IOC News Room Documents

1 Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 - Programme Application (13/03/2026)
2 Programme Review Call for Decade Action No. 08/2024 (13/03/2026)
3 Ocean Decade - National Decade Committee M&E Reporting Form (2025-2026) (04/02/2026)
4 Ocean Decade - Decade Collaborative Centre, Decade Coordination Office and Decade Implementing Partner M&E Reporting Form (2025-2026) (04/02/2026)
5 Ocean Decade - Programmes, Projects and Contributions M&E Reporting Form (2025-2026) (04/02/2026)
6 Ocean Decade - M&E Guidance Note (2025-2026) (04/02/2026)
7 Ocean Decade Indigenous and Local Knowledge Database (03/02/2026)
This is a database of resources and publications...
8 Ocean Decade Activity Guidance Note - January 2026 (29/01/2026)
9 All Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - Updated January 2026 (07/01/2026)
A complete list of all Decade Actions endorsed since...
10 Action Plan for National Decade Committees in support of the 2027 Ocean Decade Conference and the second half of the Decade (17/12/2025)
This Action Plan for National Decade Committees...
11 UNOC 2025 Statement of Collaboration between Decade Collaborative Centres and Decade Coordination Offices (17/12/2025)
This Statement of Collaboration summarises...
12 Guidance Note for Applicants for Call for Decade Actions No. 10/2025 (28/10/2025)
13 Ocean Decade Marine Megafauna Data Sharing Guideline (27/10/2025)
Prepared by the Ocean...
14 Call for Decade Actions No. 10/2025 - Project Application (14/10/2025)
15 Call for Decade Actions No. 10/2025 - Programme Expression of Interest (14/10/2025)
16 Frequently Asked Questions for Call for Decade Actions No. 10/2025 (14/10/2025)
17 Ocean Decade Contribution Endorsement Application (14/10/2025)
18 Terms of Reference for the Scientific Committee of the SEA BEYOND MULTI-PARTNER TRUST FUND (24/09/2025)
19 Ocean Decade Bathymetry Data Sharing Guideline (11/09/2025)
Prepared by the Ocean...
20 2026-2027 Decade Advisory Board Nomination Form (28/07/2025)
21 2027 Ocean Decade Conference Programme Committee Nomination Form (28/07/2025)
22 2027 Ocean Decade Conference Programme Committee Terms of Reference (28/07/2025)
23 Ocean Decade - 5th Foundations Dialogue concept note (20/06/2025)
24 Ocean Decade Position Paper - Benefits of investment in ocean science: Developing an evidence base to guide decision making (June 2025) (19/06/2025)
25 Ocean Decade Alliance - Call to Action: Seabed Mapping Initiative (06/06/2025)
The health of the ocean is vital for the planet's...
26 IOC/2024/ODS/59 : Ocean Decade Tropical Americas and Caribbean Roadmap (18/04/2025)
The primary purpose...
27 Call for Decade Actions - Checklist for Programme Eligibility (15/04/2025)
28 IOC/2024/ODS/55 : 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - The Barcelona Statement (14/03/2025)
29 Project Reviewer Form: Call for Decade Actions No. 08/2024 (19/02/2025)
30 Ocean Decade Endorsement Criteria (27/01/2025)
31 Ocean Decade Manual for NGOs (07/01/2025)
The publication is also available on UNESCO's...
32 African & Adjacent Island States Ocean Decade Taskforce Nomination Form (21/11/2024)
33 Ocean Decade Data & Information Strategy - Executive Summary (17/09/2024)
34 Ocean Decade - Cities with the Ocean - Call to Action (29/03/2024)
35 Survey on Ocean Data Sharing – for endorsed Ocean Decade Actions (20/03/2024)
36 Registration of Decade Actions from UN Agencies (12/01/2024)
37 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Fisheries Strategies for Changing Oceans and Resilient Ecosystems by 2030 (FishSCORE 2030) (08/01/2024)
38 Call for Decade Actions No. 06/2023 - Co-Design of Decade Action (08/12/2023)
39 2024 Ocean Decade Conference Call for Presentations (25/10/2023)
40 2024 Ocean Decade Conference Call for Posters (25/10/2023)
41 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Satellite Events (16/10/2023)
42 Charter for Endorsed Ocean Decade Projects (09/08/2023)
43 Charter for Endorsed Ocean Decade Programmes (09/08/2023)
44 Tropical Americas and Caribbean (TAC) Region Ocean Decade Task Force Nomination Form (22/06/2023)
45 New Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - June 2023 (08/06/2023)
46 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Satellite Events Guidance Note (07/06/2023)
47 Ocean Decade Expert Roster - Terms of Reference (02/06/2023)
48 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Digital Twins of the Ocean (DITTO) (17/05/2023)
49 Ocean Decade Data Strategy Implementation Group - Terms of Reference (03/04/2023)
50 Ocean Decade M&E Framework Manual (16/01/2023)
51 Ocean Decade Action SUstainability, Predictability and REsilience of Marine Ecosystems (SUPREME) (07/11/2022)
52 New Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - September 2022 (13/10/2022)
53 IOC Circular Letter - Annex 2: Terms of Reference and Budget Needs Estimate – Ocean Observing Decade Coordination Office (07/10/2022)
54 IOC Circular Letter - Annex 3: Terms of Reference and Budget Needs Estimate – Data Sharing Decade Coordination Office (07/10/2022)
55 IOC Circular Letter - Annex 1: List of Endorsed Decade Actions from Second Round of Endorsements from Call for Decade Actions No. 02/2021 (07/10/2022)
56 Ocean Decade - The Bouknadel Statement (26/07/2022)
57 New Ocean Decade Endorsed Actions - June 2022 (22/07/2022)
58 Ocean Decade Alliance – Call to Action on the occasion of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference (21/07/2022)
59 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Voices: Advancing equity through the Decade (03/05/2022)
60 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Ocean Corps and Conveyor (03/05/2022)
61 Southern Ocean Action Plan (29/04/2022)
62 Summary Report of the Regional Consultation for Africa and the Adjacent Island States, Nairobi, Kenya, 27–29 January 2020 (22/04/2022)
63 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Sustainability of Marine Ecosystems through global knowledge networks (SmartNet) (10/03/2022)
