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 2019 World Ocean Day was dedicated to gender and the ocean. To celebrate the day, a UNESCO project honoured women whose scientific work is enhancing the conservation of the 49 marine sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. In this video, former POGO Chair, Karen Wiltshire, talks about the Wadden Sea, which extends along […]
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POGO Alumnus: (1) Austral Summer Institute 2007; (2) NF-POGO Centre of Excellence 2009-2010; (3) POGO SCOR fellow 2014 “The 2007 POGO-supported Austral Summer Institute (ASI) training course was my first international experience and my first contact with ocean colour remote sensing. I wanted so much to attend this training that I did not mind travelling
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POGO Alumnus: NF-POGO Shipboard Training – 27th AMT “The NF-POGO experience and the shipboard training on the 27th Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) research cruise was a great opportunity for me to acquire an immense knowledge and skills on pre-cruise preparation, conducting scientific experiments on board… “Moreover, this programme provided an opportunity to interact with other
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POGO Alumnus: Austral Summer Institute 2006 & 2009 “I had visited Austral Summer Institute for two PhD courses in 2006 and 2009. Both courses provided me excellent opportunities to connect with international researchers and also extend my network to Chile. The course contents were up to date and had a huge impact on my research.
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POGO Alumnus: (1) Beagle Cruise Leg 3; (2) NF-POGO Visiting Professorship Training in Brazil, 2006; (3) NF-POGO CofE Regional Training in Brazil, 2009; (4) Instructor NF-POGO CofE Regional “In my case, it’s been 20 years since I started my PhD and looking backwards I realize now how important my training experiences have been and how
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POGO Alumnus: NF-POGO Centre of Excellence (2008-2009) “After the program at Bermuda, my career had been greatly affected in so many areas. I was part of the first epoch SINO-Nigeria scientific sea cruise that had Chinese and Nigeria scientists on board. I also went to South Korea on training in hydrography survey. The experience gained
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During the OceanObs’19 conference in Hawaii, POGO and GEO Blue Planet launched the Oceanscape Portal, a joint initiative to identify existing and create new partnerships among the ocean observing community. All members of the ocean community are invited to participate by adding new “organisations”, which can include intergovernmental organisations, NGOs, private foundations, programmes/projects, companies, trade associations and others –
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December 2019 marked the 20th anniversary of the first POGO Annual meeting, which was held at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA from 1-3 December 1999.
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As of July 2020, POGO has awarded a total of 981 Fellowships in 89 countries. The total number of individuals trained is 905, with several fellows having participated in more than one type of training.
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In 2019, POGO was involved in a major shipboard outreach initiative conducted during the South-North Atlantic training Transect (SoNoAT). Outreach activities within the SoNoAT included Skype sessions, blog posts and social media interactions. Skype sessions involved thirteen schools in five countries (two in Germany, eight in the UK, one in Ireland, one in Brazil and
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