The 26th Session of the IODE Committee was held as an online event between Tuesday 20 and Friday 23 April 2021 (4 working days).
Last update: 2021-05-10
RESULTS AND REPORT
The IODE session was attended by 155 participants from 65 IOC Member States and 9 organizations. To accommodate participants from the wide range of time zones two plenary sessions of two hours were held on each day of the session (07:00-09:00 UTC and 15:00-17:00 UTC).
During its 26th session, the Committee focused its attention mainly on the following key issues: (i) review of NODC health status within the IODE network; (ii) IODE project and activity performance evaluation methodology; (iii) future of the IODE Ocean Data and Information Networks (ODINs); (iv) establishment of the ODIS project and associated partnership centre; (v) contribution of IODE to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development; (vi) revision of the IOC strategic plan for data and information management (2022-2025); (vii) revision of the IOC oceanographic data exchange policy; (viii) performance review of the IOC Project Office for IODE; (ix) (first) international ocean data conference (November 2021); and (x) work plan and budget for 2021-2022.
The Committee adopted five decisions and four recommendations.
The report of the meeting is available as IOC/IODE-XXVI/3. In addition, an executive summary of the report was made available to the 31st Session of the Assembly (June 2021) where IODE matters were discussed under agenda item 3.4.2. Three additional documents were prepared for the IOC Assembly: (i) IOC-31/3.4.2.(Doc(1) Establishment of the IOC Ocean Data ad Information System (ODIA); (ii) IOC-31/3.4.2.Doc(2): Proposed arrangements to revise the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy; (iii) ioc-31/3.4.2.DOC(3): Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and the IOC regarding the IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium.
IODE-XXVI established xxx inter-sessional working groups:
- IODE Intersessional Working Group (IWG) to identify the IODE contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
- IOC inter-sessional working group on the revision of the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy 2003 (2019) (IWG-DATAPOLICY)
- Inter-sessional working group to revise the IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2017-2021) (after closing a similar group established at IODE-XXV, see below)
- Inter-sessional working group to draft the new structure of the iODE web site
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INVITATION
IOC Circular Letter 2829 has been sent out on Friday 22nd January 2021. The deadline for designation of official delegates was 1 February 2021. A preliminary list of participants based on previous communications with IODE national coordinators for data management, IODE national coordinators for marine information management, ADU contacts and AIU contacts was prepared and has been updated with official designations (in response to CL 2829) and is available HERE.
VENUE
This was an online event.
PRE-COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS (1)
As the time available for the plenary meetings was limited (2 hours/day) and we had to take into account the wide range of timezones the plenaries focused on adopting draft decisions, recommendations and adoption of work plan and budget only. Substance discussions as well as drafting and discussing of draft recommendations and decisions were therefore organised informally prior to the plenary Sessions (in February, March). All Member States that registered for participation in IODE-XXVI were welcomed to participate in these meetings and were urged to join the groups dealing with items in which they have special interest. Information on the plenary groups is available BELOW.
AGENDA AND TIMETABLE
The provisional agenda is available HERE. An ACTION PAPER was prepared and was the main working document for the plenaries. It included introductions for all agenda items (no presentations were possible during the plenaries except for agenda items that were dealt with by pre-committee working groups (see pre-committee working groups mentioned above). The IODE-XXVI plenaries were limited to two hours. These 2-hour/day blocks were repeated with the same agenda later each day to allow for the widest participation of Member States with respect to their time zones. Accordingly, the plenary sessions were held on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 and Friday 23 April 2021 as follows:
- T1: 07:00 UTC (09:00 CET) – 09:00 UTC (11:00 CET) for zones UTC+5 to UTC+12
- T2: 15:00 UTC (17:00 CET) – 17:00 UTC (19:00 CET) for zones UTC-8 to UTC +4
WORKING LANGUAGE OF THE SESSION/TRANSLATION OF WORKING DOCUMENTS
For practical and financial reasons it was not possible to provide simultaneous interpretation during the plenary sessions and pre-committee working groups. Accordingly the working language for the plenaries and for the pre-committee working group was English. The Action Paper was available in English, French and Spanish.
DOCUMENTATION
All working documents were made available through the IODE-XXVI web site from the agenda page HERE. Working documents were available in English only, except for the Action Paper (see above)
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Provisional list available HERE
FIRST INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DATA CONFERENCE
More information HERE
PRE-COMMITTEE WORKING GROUPS (2)
The following pre-committee working groups were established:
GROUP 1: Review of NODC health status within the IODE network (agenda item 3.2.2)
- Leads: Belov, Sergey; De Bruin, Taco
- IODE Secretariat: Appeltans, Ward; Scott, Lucy; Provoost, Pieter; Pissierssens, Peter
- Members: Bermúdez Rivas, Christian; Tamayo, Myrian; Masalu, Desiderius; Ortiz, Ruby ; Katime, Isabela; Reinthaler, Thomas; Fyrberg, Lotta Katarina ;Fichaut, Michèle; YU, Ting; López, Yolanda; Buchna, Krisna; Tetsuichiro, Yabuki; Rickards, Lesley; Calvete, Teresa; Haro, Jasno
This Group met on Thursday 18 February between 13h00-15h00 UTC.
