GOOS SC-14

Fourteenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee

19 – 21 Feb 2025, France

AGENDA

Please find the annotated agenda here: https://oceanexpert.org/document/35623

 

GOALS

  • Setting GOOS Priorities for 2025 and 2026-2027

  • Draft GOOS SC 2 year workplan (2026-2027)

  • Prioritizing activities, outreach and engagements including partners

  • Deliverables and resource needs 

  • Elaborate further the approach and proposal to IOC assembly on GOOS Reform

 

READING MATERIALS

Priority reading materials listed here with additional reading materials listed under each agenda item.

  1. Action table from GOOS SC-13 

  2. Background papers (1 page): Carbon, Biodiversity, EOV Ocean Indicators, RRR/GBON

  3. OCG Cross-Network Data Implementation Strategy
    Background paper (1-2 pages): Updates from OCG, OceanOPS, Carbon/IOCCP, and OBIS/BioEco
    IODE/GOOS Data Workshop Report (Executive Summary only)

  4. Draft governance reform document

  5. Proposal for GOOS projects and partners

  6. Background papers (1-2 pages)  on GOOS Regional Alliances (GRAs) and National Focal Points (NFPs)
    Background paper: ETOOFS Revised ToR and project plan

  7. Outline GOOS Workplan

 

PRESENTATION TEMPLATE 

Available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1e1q3CcpbTagw_jODOiPGYsUId3he6QDO

 

DECISIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS

Early drafts of some decisions/recommendations provided in green boxes (in the annotated agenda) and to be expanded and completed as part of discussions under each agenda item.

Location

France

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Dr Joanna Post
Staff
Dr. Emma Heslop
Dr. Jing Li
Ms Weronika Kmiec
Signe Lemcke
2

Observation system design and development

3

Strengthening data integration and delivery

5a

Outreach: Projects and partners

5b

Outreach: Communications

6a

System implementation at national and regional level

6b

System implementation and applications

7

Looking forward

Report Documents

Code Title
GOOS-305 Fourteenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee (SC-14) Report

Agenda Documents

Agenda Code Title
1 GOOS-299 GOOS 13th Session of the Steering Committee (SC-13) Report
1 SC Virtual Call Report_Dec04
1 Action table from GOOS SC-13
1 SC-14 Annotated Agenda
2.2 Background paper for biodiversity plan
2.3 Background paper for EOV Ocean Indicators
2.4 Background paper for RRR/GBON
2.5 Background paper for carbon and GHG plan
3.2 GOOS-296 GOOS Observations Coordination Group Cross-Network Data Implementation Strategy
3.2 GOOS-300 Fifteenth Observations Coordination Group meeting (OCG-15) Final Report
3.2 Executive summary: Fifteenth Observations Coordination Group meeting (OCG-15) Final Report
3.2 Background paper: Updates from OCG, OceanOPS, Carbon/IOCCP, and OBIS/BioEco
3.3 IOC Workshop Report No. 311 First IODE/GOOS Data Workshop Report
3.3 First IODE/GOOS Data Workshop Report - Executive Summary
4 GOOS-290 Report of study on Support Provided to Global and Regional Ocean Observing Systems
4 Draft GOOS governance reform document
5.1 IOC Manuals and Guides No. 91 Rules of Procedure for IODE Programme Components, Programme Activities and Projects
5.1 GOOS project analysis (provided to SC-13)
5.1 Proposal for GOOS projects and partners: approach, suggested priorities
5.3 GOOS-294 Dialogues with Industry Roadmap: Maturing the Ocean Enterprise to Deliver Essential Societal, Economic, and Environmental Benefits
5.4 OBPS Work plan
5.4 Proposal for Extending the IOC-OBPS Scope
5.5 Social listening report on GOOS
5.5 Outline draft - GOOS Messaging Guide
5.5 First draft - New GOOS Brand Guidelines
5.6 Planning for the GOOS Ocean Observing Report Card 2025
5.6 Link to previous issues of the Report Card
6.1 Terms of Reference: GOOS National Focal Points
6.1 Background paper on NFP: including NFP Survey preliminary result analysis
6.2 GOOS-200 GOOS Regional Policy 2013
6.2 Background paper on GRA: update on actions and recent meetings
6.3 Background paper on ETOOFS Revised ToR and project plan
6.4 Ocean Decade Challenge 7 white paper
6.4 Background paper on GOOS Decade Programmes
7 Outline GOOS Work plan

Event Documents

Code Title
1.2_Meeting Goal and Agenda Approval
1.3_Updates and preparations for IOC A-33
1.4_Cross-panel meeting summary
1.5_WMO observations impact workshop
2.2_Biodiversity Plan
2.3_Ocean indicators
2.4_RRR and evolving GBON
2.5_Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Plan
3_Strengthening Data Integration and Delivery
4.1.1_Quick intro on the mandate
4.1.2_Agenda and Working Group Templates
4.1.3_Setting the scene
5.1_Revised approach and procedures for projects
5.2_Opportunities to engage with the satellite community
5.3_Opportunities identified through private sector engagement
5.4_OBPS_Presentation
5.5_GOOS Communication Toolkit
5.6_GOOS Ocean Observing Report Card
6.1_National Focal Point
6.2_GRAs
6.3_ETOOFS
6.4_GOOS Decade Programmes
7_SC 14 Decisions

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 5
Confirmed 53
Not Confirmed 1
Not-participating 0
Total 59
Groups: GOOS, IOC
Created at 09:35 on 29 October 2024 by Forest Collins
Last Updated at 09:58 on 30 April 2025 by Ms. Sofie de Baenst
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