2024 Meeting of the IODE Management Group

05 - 07 February 2024,

InnovOcean Campus
8400 Oostende
Belgium



Agenda



1. OPENING OF THE MEETING/ ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND TIMETABLE
2. REVIEW OF THE IODE-XXVII ACTION SHEET
2.1 Overview of completed, pending and unimplemented actions
2.2 Review of actions requiring discussion at the MG
2.3 Review of actions requiring deliverable by IODE-28
3. MATTERS ARISEN SINCE IODE-XXVII THAT REQUIRE ACTION BY THE MANAGEMENT GROUP
3.1 Outcome of IOC-32
4. STATUS OF THE NETWORK
4.1 IODE national coordinators status
4.2 Establishment of new (accredited) NODCs, ADUs and AIUs
4.3 Data/information sharing by IODE NODCs, ADUs and AIUs
4.4 IODE data centre health check
5. RESTRUCTURING OF THE IODE PROGRAMME
5.1 Structural elements of the IODE Programme
5.2 Rules of procedure for IODE programmatic elements
6. IODE Quality Management Framework
6.1 Revision of IOC Manuals and Guides No. 67
6.2 SG-QMF
7. REPORTS OF IODE PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS
7.1 PROGRAMME COMPONENT ODIS
7.1.1 Programme activity: AquaDocs
7.1.2 Programme activity: GODAR
7.1.3 Programme activity: GOSUD
7.1.4 Programme activity: GTSPP
7.1.5 Programme activity: ICAN
7.1.6 Programme activity: IQuOD
7.1.7 Programme activity: OBPS (IODE/GOOS)
7.1.8 Programme activity: ODISCat
7.1.9 Programme activity: OceanExpert
7.1.10 Programme activity: QMF
7.1.11 Programme activity: WOD
7.1.12 Project: Ocean InfoHub (incl OIH extension project)
7.2 PROGRAMME COMPONENT OBIS
7.2.1 Project: PacMAN
7.2.2 EU funded projects
7.3 PROGRAMME COMPONENT: OceanTeacher Global Academy
7.3.1 Project OTGA2
7.4 REGIONAL ACTIVITIES
7.4.1 Possible re-start of ODINs
7.5 RESULTS OF THE “USER FEEDBACK SURVEY ON IOC/IODE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES”
8. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES
8.1 Cooperation with other IOC programmes
8.1.1 Ocean Science
8.1.2 IOC Goos and IODE
8.2 Cooperation with other organizations
9. STRATEGIC ISSUES
9.1 ROLE OF IODE IN THE UN DECADE
9.1.1 Submitted IODE decade actions
9.1.2 Actions submitted in cooperation with IODE
9.1.3 DCO for data sharing
9.1.4 Other actions (ref action 296)
9.1.5 2024 Ocean Decade Conference
9.1.6 IODE and Sustainable Ocean Planning (SOP)
10. IODE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
10.1 Assistance and Mentoring by IODE NODCs, ADUs and AIUs
10.2 IODE implementation of the IOC CD Strategy (2023)
11. REVISED WORK PLAN AND BUDGET 2024-2025
11.1 Overview of revenue UNESCO RP 2024-2025 (UNESCO 42 C/5)
11.2 Contributions from Flanders
11.3 New initiatives and opportunities
11.3.1 NORAD
11.3.2 FUST
11.3.3 European Commission
11.3.4 Other
11.4 Review and approval of revised work plan and budget 2025-2025
12. PLANNING FOR IODE-28
12.1 Candidate hosts, dates
12.2 Required administrative and practical arrangements for IODE-28
12.3 3rd Ocean Data Conference: programme
13. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
13.1 Guidelines for the use of OceanExpert for meetings (posting of documents, list of participants, etc).
14. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT
15. CLOSING OF THE MEETING