3 April 2008: The ad hoc planning meeting for the JCOMM Pilot Project for the WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS) was held in Ostend, Belgium on 29 March 2008 at the kind invitation of the IOC Project Office for the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE).

The aim of the WIGOS Pilot Project is to promote and develop integration of marine and other appropriate observations into the global observing system through three core deliverables (i) integration of instrument best practices, (ii) development of interoperable arrangements between the ocean data systems and the WMO Information System (WIS), and (iii) the integration of quality management systems.

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