GROUP 2: IODE Project and activity performance evaluation: status and way forward (agenda item 3.4.2)
- Leads:Belov, Sergey ; De Bruin, Taco
- IODE Secretariat: Appeltans, Ward ; de Lichtervelde, Kristin
- Members: Spears, Tobias; Yu, Ting; M Muslim, Aidy; Tetsuichiro, Yabuki
This Group met on Thursday 25 February between 12h00-14h00 UTC.
This Group met again on Thursday 4 March between 12h00-14h00 UTC.
GROUP 3: Further development of ODIS (agenda item 6.1) - (will generate draft recommendation)
- Lead: De Bruin, Taco; Spears,Tobias ; Belov, Sergey
- IODE Secretariat: Lambert, Arno; Provoost, Pieter, Appeltans, Ward; Simpson, Pauline, Munoz, Cristian; Pissierssens, Peter; Scott, Lucy
- Members: Rodrigues, Jeane; Shi, Peiliang; Van de Putte, Anton; Torres, Carlos; Tetsuchiro, Yabuki; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; O'Brien, Kevin; Pearlman, Jay; Saraiva Nogueira, Frederico; Delaney, Connor; Gallange, Champika; Mikhailov, Nikolai
This Group met on Wednesday 3 March between 14h00-16h00 UTC (CHANGED FROM 24 FEBRUARY).
GROUP 4: IODE contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (agenda item 6.2)
- Lead: Hernan Garcia
- IODE Secretariat: Appeltans, Ward; Delgado, Claudia, Simpson, Pauline; Scott, Lucy; Pissierssens, Peter
- Members: Kariyawasam Hewamanage Lalith Amaralal; Bope Bope Lapwong, Jean Marie; Vides Casado, Martha Patricia ; Katime, Isabela; Sierra-Correa,Paula Cristina; Hanley, Laura; Almeida, Sara; Spears,Tobias; Karstensen, Johannes; Van de Putte, Anton; Clausen Alison; Heslop, Emma; Mazzuco, Ana Carolina; Sohou, Zacharie; Alenius, Pekka; Iona Athanasia (Sissy); Sagen, Helge; Haji Mokhtar, Nor Aieni; Mackay, Kevin; M Muslim, Aidy; Folorunsho, Regina; Buchna, Krisna; Tetsuichiro , Yabuki; Michida, Yutaka; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; Rickards, Lesley; Andrea Cristiani; Maluf, Vladimir Costa; Al-Yamani, Faiza; Cermelj, Branko; Kramp, Martin
This Group met on Monday 15 February between 12:00-14:00 UTC.
GROUP 5: IOC Strategic Plan for Data and Information Management 2022-2026 (agenda item 6.3)
- Lead: Belov, Sergey ; De Bruin, Taco; Wichorowski, Marcin
- IODE Secretariat: Simpson, Pauline; Provoost, Pieter;
- Members: Kariyawasam Hewamanage Lalith Amaralal; Van de Putte, Anton; Mazzuco, Ana Carolina; Cristiani, Andrea; Mikhailov, Nick; Keita, Arame; Mauea, Clousa; Calewaert, Jan-Bart; Tetsuichiro, Yabuki; M Muslim, Aidy; Larkin, Kate; Kulakova, Kateryna; O’Brien, Kevin; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; Rickards, Lesley; Raymond, Lisa; Tamayo, Myrian; Haji Mokhtar, Nor Aieni; Folorunsho, Regina; Messaoudi, Saida; Pearlman, Jay ; Wan Fangfang; Shi, Peilang ; Hanley, Laura; Bajona, Leonore; Miao Sun; Nicholls, John; Lopez, Yolanda
This Group met on Friday 26 February between 12h00-14h00 UTC.
GROUP 6: Revision of the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy (agenda item 6.4)
- Lead: Hernan, Garcia; De Bruin, Taco; Belov, Sergey
- IODE Secretariat: Scott, Lucy; Simpson, Pauline; Appeltans, Ward;
- Members: Gulher, Emre; Nelson, Paul; Rea, Anthony; Holdsworth, Neil; Alenius, Pekka; Sagen, Helge; Haji Mokhtar, Nor Aieni; Buga Luminita; Bajona, Lenore; Michida, Yutaka; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; Maluf, Vladimir Costa; Scory, Serge; Wan, Di
This Group met on Wednesday 17 February between 11:00-13:00 UTC.
GROUP 7: Draft Work Plan and Budget 2021-2022 (agenda item 8.5)
Lead: Reed, Greg ; de Lichtervelde, Kristin ; De Bruin, Taco
IODE Secretariat: all IODE staff
Members: Kulakova, Kateryna; Konjevic, Sofija; Van de Putte, Anton; Yu ,Ting;Taylor, Sally; Spears,Tobias; Goldman, Jaime
This Group met on Friday 19 February between 11:00-13:00 UTC.
GROUP 8: Future of the ODINs (added 21/1/2021) (agenda item 4.1.3)
Lead: Taco de Bruin, Mika Odido, Cesar Toro, Sergey Belov
IODE Secretariat: Scott, Lucy; Pissierssens, Peter
Members:Hanley, Laura; Konjevic Sofija; Sun Miao; Buga Luminita; Folorunsho, Regina; Buchna, Krisna; Maluf, Vladimir Costa; Oleksandr Neprokin; Said, Mohamed; Sohou Zacharie; Troisi, Ariel; Yu, Ting ;Tala, Hala
This Group met on Monday 22 February between 10:00-12:00 UTC.
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