Twenty first Session of the IOC Committee on IODE

23 - 26 March 2011,

Liège
Belgium

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING
2 ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2.2 DESIGNATION OF A RAPPORTEUR
2.3 SESSION TIME TABLE AND DOCUMENTATION
2.4 ESTABLISHMENT OF SESSIONAL WORKING GROUPS
2.5 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
3 INTRODUCTORY REPORTS
3.1 CO-CHAIR'S REPORT
3.2 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE IODE-XX WORK PLAN
3.3 FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION REPORT
3.4 INTRODUCTION TO WORK PLAN AND BUDGET
4 NODC AND PROJECT OFFICE REPORTS
4.1 REPORTS OF NODCs, DNAs AND MARINE INFORMATION CENTRES
4.2 REPORT OF THE IOC PROJECT OFFICE FOR IODE
4.2.1 Renewal of the MoU for the IOC Project Office for IODE
5 ADOPTION BY IODE OF THE OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (OBIS)
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 PROPOSED REVISION OF THE IODE STRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE OBIS
5.3 OBIS STRATEGY, MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES
6 PROGRAMME ACTIVITY REPORTS
6.1 GROUPS OF EXPERTS
6.1.1 IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices (GE-BICH)
6.1.2 IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM)
6.1.3 JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP)
6.2 PROJECTS
6.2.1 JCOMM/IODE Ocean Data Standards
6.2.10 OceanExpert
6.2.11 OpenScienceDirectory
6.2.2 IODE OceanDataPortal
6.2.2.1 Cooperation with WMO/WIS
6.2.2.2 Cooperation with SeaDataNet
6.2.3 Data Publishing (SCOR/IODE)
6.2.4 Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR)
6.2.5 Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
6.2.6 Global Ocean Surface Underway Data Pilot Project (GOSUD)
6.2.7 Marine XML
6.2.8 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
6.2.9 OceanDocs and Aquatic Commons
7 IODE CAPACITY BUILDING
7.1 OCEANTEACHER AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES
7.2 IODE'S REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECTS: ODIN
7.2.1 Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA)
7.2.2 Ocean Data and Information Network for the Caribbean and South America regions (ODINCARSA)
7.2.3 Ocean Data and Information Network for the Central Indian Ocean Region (ODINCINDIO)
7.2.4 Ocean Data and Information Network for European Countries in Economic Transition (ODINECET)
7.2.5 Ocean Data and Information Network for the Western Pacific region (ODIN-WESTPAC)
7.2.6 ODIN-Black Sea
7.2.7 Regional Network of Pacific Marine Libraries (ODIN-PIMRIS)
7.3 EMERGING NEEDS IN CAPACITY BUILDING
7.4 IODE ACTIVITIES IN THE IOC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK (AND ROLE OF THE IOC PROJECT OFFICE FOR IODE)
8 IODE ORGANIZATIONAL REFORMS ISSUES
8.1 REPORT ON THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE IODE REVIEW
8.2 IODE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LONG-TERM SECURE ARCHIVAL OF DATA AND INFORMATION
8.3 JCOMM ad hoc Task Team on RNODCs AND SOCs
8.4 IODE DATA AND INFORMATION CENTRES QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND CERTIFICATION
9 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IOC STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE (2008-2011): COOPERATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMMES AND ORGANIZATIONS
9.1 COOPERATION WITH IOC PROGRAMMES
9.10 IOC OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA EXCHANGE POLICY: IMPLEMENTATION BY MEMBER STATES AND COOPERATING PROGRAMMES
9.2 COOPERATION WITH WMO
9.3 COOPERATION WITH POGO
9.4 COOPERATION WITH SCOR
9.5 COOPERATION WITH ICSU
9.6 COOPERATION WITH EUMETSAT
9.7 COOPERATION WITH IAMSLIC
9.8 COOPERATION WITH FAO
9.9 OTHERS (UNEP, WCRP, SOLAS, GEO/GEOSS, ...)
10 IODE PUBLIC AWARENESS
10.1 IODE WEB SITES, BROCHURES, POSTERS AND PUBLICATIONS
10.2 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF IODE IN 2011
11 IOC STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE (2012-2015)
12 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
13 REQUIRED RESOURCES AND PLAN OF ACTION FOR 2010-2011 (CURRENT UNESCO BIENNIUM 2010-2011) AND 2012-2013 (NEXT UNESCO BIENNIUM)
14 ELECTIONS OF CO-CHAIRS
15 DATE AND PLACE OF IODE-XXII
16 ADOPTION OF THE SUMMARY REPORT
17 CLOSURE