The 41st Session of the IOC Executive Council will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 24 June - 1 July 2008. More information on IOC EC webpage.

Jean-Louis Fellous, Co-president of JCOMM, will introduce the agenda item on JCOMM for discussion on 26 June. For reference, the report of the last session of the JCOMM Management Committee (Paris, 3-6 December 2007) is available on this site.

The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence in Operational Oceanography. The Centre will offer a 10-month Programme of study at Bermuda on Observational Oceanograpy.

Tentative Programme dates are from 1 August 2008 to 31 May 2009. Travel and living expenses of the trainees will be covered by NF-POGO Centre of Excellence. Full details available at: http://www.bios.edu/education/cofe.html. Deadline for applications: 30 April 2008.

The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and its partner, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), announce the Fellowship Programme for 2008. This programme is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. The fellowship programme is open to scientists, technicians, graduate students (PhD) and Post Doctoral Fellows involved in oceanographic work at centres in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
Deadline for application: 15 April 2008.
More information and the application form are available on the POGO website.

The sponsors of GOOS are seeking candidates for the position of Chair of the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee.
Deadline for appplication/nomination: 31 December 2007.
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1 November 2007 - Argo successfully reaches a significant milestone with its 3000th float operating in the ocean. 
Attaining the 3000th float target in so short a time (the first Argo float was launched in 2000) has been a remarkable achievement and is a tribute to the hard work and international cooperation of many individuals, countries and agencies. Argo improves our estimates and forecasts of sea-level rise, climate and hurricanes. Maintaining the array's size and global coverage in the coming decades is the next challenge of Argo.
Argo 3000 Press release. More on the Argo Information Centre (including today's Argo float distribution map).