Fourteenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee
GOOS SC-14
Meeting
19 - 21 February 2025
France
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
By invitation only.
AGENDA
Please find the annotated agenda here: https://oceanexpert.org/document/35623
GOALS
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Setting GOOS Priorities for 2025 and 2026-2027
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Draft GOOS SC 2 year workplan (2026-2027)
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Prioritizing activities, outreach and engagements including partners
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Deliverables and resource needs
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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.
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Background papers (1 page): Carbon, Biodiversity, EOV Ocean Indicators, RRR/GBON
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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) -
Draft governance reform document
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Background papers (1-2 pages) on GOOS Regional Alliances (GRAs) and National Focal Points (NFPs)
Background paper: ETOOFS Revised ToR and project plan
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.

[View an annotated printable version of this agenda]
- 1 - Opening
GOOS-299 GOOS 13th Session of the Steering Committee (SC-13) Report
SC Virtual Call Report_Dec04
Action table from GOOS SC-13
SC-14 Annotated Agenda- 1.1 - Opening and Welcome (Vidar Helgesen)
- 1.2 - Meeting goals and SC-14 Agenda approval (SC Co-chairs)
- 1.3 - GOOS Updates and preparations for IOC Assembly (Joanna Post)
- 1.4 - Outcomes from the GOOS cross-panel meeting (18 Feb 2025) (Belén Martín Míguez)
- 1.5 - Why the ocean matters: WMO observations impact workshop (Albert Fischer, WMO)
- 2 - Observation system design and development
- 2.1 - Introduction from the co-chairs
- 2.2 - Biodiversity Plan - Gabrielle Canonico/Clive McMahon, BioEco panel co-chairs
Background paper for biodiversity plan - 2.3 - EOV-led Ocean Indicators - Karina von Schuckmann and Sabrina Speich, OOPC
Background paper for EOV Ocean Indicators - 2.4 - RRR and Evolving GBON - Emma Heslop, OOPC and WMO
Background paper for RRR/GBON - 2.5 - Carbon and GHG Plan - Adrienne Sutton BGC panel co-chair
Background paper for carbon and GHG plan
- 3 - Strengthening data integration and delivery
- 3.1 - Introduction from the co-chairs
- 3.2 - OCG Implementation plan and update from the data task team (5-7 min) - Kevin O’Brien
GOOS-296 GOOS Observations Coordination Group Cross-Network Data Implementation Strategy
GOOS-300 Fifteenth Observations Coordination Group meeting (OCG-15) Final Report
Executive summary: Fifteenth Observations Coordination Group meeting (OCG-15) Final Report
Background paper: Updates from OCG, OceanOPS, Carbon/IOCCP, and OBIS/BioEco - 3.3 - IOC data architecture (10min) - Emma Heslop, Kevin O’Brien, Lotta Fyrberg GOOS/IODE
IOC Workshop Report No. 311 First IODE/GOOS Data Workshop Report
First IODE/GOOS Data Workshop Report - Executive Summary
- 4 - Working Session on GOOS 2.0
GOOS-290 Report of study on Support Provided to Global and Regional Ocean Observing Systems
Draft GOOS governance reform document- 4.1 - Introductions to the Topic
- 4.2 - Who Cares?
- 4.3 - Who is Involved?
- 4.4 - What is between the Antipodes?
- 4.5 - What are our Guardrails?
- 4.6 - What are the moving parts?
