Terms of Reference for I-GOOS

(excerpt from resolution EC-XXV.3)

The IOC Committee for GOOS will :

  1. be responsible for promotion, co-ordination, implementation and management of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS);
  2. identify the resources needed for GOOS and the means for obtaining them;
  3. develop and update plans for, initiate implementation stages and monitor the progress of GOOS;
  4. develop such plans on the advice of the GOOS Technical and Scientific Advisory Panel and other scientific and technical groups as appropriate;
  5. maintain liaison with related research projects as input to the design of GOOS and to help GOOS respond to research needs;
  6. be responsible for the representation of GOOS at meetings of other bodies.

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Updated: 17 Mar, 1998