The inter-sessional working group for updating the strategic plan was established by IODE-XXI (see report paragraph 422).
Objective: to update the Strategic Plan. This will include the description of a new IODE data and information system and its linkages with other systems (one part will focus on WDS). IODE-XXI also requested that the results of OceanObs'09 (see http://www.oceanobs09.net/) would be taken into account.
Membership: the Committee decided that the initial membership will include Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belgium (both NODCs), China, Germany, Greece, India, The Netherlands, Russian Federation, Ukraine (both NODCs) United States, Chair GE-MIM, Chair GE-BICH, Chair GE-OBIS, Chair ETDMP, Chair JCOMM DMCG. The Group will be led by Australia with assistance from the United Kingdom.
After consultation with the above-mentioned countries in September 2011 the membership is as follows:
| Country/Entity |
Designated individual |
| Australia (Chair) |
Mr Greg Reed |
| Argentina |
Mr Ariel Troisi (via skype) |
| Barbados |
Mr Ramon Roach |
| Belgium (Federal) |
Mr Serge Scory |
| Belgium (Flanders) |
Mr Francisco Hernandez
Ms Heike Lust |
| China |
Ms Yu Ting
Prof. Lin Shaohua |
| Germany |
Mr Friedrich Nast |
| Greece |
Ms Sissy Iona |
| India |
Mr Pattabhi Rama Rao |
| The Netherlands |
Mr Taco de Bruin |
| Russian Federation |
Mr Nikolay Mikhailov |
|
Ukraine IBSS
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Mr Vladymyr Vladymyrov
Ms Olga Akimova |
| Ukraine MHI |
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| United Kingdom |
Lesley Rickards |
| United States |
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| Chair GE-MIM |
Ms Linda Pikula (via Skype) |
| Chair GE-BICH |
Mr Hernan Garcia
Mr Sergey Konovalov |
| Chair GE-OBIS |
n/a |
| Chair ETDMP |
Mr Nikolay Mikhailov |
| Chair JCOMM DMCG |
Ms Sissy Iona |
The deadline to complete the work is March 2012. It was decided that a meeting will be required to compose the document. Member States were invited to self-fund their participation.
The Group will meet in Oostende, Belgium between 1-2 March 2012. (see more information here)
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