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1 2026-2027 Decade Advisory Board Nomination Form

2 2027 Ocean Decade Conference Programme Committee Nomination Form

3 2027 Ocean Decade Conference Programme Committee Terms of Reference

4 All Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - Updated June 2025

A complete list of all Decade Actions endorsed since the start of the Ocean Decade.
5 Ocean Decade - 5th Foundations Dialogue concept note

6 Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 - Programme Application

7 Ocean Decade Position Paper - Benefits of investment in ocean science: Developing an evidence base to guide decision making (June 2025)

8 Ocean Decade Alliance - Call to Action: Seabed Mapping Initiative

The health of the ocean is vital for the planet's well-being, influencing climate regulation and providing food, energy, and livelihoods for billions. Despite its importance, significant gaps remain i...
9 Ocean Decade Activity Guidance Note - May 2025

10 Guidance Note for Applicants for Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025

11 IOC/2024/ODS/59
Ocean Decade Tropical Americas and Caribbean Roadmap

The primary purpose of the Roadmap for the implementation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (‘Ocean Decade’) in the Tropical Americas and the Caribbea...
12 Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 - Project Application

13 Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 - Programme Expression of Interest

14 Frequently Asked Questions for Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025

15 Ocean Decade Contribution Endorsement Application

16 Call for Decade Actions - Checklist for Programme Eligibility

17 IOC/2024/ODS/55
2024 Ocean Decade Conference - The Barcelona Statement

18 Ocean Decade - National Decade Committee M&E Reporting Form (2024-2025)

19 Ocean Decade - Decade Collaborative Centre, Decade Coordination Office and Decade Implementing Partner M&E Reporting Form (2024-2025)

20 Ocean Decade - Programmes, Projects and Contributions M&E Reporting Form (2024-2025)

21 Ocean Decade - M&E Guidance Note (2024-2025)

22 Project Reviewer Form: Call for Decade Actions No. 08/2024

23 Ocean Decade Endorsement Criteria

24 Programme Review Call for Decade Action No. 08/2024

25 Ocean Decade Manual for NGOs

The publication is also available on UNESCO's online library at this link: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000392198
26 Ocean Decade Bathymetry Data Sharing Guideline

Prepared by the Ocean Decade Corporate Data Group, this document highlights the opportunities for industrial companies working in the marine environment to make their bathymetry data publicly availabl...
27 African & Adjacent Island States Ocean Decade Taskforce Nomination Form

28 Ocean Decade Data & Information Strategy - Executive Summary

29 Ocean Decade - Cities with the Ocean - Call to Action

30 Survey on Ocean Data Sharing – for endorsed Ocean Decade Actions

31 Registration of Decade Actions from UN Agencies

32 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Fisheries Strategies for Changing Oceans and Resilient Ecosystems by 2030 (FishSCORE 2030)

33 Call for Decade Actions No. 06/2023 - Co-Design of Decade Action

34 2024 Ocean Decade Conference Call for Presentations

35 2024 Ocean Decade Conference Call for Posters

36 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Satellite Events

37 Charter for Endorsed Ocean Decade Projects

38 Charter for Endorsed Ocean Decade Programmes

39 Tropical Americas and Caribbean (TAC) Region Ocean Decade Task Force Nomination Form

40 New Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - June 2023

41 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Satellite Events Guidance Note

42 Ocean Decade Expert Roster - Terms of Reference

43 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Digital Twins of the Ocean (DITTO)

44 Ocean Decade Data Strategy Implementation Group - Terms of Reference

45 Ocean Decade M&E Framework Manual

46 Ocean Decade Action SUstainability, Predictability and REsilience of Marine Ecosystems (SUPREME)

47 New Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - September 2022

48 IOC Circular Letter - Annex 2: Terms of Reference and Budget Needs Estimate – Ocean Observing Decade Coordination Office

49 IOC Circular Letter - Annex 3: Terms of Reference and Budget Needs Estimate – Data Sharing Decade Coordination Office

50 IOC Circular Letter - Annex 1: List of Endorsed Decade Actions from Second Round of Endorsements from Call for Decade Actions No. 02/2021

51 Ocean Decade - The Bouknadel Statement

52 New Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - June 2022

53 Ocean Decade Alliance – Call to Action on the occasion of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference

54 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Voices: Advancing equity through the Decade

55 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Ocean Corps and Conveyor

56 Southern Ocean Action Plan

57 Summary Report of the Regional Consultation for Africa and the Adjacent Island States, Nairobi, Kenya, 27–29 January 2020

58 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Sustainability of Marine Ecosystems through global knowledge networks (SmartNet)

59 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Pacific solutions to save our ocean

60 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: EAF-Nansen Programme

61 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Marine Life 2030

62 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Observing Together: Meeting Stakeholder Needs and Making Every Observation Count

63 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions (GEOS)

64 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS)

65 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Marine.Science

66 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Literacy With All (OLWA)

67 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON)

68 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: The Hydrous presents: The Decade of Ocean Empathy

69 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: ForeSea - The Ocean Prediction Capacity of the Future

