Key objectives
The EuroGOOS Ocean Literacy Working Group works to:
- Upscale and integrate efforts: Enhance national Ocean Literacy initiatives across Europe and contribute to global efforts, providing visibility and recognition for EuroGOOS member activities at national, European, and international levels.
- Raise awareness: Promote understanding of ocean observing and forecasting needs, challenges, and opportunities through engagement with the public and policymakers.
- Support international frameworks: Contribute to global Ocean Literacy, aligning with the UN Ocean Decade and its Ocean Literacy Framework, while advancing the EuroGOOS project Scientists for Ocean Literacy.
- Foster collaboration and resources: Join collaborative projects, foster international partnerships, expand the EuroGOOS Ocean Literacy resource library, and promote best practices.
The EuroGOOS Ocean Literacy Working Group brings together experts from 25 organizations in 11 countries and 4 organizations with a pan-European or global remit.
List of members
Co- chairs
Yolanda Koulouri
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Greece
Angela Pomaro
National Research Council (CNR)
Italy
Dina Eparkhina
EuroGOOS Office – ex officio co-chair as coordinator of EuroGOOS UN Ocean Decade Action ‘Scientists for Ocean Literacy’
Pan-European/International Members
Claire Gourcuff
Euro-Argo ERIC / Ocean Observers Working Group
Emanuela Rusciano
Joint Centre for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology in situ Observations Programmes Support (OceanOPS) / Ocean Observers Working Group
Gratianne Quade
Mercator Ocean International
Members
Alice Kloker
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
United Kingdom
Ana Aguiar
Met Office
United Kingdom
Andrew King, Kai Sørensen, Louise Valestrand, Vildes Nekkevik
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Norway
Clara Ferragut
Balearic Islands Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB)
Spain
Cushla Dromgool-Regan
Camden Education Trust, on behalf of Marine Institute, Ireland (Explorers Education programme)
Ireland
Daria Ezgeta Balic
Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries (IZOR)
Croatia
Donata Canu and Elisa Banchi
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS)
Italy
Kajsa Tönnesson
Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment
Sweden
Kelle Moreau
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Belgium
Louise Ras
Sailing Hirondelle
France
Lucie Cocquempot
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)
France
Maria Calvo Uyarra
AZTI tecnalia
Spain
Mari Carmen García, Pablo Lozano
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)
Spain
Marina Amori
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Italy
Marina Locritani
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Italy
Marta Mancazeichen
Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
Italy
Noirin Burke
Irish Ocean Literacy Network
Ireland
Rachael Brown
Marine Institute
Ireland
Tiago Garcia
+ATLANTIC CoLAB
Portugal
Terms of Reference
EuroGOOS OLWG Terms of Reference