Pursuant to IOC Resolution EC-57/2 ‘Governance, Programming and Budgeting Matters of the Commission’ (2024), this document presents the results of the Phase 1 consultation process for ‘IOC and the Future of the Ocean’. It documents a synthesis of the views and perspectives of the broad range of participants in the consultation process and the proposed approach to the Phase 2 consultation process. The results of this Phase 1 consultation will be further developed through the next two phases of the overall ‘IOC and the Future of the Ocean’ consultation process, which will culminate in a final analysis of the proposed future IOC role and priorities for discussion at the 34th Session of the IOC Assembly in 2027.