Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Commission océanographique intergouvernementale (COI)
Comisión Oceanografica Intergubernamental (COI)
Mezpravitelstvennaja Okeanograficeskaja Komissija (MOK)
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Founded
1960 Paris France
History
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Promote international cooperation and coordinate programmes in research, services and capacity-building, in order to learn more about the nature and resources of the ocean and coastal areas, and apply that knowledge for the improvement of management, sustainable development, the protection of the marine environment, and the decision-making processes of Member States.
Events
2025-03-11 | Tokyo, Japan – Session196 past events available with paid subscription only.
Activities
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UN members of ICSPRO: B-XB0971 - FAO; B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO); United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS); B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Agreement with: F-XJ7911 - Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM); D-XD2685 - Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS); E-XE6119 - Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP); B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); C-XC1732 - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES); B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO); D-XD1542 - The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM); E-XE4161 - UNEP. Member of: E-XJ7741 - Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS); E-XJ5752 - UN-OCEANS. Cooperates with: F-XF1971 - Caribbean Action Plan (CAR); E-XE4545 - Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP); F-XM0470 - Group on Earth Observations (GEO); F-XF0809 - Inter-Islamic Science and Technology Network on Oceanography; H-XF1927 - West and Central African Action Plan (WACAF). Observer status with: E-XD0107 - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM); Hydrographic Commission on Antarctica (HCA). Recognized as the competent international organization in the fields of Marine Scientific Research (Part XIII) and Transfer of Marine Technology (Part XIV) through T-XT8298 - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Instrumental in setting up: U-XF1601 - Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation (IOMAC); E-XE1921 - Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).
Links with:
- F-XF0711 - Antarctic Treaty (AT);
- D-XD4163 - Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO);
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- E-XE1160 - Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR);
- E-XE1163 - Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics (ICoD);
- F-XF1615 - Global Climate Observing System (GCOS);
- U-XF2165 - Global Marine Pollution Monitoring System (MARPOLMON);
- K-XF4248 - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA);
- F-XF1135 - IAEA Environment Laboratories (IAEA-EL);
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- D-XD1107 - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- F-XF2057 - International Finance Corporation (IFC);
- F-XF5114 - International Geoscience Programme (IGCP);
- F-XF2563 - International Seabed Authority (ISA);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- E-XC2646 - International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC);
- C-XC2811 - International Whaling Commission (IWC);
- E-XE1245 - Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC);
- H-XF9914 - Marine Environmental Data Information Referral System (MEDI);
- F-XF1881 - Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP);
- D-XD2788 - North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC);
- D-XD1596 - North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES);
- C-XC1537 - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- F-XF4685 - OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Commission);
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- F-XF2863 - Programa para el Estudio Regional del Fenómeno El Niño en el Pacifico Sudeste (ERFEN);
- F-XE4356 - Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB);
- E-XE1269 - Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA);
- D-XD0319 - Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME);
- F-XF4234 - Regional Seas Programme;
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- H-XD7101 - Secretariat for Eastern African Coastal Area Management (SEACAM);
- E-XE4956 - Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC).
- E-XE6119 - Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP);
- H-XF6367 - South-West Atlantic Action Plan;
- UN Global Environmental Facility's Programme for Environmental Management and Protection of the Black Sea;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- E-XE9703 - UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Communication and Information;
- K-XK1304 - UNESCO Environment and Development in Coastal Regions and Small Islands (UNESCO CSI Programme);
- E-XE9588 - UNESCO Office, Cairo - Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States (ROSTAS);
- E-XE9595 - UNESCO Office, Montevideo - Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- H-XE9586 - UNESCO Office, Nairobi - Regional Bureau for Sciences in Africa (ROSTA);
- E-XE0963 - UNESCO Office in Venice - UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE);
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- F-XF9998 - World Weather Watch (WWW). Links indicated by: E-XK1791 - Priority Actions Programme / Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: E-XE0530 - Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS); E-XE4164 - Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO); E-XE4165 - Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC). Advisory body: Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research. Instrumental in setting up: E-XE4614 - GOOS Regional Alliance for the South East Pacific (GRASP); K-XK1274 - IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae; E-XE4158 - International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG).
Cooperates with:
- C-XC2239 - Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM);
- B-XB9351 - Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW);
- E-XE3796 - Commission mondiale d'éthique des connaissances scientifiques et des technologies de l'UNESCO (COMEST);
- F-XF3418 - Floating University (FU);
- F-XF7032 - Global Ocean Forum (GOF);
- D-XN3554 - Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST);
- C-XC1257 - International Association of Biological Oceanography (IABO);
- B-XB1223 - International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO);
- B-XB2079 - International Geographical Union (IGU);
- E-XC3987 - International Ocean Institute (IOI);
- B-XB1362 - International Society of Limnology;
- B-XB2698 - International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS);
- A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
- A-XA2722 - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG);
- B-XB4125 - International Water Resources Association (IWRA);
- C-XD3044 - Pacific Science Association (PSA);
- F-XF4059 - Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL);
- E-XE2321 - Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE).
Links with:
- E-XK0478 - Baltic Sea Project (BSP);
- G-XN7004 - Climate Institute;
- E-XE1457 - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS);
- E-XJ7741 - Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS);
- D-XD2936 - European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC);
- G-XJ3092 - European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology (EurOcean);
- E-XE2709 - European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS);
- G-XG4522 - Ifremer;
- F-XF4038 - Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN);
- E-XJ4234 - Global Ocean Observing System for Africa (GOOS Africa);
- C-XC0115 - International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA);
- A-XA2722 - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG);
- F-XF4042 - Mediterranean Coastal Foundation (MEDCOAST);
- U-XK1410 - Mediterranean Oceanographic Research Network;
- F-XF6702 - Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA);
- F-XF6249 - Pacific Islands GOOS (PI-GOOS);
- E-XE3209 - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR);
- D-XJ4976 - Tsunami Society International (TS);
- F-XF9983 - World Climate Research Programme (WCRP);
- C-XJ0775 - World Ocean Council (WOC);
- C-XJ4401 - World Ocean Network (WON);
- U-XN0013 - World Press Centre, London (WPC);
- B-XB3589 - World Underwater Federation.
Publications
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- Oceanography → Oceanography
- Oceanography → Marine
- Nation State → Intergovernmental
- International Relations → United Nations
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE1118
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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