IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS-IX), Ninth Session, 10-12 June 2009, Paris, France
IOC/UNESCO (2009). IOC-WMO-UNEP Intergovernmental Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (I-GOOS-IX), Ninth Session, 10-12 June 2009, Paris, France. GOOS Report, 176. IOC Reports of Meetings of Experts and Equivalent Bodies, 138. 38 pp.
The 9th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for GOOS (Paris France, 10-12 June 2009) reviewed progress of GOOS over the past biennium and discussed implementation and sustainability strategies, and reviewed the GOOS National Reports. The Committee also reviewed Regional GOOS Implementation and noted the inauguration of the GOOS Regional Council by the GRAs at the 4th GRA Forum. The committee heard from, and discussed, a number of partner programs including the IOC/WMO Joint Commission on Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). The Committee elected an I-GOOS Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons to serve for the 2010-2011 biennium. The Committee reviewed the work programme and budget for the GOOS Project Office. It recognized the financial constraints and lack of human resources at the GPO and urged IOC Member States to increase their financial contribution to the GOOS coordination and outreach, as well as to support their regional activities through active support of their GOOS Regional Alliance
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