70 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Early Career Ocean Professionals(ECOP)

71 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: The Coral Reef Sentinels: A Mars Shot for Blue Planetary Health

72 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Cultural Heritage Framework

73 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

74 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

75 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability(OARS)

76 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Blue Climate Initiative - Solutions for People, Ocean, Planet

77 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Ocean Oxygen Decade(GOOD)

78 Supporting Action in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) in the Ocean Decade

79 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Cities Network

80 GOOS Climate Brief 2021

81 Example Charters

82 Co-Designing the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want

83 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: One Ocean Network for Deep Observation

84 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Challenger 150

85 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Deep Ocean Observing Strategy(DOOS)

86 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network (JETZON)

87 Terms of Reference: Ocean Decade Data Coordination Platform

88 Tsunami Snapshot (ICG PTWS)

The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the IOC UNESCO REGIONAL Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) to a wider audience. This project of the IOC UNESCO Tsunami Section takes place within the framework ...
89 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Mega-Delta Programme

90 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Estuaries Monitoring(GEM)

91 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Coastlines and People(CoPe)

92 Ocean Decade: Implementation Plan [Final Version]

Final Version of the Implementation Plan. Approved through General Assembly Resolution A/RES/75/239, the Implementation Plan is the guiding document of the Ocean Decade.    The Implementa...
93 Tsunami Snapshot (NEAMS)

 The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the IOC UNESCO REGIONAL Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) to a wider audience. This project of the IOC UNESCO Tsunami Section takes place within the fram...
94 Tsunami Snapshot (Caribe)

The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the IOC UNESCO REGIONAL Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) to a wider audience. This project of the IOC UNESCO Tsunami Section takes place within the framework ...
95 Tsunami Snapshot (ICG Indian Ocean)

 The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the IOC UNESCO REGIONAL TEWS to a wider audience. This project of the IOC UNESCO Tsunami Section takes place within the framework of the United Nation Deca...
96 EC-XLV
Announcment Discussion of NGO role in IOC at EC-XLV

27th June, Wednesday 9:00 - 9:45 Salle VI Objective: To generate ideas on how NGOs can support the IOC and Member States in fulfilling the commission’s objectives and implementing the medium term ...
97 Agenda and discussion items

98 Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes

99 IOC 2010 Sept/Oct Newsletter

100 Pos-Doc Fellowship - Oceans & Climate

101 Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System (RS/GIS) Expert

102 Mid-Term Evaluation of the GEF Project on Adaptation to Climate Change - Responding to Coastline Change in its Human Dimensions in West Africa through Integrated Coastal Area Management (ACCC)

103 Assistant Researcher in Oceanography, COPAS Center, Concepcion, Chile

104 IOC 2010 Spring/Summer Newsletter

105 Learning and adapting to Tsunamis in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile

106 WCRP Conference Announcement

107 Don Walsh CV 2009

108 Post Doctoral Position on Physical Oceanography at the University of Sao Paulo

109 WMO-UNESCO Side Event on 9 Dec 2009 at COP15 - Summary

110 Book Announcement: Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development

111 WMO-UNESCO side event at COP15 on 9 Dec

112 Post announcement: Executive Secretary of the IOC

113 Vacancy announcement: Senior Project Officer for IOCARIBE

114 Position description
International Chair in Ocean Dynamics and Marine Biochemistry

115 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Outher Limits of the Continental Shelf

116 GRF-III-1
3rd Forum of GRAs Agenda & Timetable

117 Flyer Decade call for actions (test)

118 Ocean Decade: Call for Actions Form (General)

Via this document you can find a PDF version of the form for requesting the endorsement of Decade Actions.   This document is for your information, only. Only forms filled out electronically vi...
119 Ocean Decade: Decade Actions Registration Form (UN Entities)

Thank you for your interest in registering a Decade Action.  This is a PDF version of the registration form for your ease of use and reference. To register your Action, please complete the form...
120 Frequently Asked Questions: Call for Decade Actions 01/2020

This document provides answers to the most frequently asked questions in relation to the ‘Call for Decade Actions No. 01/2020’. It will be updated regularly so please check back for revise...
121 Guidance Note for Applicants: Call for Decade Actions 01/2020

This document provides guidance for applicants wishing to submit a request for endorsement under the ‘Call for Decade Actions No. 01/2020’. Click here if you wish to return to the Ocean D...
122 Ocean Decade: Summary of the Implementation Plan (January 2021)

This is the Summary of the Ocean Decade Implementation PLan (January 2021) submitted to the UN General Assembly.  Please note the English version was substantively updated on April 2021. Other l...
123 Flyer: Call for Decade Actions 01/2020

Information flyer about the Ocean Decade's first Call for Actions 01/2020. Find more information here: https://www.oceandecade.org/news/75/Call-for-Decade-Actions-No-012020-   For more in...
124 IOC60 GOSR

125 GEBCO IOC-31 Working Document: Appendix III Charts & Tables

126 Timetable

127 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Posters Guidance Note

128 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Presentations Guidance Note

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