3rd Session of Group of Experts on Capacity Development (GE-CD III)

01 - 02 December 2021,

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING OF THE MEETING
1.1 Address by the Co-Chairs
1.2 Adoption of the Agenda
2. STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE 2ND SESSION AND INSTRUCTIONS BY IOC-XXXI
2.1.1 Report on the Ocean InfoHub project and its contribution to the TMT/CHM
2.1.2 Result of consultations on the revised terms of reference of the Inter-sessional Task Team to start work to identify CD requirements of Member States in relation to the IOC CD strategy
2.1 Report on implementation of the GE-CD-II work plan
2.2.1 Revision of the Terms of Reference of the GE-CD (see also 6.2)
2.2 Instructions from the 31st Session of the IOC Assembly (2021) and their follow-up actions
3 RESULTS OF THE 2ND CD NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY (2020-2021)
3.1 Overview of the results
3.2 Follow-up actions of the 2nd CD needs assessment
3.3 Recommendations for the 3rd CD needs assessment (2022-2023)
4 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IOC CD STRATEGY BY GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PROGRAMMES
4.1.1 IODE (OceanTeacher Global Academy)
4.1.2 GOOS
4.1.3 Ocean Science
4.1.4 Tsunami
4.1.5 Marine policy
4.1 Global programmes and projects
4.2.1 IOCARIBE
4.2.2 IOCAFRICA
4.2.3 WESTPAC
4.2.4 IOCINDIO
4.2 Regional programmes (sub-commissions and regional committees)
5 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5.1 Overview of the CD chapter of the Decade implementation plan
5.2 Decade actions related to CD
6 REVISION OF THE IOC CD STRATEGY
6.1 Progress of the GE-CD Task Team related to the revision of the IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021)
6.2 Decisions taken by IOC-XXXI on the revision of the IOC CD strategy (see also 2.2.1)
6.3 Next Steps
7 WORK PLAN FOR THE NEXT INTERSESSIONAL PERIOD
8 ELECTION OF CHAIRS
9 CLOSING OF THE MEETING