Co-Chairs’ Report: presented at the Twenty-second Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXII), Ensenada, Mexico, 11-15 March 2013.

Abstract

This documents is intended to reflect the views and the concern for the future of the IODE rather than a progress report during the intersessional. It highlights the financial difficulties of the Programme and the need to address them. In parallel it outlines some of the major outcomes from the past two years activities for which detailed progress reports can be found at the relevant agenda items;