The Fourth GOOS Regional Alliances Forum will be held 25, 26, 27 November 2008 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The GRA Forum brings together representatives of all the GOOS Regional Alliances to plan the next biennium activities of the Coastal Component of GOOS.
The Forum fosters cooperation of the programs of the GRAs, builds GOOS and enhances regional activities.
Tuesday Morning a Bus will take us from the Hilton Colon to the days event at the Convention Center. The bus will leave the hotel at 8:15. Please meet in the lobby just before 8:15.
If you still have not booked your accomodation please contact Mr Luis Serrato at lserrato@cpps-int.org)
For more travel information and list of other hotels ->Guayaquil Travel Info
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Location
<a href="http://www.guayaquil.hilton.com">www.guayaquil.hilton.com</a>
Hilton Colón Guayaquil,
Avenida Francisco de Orelllana Mz 111,
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Organisers and Staff
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Luis Edilberto Serrato Urrego | |
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Note
Welcome Address
Opening Remarks
Review of Objectives of the Forum
Introduction of documents and agenda
Results of previous GOOS Regional Forums
Summary of Progress since the last Forums
Introduction to GOOS Regional Council (GRC)
Programme Reports
Review of the Implementation Strategy for the Coastal module of GOOS, François Gérard, I-GOOS Chair
ODIN Contributions to GRAs and Cooperation Between IODE & GOOS, Rodny Martinez, Coordinator ODINCARSA
GOOS Strategic Planning for GRAs, Keith ALVERSON, GOOS Project Office
WMO strategic planning for GRAs, Edgard CABRERA, WMO
IOC Secretary Presentation: Patricio BERNAL, IOC ADG
New Cooperation Mechanisms, Work Projection and Common Products within GRAS:
Review of PICO-I Meeting: Jose Muelbert
Follow on to III GRA Forum on LME Cooperation
LME Projects and their Contributions to GOOS: Ned Cyr
Developing Synergy between LMEs and GRAs based on GOOS-AFRICA Experience: Geoff Brundrit
GOSIC: Enabling Data and Information Exchange for GRAs, Christina LIEF, NOAA
Working Groups
Working Group 1 (WG1) Oceanic and Atmospheric Modellation: Regional Centers, GRASP Case.
Working Group 2 (WG2) GRA Operational and Research Products: Measures to Minimize Implications of Climate Change, and Multihazard Forecasting Systems
Working Group 3 (WG3) GRA Operational and Research Products on Modelling, Prevention and Forecasting of El Niño-La Niña
Working Group 4 (WG4) Progress, Priorities and Plans for Implementation of the Coastal Module of GOOS – Global Coastal Network (GCN)
Working Group 5 (WG5) Challenges of Coastal GOOS Implementation for Developing States.
Breakout Session 1
Progress Report and Discussions
Progress Report of Working Group (WG1) and discussions
Progress Report of Working Group (WG2) and discussions
Progress Report of Working Group (WG3) and discussions
Progress Report of Working Group (WG4) and discussions
Progress Report of Working Group (WG5) and discussions
GRAs and Observations Systems
GRA Presentations
GRASP Chair Representative Gonzalo Pereira PUCHY
Black Sea GOOS Chair Valery EREMEEV
MedGOOS Chair Kostas NITTIS
GOOS-Africa Chair Geoff BRUNDRIT
IOCARIBE GOOS Co-Chairs Guillermo Garcia MONTERO / Doug WILSON
OCEATLAN Technical Secretariat Janice TROTTE
US-GOOS Chair Ned CYR
PI GOOS Chair representative Paul EASTWOOD (SOPAC)
NEARGOOS Chair Shao Hua LIN
IOGOOS Chair representative Alphonse DUBI
SEAGOOS Chair Somkiat KHOKIATTIWONG
EURO GOOS Chair Hans DAHLIN
Developing Regional Oceanographic Observation Systems
Arctic ROOS, Hans DAHLIN
WAGOOS (Western Australia ROOS), Nick D'ADAMO
Information on emerging GOOS Regional Initiatives
Final Working Group Reports and Discussion
Final Report of Working Groups
Working Group 1 (WG1) Regional Modelling Centres
Working Group 2 (WG2) GRAs Response to Climate Change
Working Group 3 (WG3) Effective Operational Products (El Niño-La Niña)
Working Group 4 (WG4) C-GOOS Priorities and Global Coastal Network
Working Group 5 (WG5) Challenges for Developing States. .
