The GOOS Steering Committee (SC) is responsible for developing a work plan, using the concepts in the Framework for Ocean Observing, to update GOOS requirements, monitor and promote its development, assess the performance of the observing system, and adviseon developing capacity of Member States.The First Meeting of the GOOS Steering Committee (GOOS SC-1, 20-22 June 2012, Paris, France) established a work programme around three themes: 1. sustaining present observations; 2. expanding to new variables and serving new requirements; and 3. identifying regional priorities, capacity, and addressing gaps. The Committee highlighted the strength of treating sustained research and operational observations together, and agreed on the utilityof the Framework for Ocean Observing and its focus on EOVs in articulating the multiple 'missions' addressed by a single observing system. It emphasized the importance of reaching out to users, including modeling users, in helping to evaluate observing system performance and identify requirements. It decided to base its work on physical EOVs, including GOOS requirements for real-time services and in the coastal ocean, around the Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC) shared with the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The Committee affirmed the importance of expanding GOOS into new variables. It decided to work with theIOC-SCOR International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) as the nucleus of a panel for carbon and biogeochemical variables, recognizing that any expansion in mandate would require additional funding and personnel support. It also decided that it would seek todevelop a biology/ecosystems panel in cooperation with SCOR, the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) and other activities. The Committee further recognized the importance of the GOOS Regional Alliance (GRA) concept, as a way of engaging national action at a regional level. The Committee recognized the need to develop capacity as a key element for global participation in GOOS, and in particular the need to identify and develop approaches to potential funders.
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