GE-OL and GE-CD Joint Group of Experts Meetings

18 - 20 November 2025,

7, place de Fontenoy
75732 Paris cedex 07
France



Agenda



1 OPENING AND INTRODUCTIONS
1.1 Address by the IOC Executive Secretary/Deputy chair of the IOC
1.2 Address by the co-chairs of the Groups of Experts for Capacity Development and Ocean Literacy
1.3 Adoption of the agenda
2 Decisions of the IOC Assembly relating to the Groups of Experts (14:20 – 17:00)
2.1 Joint tasks assigned to the Groups of Experts by the IOC Assembly
2.2 Areas of complementarity/overlap between the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2025-2030 and the draft IOC Ocean Literacy Plan of Action 2026-2030 Part 1
2.3 Areas of complementarity/overlap between the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2025-2030 and the draft IOC Ocean Literacy Plan of Action 2026-2030 Part 2
2.4 Address by the IOC Executive Secretary on the work of the Groups of Experts within the broader priorities and planning for the IOC.
3 Aligning the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2025-2030 implementation plan and the draft IOC Ocean Literacy Plan of Action 2026-2030 (09:15 – 15:30)
3.1 Working processes and assignment to break-out groups
3.2 Breakout group discussions Part 1: Addressing direct overlaps
3.3 Breakout group discussions Part 2: Aligning areas of similarities
3.4 Breakout group discussions Part 3: Levering opportunities
3.5 Report back of breakout groups to plenary and group discussion
4 Development of a workplan to update the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2025- 2030 implementation plan and the draft IOC Ocean Literacy Plan
4.1 Workplan and timeline
5 Assisting the IOC Secretariat in developing a longer-term mechanism for coordinating ocean literacy and capacity development related priorities and actions across the IOC (09:15 – 12:30)
5.1 Working processes and assignment to breakout groups
5.2 Breakout group discussions: Potential mechanisms
5.3 Report back of breakout groups to plenary and group discussion
5.4 Workplan and timeline
6 Next steps and closing