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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Ahead of the UN Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona from 10th to 12th April 2024, POGO members came together to highlight the need for sustained, operational, and coordinated biological observation of the ocean, taking advantage of the recent development and expansion of biomolecular observation technologies and initiatives.
Barcelona Biomolecular Ocean Observation Declaration Read More »
COP28 (28th Annual Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)) took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November – 12 December 2023. POGO participated in the conference through several channels: (1) hosting an official side event, (2) hosting a official exhibit, and (3) speaking in
The POGO-25 meeting was hosted by CICESE in Ensenada, Mexico, from 22-25 January 2024. Captain Francisco Armando Arias-Isaza succeeds Nicholas Owens as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 56 institutions in 31 countries
POGO was endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Implementing Partner (DIP) on 29 March 2023.
UN Ocean Decade Implementing Partner Read More »
The POGO-24 meeting was hosted by IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la MER) in Toulon, France, from 23-26 January 2023. MEMBERSHIP: 55 institutions in 29 countries
Since its registration as a UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2018, POGO has submitted Trustees’ Annual Reports to the Charity Commission, but 2022 saw our first publication of a more visual and interactive version of it for our members, collaborators and the community at large.
Annual Report for Sept 2021- Aug 2022 Read More »
In August, four miniboats were launched in the Atlantic as part of an outreach project led by POGO, Educational Passages, and AWI. The project involved the NoSoAT 2022 scholars, local partners in Ireland (NUI Galway), Germany (AWI), Spain (CSIC IEO) and South Africa (SAEON), and schools in each of these locations.
NoSoAT 2022 Miniboats and Shipboard Outreach Read More »
The 27th Climate Change Meeting (UNFCCC COP27) was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6-18 November 2022. POGO participated in the conference through four main channels: (1) the Ocean Pavilion, (2) hosting an official side event, (3) hosting a official exhibit, and (4) speaking in other sessions
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 first phase of the project (2021), five case studies focused on different approaches to Coastal Water Quality Monitoring in Malaysia, Nigeria, Portugal, China and Mexico.
Member Case studies published Read More »
