GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

http://www.goosocean.org/

7 Place de Fontenoy, Paris, France
Established: 1991

Organisation type:	Programme
Geographical scope:	Global
Member countries:
Participating countries:	Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote D\'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic Of, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Republic Of, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic Of, Viet Nam, Yemen

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Organisation’s vision:

A truly global ocean observing system that delivers the essential information needed for our sustainable development, safety, wellbeing and prosperity

Organisation’s mission:

To lead the ocean observing community in growing an integrated, responsive and sustained global observing system.

Organisation’s objectives (if different from the Mission):

1. Strengthen partnerships, to improve delivery to end users from observations through forecasts, services, and scientific assessments;
2. Build advocacy and visibility for the sustained observing system with stakeholders, including key users and national funders;
3. Regularly evaluate the system to assess fitness-for-purpose;
4. Strengthen knowledge and exchange around value creation from ocean observation, empowering the spread of end user applications at a local level.
5. Provide authoritative guidance on implementation for integrated observing, synthesizing across evolving requirements;
6. Sustain, strengthen and expand observations coordination through GOOS and partner communities, promoting standards and best practice, and developing metrics to measure success;
7. Ensure GOOS ocean observing data and information are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable; with appropriate quality and latency.
8. Support innovation in observing technologies and networks;
9. Develop capacity to ensure a broader range of stakeholders participate in, and benefit from, GOOS;
10. Extend systematic observations to understand human impacts on the ocean;
11. Play a leading role in establishing effective governance for global in situ and satellite observing, together with partners and stakeholders."

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