JCOMM-III re-established the JCOMM Data Management Coordination Group with  the following Terms of Reference and general membership (Annex to draft Resolution 14.4/3 (JCOMM-III)):

Terms of Reference

The Data Management Coordination Group, in close collaboration with IODE and CBS subsidiary bodies and related experts, shall:

(a) Maintain a data management plan for JCOMM that identifies, assesses and specifies priorities and actions for the Data Management Programme Area;

(b) In concurrence with the co-presidents of JCOMM and the co-chairs of IODE, establish and create expert teams, task teams, pilot projects and appoint rapporteurs, as appropriate, to undertake the work of the Data Management Programme Area;

(c) Ensure collaboration, appropriate coordination and liaison with IODE as well as with CBS and other relevant bodies and activities external to WMO and UNESCO/IOC;

(d) Keep under review, assess and coordinate the adoption of appropriate new information technology;

(e) Establish and maintain cooperation with science programmes and assist with their data management activities, as appropriate;

(f) Provide advice and feedback to users of the Data Management Programme Area functions, through the appropriate JCOMM Programme Area, through IODE directly;

(g) Identify capacity-building requirements related to the Programme Area and, as appropriate, coordinate activities to address these requirements;

(h) Identify satellite remote sensing requirements related to the Programme Area.

General membership

The Membership is selected to ensure a range of expertise and to maintain an appropriate geographical representation, and includes:

(a) DMPA coordinator (Chairperson of the Data Management Coordination Group);

(b) Chairperson of the Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP);

(c) Chairperson of the Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC);

(d) IODE co-chairpersons;

(e) Up to 4 additional experts with experience in areas such as codes, data standards, communication systems and information technology, and capacity building;

Additional experts may be invited as appropriate, with the concurrence of the co-presidents of the Commission and in general with no resource implications to JCOMM.

Current membership

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Sessions of the Group

• Third Session (26-28 March 2008, Ostend, Belgium) [report ]
  
• Second Session ( 10-12 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland) [report ]
  
• First Session (22-25 May 2002, Paris, France) [report]