Panel Discussions
Panel Working Group 1 (WG1) Regional Modelling Centres
Panel Working Group 2 (WG2) GRAs Response to Climate Change
Panel Working Group 3 (WG3) Effective Operational Products (El Niño-La Niña)
Panel Working Group 4 (WG4) C-GOOS Priorities and Global Coastal Network
Panel Working Group 5 (WG5) Challenges for Developing States.
Working Group Action Items
Working Group 1: Summary of Action Items
Working Group 2: Summary of Action Items
Working Group 3: Summary of Action Items
Working Group 4: Summary of Action Items
Working Group 5: Summary of Action Items
IV GRA Forum Actions
GOOS Regional Council:
IV GRA Forum Action Items
Discussion / Recommendations
Integration of the Forum Report
Adoption of Forum Report
Closure of the Forum
Report Documents
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| GOOS-174 | IV GRA Forum Report |
Agenda Documents
| Agenda | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | GRF-IV/1.4.3 | Provisional List of Documents | |
| 1.5 | GRF-IV/1.4.1 | Provisional Agenda | |
| 1.5 | GRF-IV/1.4.2 | Provisional Timetable | |
| 1.5 | GRF-IV/1.3 | GRF-IV/1.3: Provisional List of Participants | |
| 1.5 | GRF-IV/1.3.1 | List of participants | |
| 1.7 | GOOS-127 | First GOOS Regional Forum Report | |
| 1.7 | GOOS-139 | Second GOOS Regional Forum Report | |
| 1.7 | GOOS-159 | Third GOOS Regional Forum Report | |
| 1.7 | Report on 3rd GOOS Regional Forum | ||
| 1.9 | GOOS-165 | I-GOOS-VIII Report | |
| 2.6 | GOOS-172 | Panel for Integrated Coastal Observation (PICO-I) | |
| 2.7 | GRF-IV/2.7.1 | The LME Concept, its Development and Contributions to GOOS including GOOS Ecological Objectives | |
| 2.9 | GRF-IV/2.9 | Global Observing System Information Center Report GRF 2008 | |
| 3.5 | GRF-IV/3-5 | Working Group 5: Challenges of Coastal GOOS Implementation for Developing States | |
| 4.1.1 | GRF-IV/4.1.1 | GRASP Report for the IV Global GRAs Forum | |
| 4.1.1 | GRF-IV/4.1.1s | Informe de GRASP para el IV Foro de las GRAs | |
| 4.1.10 | GRF-IV/4_1_10 | Black Sea GOOS Strategic Plan and Objectives 2008 | |
| 4.1.11 | GRF-IV/4_1_11 | MedGOOS Strategic Plan and Activities 2008 | |
| 4.1.12 | GRF-IV/4_1_12 | GOOS-Africa Strategic Plan and Activities 2008 | |
| 4.1.2 | GRF-IV/4.1.2 | IOCARIBE-GOOS Report for IVth GRA Forum | |
| 4.1.5 | GRF-IV/1.4.5 | PI-GOOS Strategic Plan and Activities 2008 | |
| 4.1.6 | GRF-IV/4_1_6 | NEARGOOS Strategic Plan and Activities 2008 | |
| 4.1.7 | GRF-IV/4_1_7 | IOGOOS Strategic Plan and Objectives 2008 | |
| 4.2.2 | GRF-IV/4.2.2 | WAGOOS strategic plan and recent Australian ocean observing and application developments | |
| 6.1 | I-GOOS-VIII/11 | GOOS Regional Council (GRC) - Terms of Reference | |
| 6.2 | GRF-IV/6.2 | GRF-IV Forum Action Items |
Event Documents
Background Documents
Other Documents
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| GOOS-167 | I-GOOS Board-IV Report | |
| GOOS-170 | GSSC-XI | |
| GRA 4th forum planning GPO 2 | ||
| GRA Forum planning letter |
Participant Stats:
| Staff and organisers | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | 30 | |
| Not Confirmed | 0 | |
| Not-participating | 2 | |
| Total | 43 |