European Global Ocean Observing System

EuroGOOS, being represented by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) will be the contractual partner to represent EuroGOOS and MedGOOS in the proposal. EuroGOOS is an Association of Agencies (33 Members in 17 European countries), founded in 1994 to further the goals of GOOS, and in particular the development of Operational Oceanography in the European Sea areas and adjacent oceans. GOOS is an international program preparing the permanent global framework of observations, modeling and analysis of ocean variables needed to support operational ocean services wherever they are undertaken around the world. It was launched at the Second World Climate Conference in 1990 and is sponsored by IOC, WMO, UNEP and ICSU. EuroGOOS activities are designed to collaborate with and maximize the benefits from existing activities in operational oceanography in Europe, promoting the integration of these activities within the framework of GOOS.
MedGOOS is the GOOS Regional Alliance for the Mediterranean Sea, established under the auspices of UNESCO-IOC to provide a regional framework for partnerships, synergies and capacity building for operational oceanography to the benefit of all coastal states in the region. It embraces a partnership of 19 members from 16 riparian countries including non-EU countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina. MedGOOS aims to build awareness on operational oceanography, promote capacity building and synergize efforts to facilitate the development of an operational ocean observing and forecasting system with regional and coastal scales to the benefit of a wide group of stakeholders and users in the region. Such a system requires an enduring collaboration among the neighboring countries and a strong will to share efforts, resources and knowledge.