variety of purposes including the prediction of weather and climate, the operational forecasting of the marine environment, the preservation of life, the mitigation of human-induced changes in the marine and coastal environment, as well as for the advancement of scientific understanding that makes this possible,
Noting the establishment of the inter-sessional working group to propose a strategy on ocean data and information stewardship for the Ocean Decade (IWG-SODIS) through Recommendation IODE-XXV.5.3,
Decides to register OTGA, OBIS, OIH/ODIS and PacMAN as UN Ocean Decade Action following the procedure established for UN entities in the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) Implementation Plan,
Instructs the IODE Secretariat, in close coordination with the IODE MG, to prepare the necessary documentation to register future IODE Decade Actions during the intersessional period,
Decides to establish the IODE Intersessional Working Group (IWG) to identify the IODE contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) with the following terms of reference:
- develop an inventory of IODE data and information management assets and tools that could help serve the needs of the Ocean Decade data and information access needs;
- collaborate and coordinate with the Decade Coordination Unit (DCU) to identify gaps and scope;
- submit its report with recommendations for further action to the IODE XXVII Session.
- Membership: The membership of the group will be composed, inter alia, of:
IWG Lead (to be designated by the IWG),
- members of the IODE community
- invited Experts from the global ocean data and information communities
- members of the IODE Secretariat
- representative(s) of the Decade Coordination Unit.
Initial membership will include:
- OBIS - Anton Van de Putte
- United States of America - Hernan Garcia
- Mexico – Mr Carlos Torres
- Expert- Pier Luigi Buttigieg
- GOOS OCG (Kevin O’Brien) 2021 –(tentative: will confirm name of participant after next OCG executive meeting)
- United Kingdom ADU (OBIS-UK) – Mr Dan Lear
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Created on: Monday, 10 May 2021 08:21
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Last Updated on: Friday, 14 May 2021 14:14
