The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) was founded in 1999 by directors of oceanographic institutions around the world as a forum to promote and advance the observation of the global ocean. POGO is a UK-registered charity with member institutions from around the world, and works closely with other international and regional programmes and organisations.
POGO seeks to expand international support for ocean observing, through innovation of the ocean observing system, capacity development and outreach/advocacy.
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The first official regional node of POGO – the Western Pacific Regional Node – is jointly hosted by the First Institute of Oceanography, the Ministry of Natural Resources (FIO), the Institute of Oceanology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), and the Ocean Decade International Cooperation Center (ODCC), and located at Qingdao, China.
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POGO established a new partnership with OceanX and OceanQuest to provide training opportunities for Early Career Ocean Professionals aboard the OceanXplorer – one of the most advanced research and exploration vessels in the world – as part of the UN Ocean Decade-endorsed ‘Around Africa Expedition‘ (Jan-Jun 2025). POGO scholars participated in several legs of the cruise.
POGO-OceanX-OceanQuest Early Career Explorers Programme Read More »
![[IMAGE: The Nippon Foundation-POGO CofE in Observational Oceanography Scholars at the program launch event (photo credit, The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University): (L to R) Back row Dr. Ndague Diogoul (Senegal), Obed Omane Okyere (Ghana), Dennis Otieno (Kenya), Ni Putu Asri Ratna Suhita (Indonesia), Maryjune Cabiguin (Philippines), José Manuel Echevarría Rubio (Mexico) Front row Md Shahadat Hossain (Bangladesh), Punya Puthukulangara (India), Dr. Esraa AbouElmaaty (Egypt), Ana JuÌia Alves de Lima (Brazil)]](https://pogo-ocean.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2024-25CofE-cohort.png)
Phase IV of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography (CofE) formally launched on 24 October 2024, hosted by the Ocean Frontier Institute, in partnership by the Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development, Dalhousie University, the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University, and the Hakai Institute. (click through for image caption)
New NF-POGO Centre of Excellence opens in Canada Read More »
In 2023, the POGO Board of Trustees appointed an External Review Panel consisting of 6 experts, selected to represent a range of POGO stakeholders including the marine science community (POGO members and non-members), representatives of other international or regional organisations, and other stakeholders. The report and recommendations were presented to the POGO Board in June 2024, and
Outcomes of POGO’s First External Review Read More »
As POGO convened at the 16th Conference of the Parties (CBD16) in Cali, Colombia, it issued a follow-up to the April 2024 Barcelona Declaration: To meet the biodiversity goals outlined in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the 2030 Targets, we must place ocean observations – particularly sustained, globally-coordinated biological observations – at the forefront
The International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE), sponsored by SCOR and POGO, published the Ocean Sound Essential Ocean Variable (EOV) Implementation Plan, providing a framework for passive acoustic observations that will advance our use of sound to understand the ocean.
Ocean Sound Essential Ocean Variable Implementation Plan published Read More »
Case studies conducted by POGO members in different parts of the world demonstrate real examples of various socio-economic benefits of ocean observing. In the second phase of the project (2022 & 2023), we added stories on Climate-critical observing and Geohazards.
More Member Case studies published Read More »
CBD COP16 (Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity) will take place in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November, 2024 POGO participated in the conference via several channels: (1) Expo stand, (2) hosting a side-event, (3) participating in other side events, (4) POGO-led statement on biomolecular
COP29 (29th Annual Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November, 2024 POGO participated in the conference via several channels: (1) hosting an official side event, (2) hosting a official exhibit, and (3) speaking in other sessions
The POGO-26 meeting was hosted by Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, in Penang, Malaysia, from 25-28 February 2025. MEMBERSHIP: 55 institutions in 31 countries