Summary

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Meeting ID: 834 2135 7360 Passcode: 251723 

The Eleventh GOOS Regional Alliance Forum  (GRF-XI) Meeting will take place from 8 to 9 April 2024 at the World Trade Center in Barcelona, Spain

The Key Objectives of GRF-XI: 

• Discuss the progress and challenges of the GOOS Regional Alliance (GRA) over the last two to three years; 
• Examine and explore how GRAs are engaged and contributing to the UN Ocean Science Decade for Sustainable Development, the GOOS Strategy 2030, the GOOS Programmes/projects, and other GOOS initiatives. Identify challenges, barriers, and opportunities to strengthen links and collaboration.
• Discuss strategies to strengthen and revitalize GRAs and improve how we each try to deliver data, products, and services to the benefit of partners and users; 
• Discuss how to coordinate between GRAs to evolve capacity and sharing of knowledge 
• Discuss how GRAs engage more effectively with other GOOS Structures, panels, new GOOS National Focal Points, as well as the private sector and industries; 
• Discuss and agree on GRA priorities, actions, and leadership (chair and vice chairs) for the next two years.