This document is prepared in response to decision IOC/A-33/4.5.1.Doc(1), which requested the Executive Secretary to present an update on the GOOS Governance Reform to the present session of the IOC Executive Council, so that Member States review it and provide further guidance.

Purpose of the document: The governance reform is a phased, multi-year process requiring continued engagement from IOC Member States and governing bodies. The Executive Council is invited to provide guidance and feedback and consider potential implications before the GOOS Steering Committee, in consultation with the Executive Secretary, finalize a governance reform proposal to be submitted to the IOC Assembly at its 34^th session in 2027 for approval.

Financial and administrative implications: paragraph 19

The proposed decision is referenced EC-59/Dec.3.3 in the Action Paper (document IOC/EC-59/2 Prov.)