POGO

Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean

The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) was founded in 1999 by directors of oceanographic institutions around the world as a forum to promote and advance the observation of the global ocean. POGO is a UK-registered charity with member institutions from around the world, and works closely with other international and regional programmes and organisations.

Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
Established: 1999

Organisation type:	Non-governmental organisation
Geographical scope:	Global
Member countries:	Australia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote D\'Ivoire, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic Of, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
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Organisation’s vision:

To have by 2030, world-wide cooperation for a sustainable, state-of-the-art global ocean observing system that serves the needs of science and society.

Organisation’s mission:

1. Lead innovation and development of the crucial components of the ocean observing system.
2. Identify and contribute to the development of the key skills, capabilities and capacities needed to achieve the vision.
3. Work with governments, foundations and industry, to articulate the benefits to society and required funding to build and sustain the system.

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

1. Lead the making and innovation of observations that contribute to the global ocean observing system.
We will judge progress by our success in:
• Refreshing the way we think about the approach to building the global observing system from the opportunities opened by rapidly developing and adopting emerging and transformative technologies.
• Expanding the observing system in quantum steps in respect of biological and biogeochemical parameters.
• Driving these into the agenda of the decadal status review at the Ocean Observations 2019 conference.

2. Develop the world-wide capacity and capabilities needed for ocean observations and nurture new generations of scientists, technical experts and leaders in ocean affairs.
We will judge progress by our success in:
• Building networks, technologies and human resources required for ocean observations at the global scale.

3. Advocate and promote in our own countries and world-wide (to inter-governmental organisations, governments, funding agencies, businesses, foundations and citizens) the importance of making systematic sustained, ocean observations for the advancement of science and for informed, sustainable management of the ocean for the well-being of all humankind and making the case for securing the necessary funding resources to achieve it.
We will judge progress by our success in:
• Broadening the membership of POGO to a wider range of oceanographic institutions across the world to increase diversity of perspectives on our shared goals and extending geographical coverage.
• Widening and strengthening engagement with a more diverse range of potential partners especially in business and industry, to better understand their measurement needs, advance uptake and exchange of new technologies between business and science, enhance skills and capabilities, and achieve a more broad-based support for sustained ocean observations.

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