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The objective of the IWG to Enact a Rapid Response Mechanism for Emerging Issues (IWG-RRM) is to react to urgent, time-critical issues and produce coordinated guidance for responses from IODE’s structural elements.

“Membership: The IWG-RRM will be composed, inter alia, of:

One primary and one secondary representative of the IODE Secretariat,
One primary and one secondary representative from each IODE Programme Component,
One primary and one secondary representative where available from each IODE Programme Activity,
Members of other IOC Programmes, where applicable or requested.
Invited experts as required.

The working group will elect a Chair and/or Co-Chairs, to be decided by the Working Group members. The IWG will pre-identify relevant experts in areas such as cybersecurity, law, data protection, and ethics and invite them to be at the disposal of the IWG should the need arise.”