The Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System (PI-GOOS) was established in 1998, and is currently one of 12 GOOS Regional Alliances (GRA) operational worldwide (see map below). GRAs are designed to facilitate sustained coastal and open ocean monitoring to meet regional and national priorities, and form a critical component to the successful implementation of GOOS objectives.
Within the Pacific Islands region, PI-GOOS aims to assist sustainable development by facilitating the establishment and implementation of coastal and open ocean observing programmes, and in helping to improve uptake and use of the data, information and products being generated. Implementation of the PI-GOOS programme is primarily through capacity building at the local and regional level, and via the delivery of useful observation related products to relevant national level Government departments and other national partners.
In 2004 a full-time coordinator of PI-GOOS was appointed as a joint initiative between the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) and the Perth Regional Programme Office of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO). PI-GOOS serves all 15 Pacific Island SOPAC Member Countries and is coordinated from SOPAC’s offices in Suva, Fiji.
The work of PI-GOOS is overseen by an Advisory Committee comprising of donors and partners from across the Pacific region. The Advisory Committee meets once a year and reports at the Annual Session of the SOPAC Governing Council. This provides all SOPAC member countries with an opportunity to comment and advise on the future direction of the PI-GOOS programme.
Documents such as the PI-GOOS work plan, strategy, annual report, and terms of reference for the Advisory Committee can be downloaded from the Documents page.
PI-GOOS partners are listed here.
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