The I-GOOS Strategy Sub-Committee

 

The Strategy Sub-Committee was established in 1994, further to the first I-GOOS planning Session, which clearly identified the need of a highly knowledgeable group of experts in order to assist I-GOOS and provide guidance on GOOS implementation. The Committee therefore adressed the following issues:

  • develop, refine and continually update a strategic plan for GOOS
  • develop basic policies regarding interaction and coordination, both internal and external to GOOS
  • develop advice on the identification and prioritization of resources for GOOS development
More specifically, its terms of reference were as follows:
  1. To oversee the development, refinement and periodic updating of a strategic plan for GOOS, which will define:
    1. objectives, products and outcomes of the GOOS modules;
    2. a broad plan of implementation, including stages, milestones and relevant structural issues; and
    3. process of priority setting and review.
  2. To assist in the consideration and formulation of elements of GOOS policy and to arrange for the preparation of necessary action documents for presentation to and consideration by I-GOOS;
  3. To advise on the prioritization, distribution and synthesis of resources to ensure the best parallel development of the GOOS modules in pursuit of the defined objectives.
  4. To review and advise on the progress of actions decided by I-GOOS and J-GOOS.
 

The SSC held three sessions:

  1. The first session was held at WMO in Geneva, 27-30 March 1995
  2. The second session was held at IOC in Paris, 25-27 March 1996.
  3. The third session was held at WMO, in Geneva, 27-29 January 1997.
 

The SSC was  discontinued after adoption by all concerned of a new committee structure for GOOS, by end-1997.

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Updated: 5 Mar, 1998