64 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Pacific solutions to save our ocean (28/01/2022)
65 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: EAF-Nansen Programme (27/01/2022)
66 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Marine Life 2030 (26/01/2022)
67 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Observing Together: Meeting Stakeholder Needs and Making Every Observation Count (24/01/2022)
68 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions (GEOS) (23/01/2022)
69 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) (01/01/2022)
70 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Marine.Science (01/01/2022)
71 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Literacy With All (OLWA) (23/12/2021)
72 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON) (17/12/2021)
73 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: The Hydrous presents: The Decade of Ocean Empathy (07/12/2021)
74 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: ForeSea - The Ocean Prediction Capacity of the Future (07/12/2021)
75 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Early Career Ocean Professionals(ECOP) (05/12/2021)
76 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: The Coral Reef Sentinels: A Mars Shot for Blue Planetary Health (05/12/2021)
77 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Cultural Heritage Framework (04/12/2021)
78 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project (04/12/2021)
79 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (04/12/2021)
80 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability(OARS) (04/12/2021)
81 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Blue Climate Initiative - Solutions for People, Ocean, Planet (04/12/2021)
82 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Ocean Oxygen Decade(GOOD) (04/12/2021)
83 Supporting Action in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) in the Ocean Decade (03/12/2021)
84 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Ocean Cities Network (15/11/2021)
85 GOOS Climate Brief 2021 (29/10/2021)
86 Example Charters (13/10/2021)
87 Co-Designing the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want (13/10/2021)
88 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: One Ocean Network for Deep Observation (11/10/2021)
89 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Challenger 150 (11/10/2021)
90 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Deep Ocean Observing Strategy(DOOS) (11/10/2021)
91 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network (JETZON) (11/10/2021)
92 Terms of Reference: Ocean Decade Data Coordination Platform (08/10/2021)
93 Tsunami Snapshot (ICG PTWS) (04/10/2021)
The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the IOC UNESCO...
94 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Mega-Delta Programme (06/08/2021)
95 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Global Estuaries Monitoring(GEM) (06/08/2021)
96 Ocean Decade Action Factsheet: Coastlines and People(CoPe) (06/08/2021)
97 Ocean Decade: Implementation Plan [Final Version] (29/06/2021)
Final Version of the Implementation Plan. Approved...
98 Tsunami Snapshot (NEAMS) (24/06/2021)
The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the...
99 Tsunami Snapshot (Caribe) (24/06/2021)
The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the IOC UNESCO...
100 Tsunami Snapshot (ICG Indian Ocean) (24/06/2021)
The Snapshots aim to bring the work of the...
101 EC-XLV : Announcment Discussion of NGO role in IOC at EC-XLV (18/06/2012)
27th June, Wednesday 9:00 - 9:45 Salle VI Objective:...
102 Agenda and discussion items (08/11/2010)
103 Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes (27/10/2010)
104 IOC 2010 Sept/Oct Newsletter (01/10/2010)
105 Pos-Doc Fellowship - Oceans & Climate (31/08/2010)
106 Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System (RS/GIS) Expert (23/07/2010)
107 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) (21/07/2010)
108 Assistant Researcher in Oceanography, COPAS Center, Concepcion, Chile (21/07/2010)
109 IOC 2010 Spring/Summer Newsletter (29/06/2010)
110 Learning and adapting to Tsunamis in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile (31/05/2010)
111 WCRP Conference Announcement (05/05/2010)
112 Don Walsh CV 2009 (19/03/2010)
113 Post Doctoral Position on Physical Oceanography at the University of Sao Paulo (08/01/2010)
114 WMO-UNESCO Side Event on 9 Dec 2009 at COP15 - Summary (11/12/2009)
115 Book Announcement: Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development (09/12/2009)
116 WMO-UNESCO side event at COP15 on 9 Dec (07/12/2009)
117 Post announcement: Executive Secretary of the IOC (18/11/2008)
118 Vacancy announcement: Senior Project Officer for IOCARIBE (06/11/2008)
119 Position description : International Chair in Ocean Dynamics and Marine Biochemistry (24/06/2008)
120 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Outher Limits of the Continental Shelf (20/06/2008)
121 GRF-III-1 : 3rd Forum of GRAs Agenda & Timetable
122 Flyer Decade call for actions (test)
123 Ocean Decade: Call for Actions Form (General)
Via this document you can find a PDF version of...
124 Ocean Decade: Decade Actions Registration Form (UN Entities)
Thank you for your interest in registering a Decade...
125 Frequently Asked Questions: Call for Decade Actions 01/2020
This document provides answers to the most frequently...
126 Guidance Note for Applicants: Call for Decade Actions 01/2020
This document provides guidance for applicants...
127 Ocean Decade: Summary of the Implementation Plan (January 2021)
This is the Summary of the Ocean Decade Implementation...
128 Flyer: Call for Decade Actions 01/2020
Information flyer about the Ocean Decade's first...
129 IOC60 GOSR
130 GEBCO IOC-31 Working Document: Appendix III Charts & Tables
131 Timetable
132 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Posters Guidance Note
133 2024 Ocean Decade Conference - Call for Presentations Guidance Note