- 4.7 - Final word
- 5a - Outreach: Projects and partners
- 5.1 - Revised approach and procedures for projects - Veronica Garcon
IOC Manuals and Guides No. 91 Rules of Procedure for IODE Programme Components, Programme Activities and Projects
GOOS project analysis (provided to SC-13)
Proposal for GOOS projects and partners: approach, suggested priorities - 5.2 - Opportunities to engage with the satellite community - Steve Ramage
- 5.3 - Opportunities identified through private sector engagement - Emma Heslop and Terry Mcconnell
GOOS-294 Dialogues with Industry Roadmap: Maturing the Ocean Enterprise to Deliver Essential Societal, Economic, and Environmental Benefits - 5.4 - OBPS Update and work plan (Cristian Muñoz Mas OBPS co-chair)
OBPS Work plan
Proposal for Extending the IOC-OBPS Scope
- 5b - Outreach: Communications
- 5.5 - Communications toolkit (Laura Stukonyte with Research for Purpose)
Social listening report on GOOS
Outline draft - GOOS Messaging Guide
First draft - New GOOS Brand Guidelines - 5.6 - GOOS Report Card 2025 (Laura Stukonyte and Emanuela Rusciano)
Planning for the GOOS Ocean Observing Report Card 2025
Link to previous issues of the Report Card
- 6a - System implementation at national and regional level
- 6.2 - GRAs ( GRA Council Chair and Vice Chair, Jing Li)
GOOS-200 GOOS Regional Policy 2013
Background paper on GRA: update on actions and recent meetings
- 6b - System implementation and applications
- 6.3 - Update on ETOOFs - including proposed TOR and National operational Readiness Levels (5 mins) - ETOOFs co-chairs
Background paper on ETOOFS Revised ToR and project plan - 6.4 - Results from GOOS Decade Programmes that can support GOOS evolvement (5min) - Ann Zinkan and Emma Heslop, CoDesign and Coast Predict
Ocean Decade Challenge 7 white paper
Background paper on GOOS Decade Programmes
- 7 - Looking forward
Outline GOOS Work plan- 7.1 - Preparations for IOC Assembly (Joanna Post)
- 7.2 - Opportunities to identify a (modular) sustained observation system - a GOOS basic network (Co-chairs)
- 7.3 - Upcoming meetings (Co-chairs)
- 7.4 - Close (Co-chairs)
Code | Name | Updated on | Action |
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GOOS-305 | Fourteenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee (SC-14) Report | 08/04/2025 |
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There are 54 participants associated with Fourteenth Session of the GOOS Steering Committee , 1 of whom is provisional .
Name | Country |
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AUCAN Jerome | New Caledonia |
BAHUREL Pierre | France |
CANONICO Gabrielle | United States of America |
CUSACK Caroline | Ireland |
EL-GHARABAWY Suzan | Egypt |
FANJUL Enrique | France |
FYRBERG Katarina Lotta | Sweden |
GARCON Véronique | France |
GORRINGE Patrick | Sweden |
GOULDMAN Carl | United States of America |
HEIMBACH Patrick | United States of America |
KARNAWATI Dwikorita | Indonesia |
LEGLER David | United States of America |
MAHAPATRA Pooja | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
MAKGATI Lebogang | South Africa |
MCMAHON Clive | Australia |
NAIR Balakrishnan | India |
O'CALLAGHAN Joe | New Zealand |
SCARDILLI Alvaro | Argentina |
SHAIMARDANOV Vladislav | Russian Federation |
SIERRA-CORREA Paula | Colombia |
SIFON Matias | Chile |
SPEICH Sabrina | France |
SUTTON Adrienne | United States of America |
WANG YI | China |
YU Weidong | China |
Name | Country |
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FISCHER Albert | Switzerland |
GALLAGE Champika | Switzerland |
HELGESEN Vidar | France |
Name | Country |
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BUTTIGIEG Pier Luigi | Germany |
EVANS Karen | France |
GEWAIN Laura | United States of America |
MUÑOZ MAS Cristian | Norway |
O'BRIEN Kevin | United States of America |
SMAIL Emily | United States of America |
TURTON Jonathan | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
VON SCHUCKMANN Karina | France |
ZINKANN Ann-Christine | United States of America |
Name | Country |
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APPELTANS Ward | Belgium |
BELBEOCH Mathieu | Switzerland |
HESLOP Emma | France |
KMIEC Weronika | France |
KRZYMINSKI Dominik | Poland |
LARA-LOPEZ Ana | Australia |
LEMCKE Signe | France |
LI Jing | France |
MARTIN MIGUEZ Belen | Switzerland |
MCCONNELL Terry | France |
MIÑO ARIAS Cristina Aracely | Belgium |
ONIDA Alessandra | Italy |
POST Joanna | France |
RUSCIANO Emanuela | France |
STUKONYTE Laura | France |
TELSZEWSKI Maciej | Poland |
= Person has not yet confirmed their participation.
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 54
Confirmed: 53
Not confirmed: 1
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Label(s): GOOS Priority 2
Created at 10:35 on 29 Oct 2024 by Forest Collins
Last Updated at 15:14 on 06 Mar 2025 by Louise Blezat