ICAN 2025: Building Knowledge, Taking Action(virtual workshop)
ICAN 2025: Building Knowledge, Taking Action Virtual Workshop September 30, October 1-2 2025 1pm-4pm UTC The 2025 International Coastal Atlas Workshop will be held online from September 30 to October 2, 2025, with a series[...]
Training Course: Data quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in the Ocean Decade
A new training course is launched, organised by the Decade Coordination Office for Ocean Data Sharing in collaboration with many experts and OTGA. This course will give an introductory view of data quality assurance and[...]
Individual Consultant to develop a training course on the BBNJ-Agreement
IOC Ocean Decade Capacity Development Facility (CDF) and IOC/IODE Ocean Teacher Global Academy (OTGA) are seeking applications for an Individual Consultant to develop a training course on the BBNJ-Agreement for a period of four months (mid[...]
Guidelines for an Ocean Project or Programme Data Management Plan
We recently published a revised IOC Manual and Guide No.99 called Guidelines for an Ocean Project or Programme Data Management Plan. The previous version dated from 2016. This document emphasizes the importance of data management[...]
Strengthening the ocean data expert’s community for timely and high-quality data provision
Over 50 ocean data experts met in Bologna and online (Nov 2024) to enhance collaboration across key ocean observation programs (IQuOD, GTSPP, SOOP, XBT). Discussions focused on optimizing data collection, management, and sharing, improving quality[...]