Information
- Type
- Organization
- Type
- https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#International
- Name
- UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
- Acronym
- IOC-IODE
- Parent institute
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UNESCO; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- Address
- Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
- Contact numbers
-
- Telephone
- +32-(0)59-34 21 34
- Email
- info@iode.org
- Location
-
- latitude
- 51.2324737
- longitude
- 2.9309041
- Description @en
- The main objectives of the IODE Programme are (i) to facilitate and promote the exchange of oceanographic data and information; (ii) to develop standards, formats and methods for the global exchange of oceanographic data and information; (iii) to assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage oceanographic data and information and become partners in the IODE network.
The IODE Programme must now meet the new challenges related to ocean data and information management. The IODE community must lead the way in coordinating access to marine data and information to support the broad needs of the scientists, policy makers, marine resources managers, commercial sector and the general public. Whereas in the past IODE data centres focused mainly on delayed-mode, physical oceanography data, the IODE Programme now gives attention to all ocean related data including physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data, and to operational data streams in addition to delayed mode data. IODE now closely collaborates with, and services the needs of the other IOC and related programmes such as Ocean Sciences, Global Ocean Observing System, Joint Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, and International Tsunami Warning System (for more details see IODE Web site).
In order to respond to these challenges, an IOC Project Office for IODE has been established in Oostende, Belgium. The Project Office is hosted and supported by the Flemish Government through the Flanders Marine Institute.
