IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management

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During its 7th Session (2002) the IODE GE-MIM recommended (Recommendation MIM-VII.1) the nomination of IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management, in addition to IODE National Coordinators for Ocean Data Management. IOC Circular Letter No. 2125 (21 August 2005) invited IOC Member States to nominate suitable experts. The objective of this decision was to obtain a more balanced representation between ocean data and information management at IODE Committee Sessions. The Role of IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management (MIM) was defined (in 2006).

The most recent revision of the Terms of Reference of the IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management was adopted by the 22nd Session of the IODE Committee (March 2013) through Recommendation IODE-XXII.3 (based upon a recommendation of GE-MIM-XII):


  1. Act as a point of contact for marine librarians and marine information managers in their country, in order to liaise with the IODE community (via the GE-MIM) on matters of importance to MIM;

  2. Act as a communicator of IOC activities and initiatives to the national MIM community and beyond;

  3. Provide assistance and support to the GE-MIM on IODE programme activities at the national or international level;

  4. Establish a national working group that will create a national network of marine related libraries/marine information centres for their country or participate in existing related networks;

  5. Highlight and identify issues and participate in discussions of national importance relating to MIM with the GE-MIM and the national MIM community (such as capacity building and professional standards, technological innovations and policy, communications and collaboration, national and international MIM resources);

  6. Liaise with the IODE national coordinators for data management, the NODCs and ADUs, taking into account the role and expertise of marine information managers in data management;

  7. Provide reports to the IODE Committee (or IODE Officers), highlighting needs and issues that should be addressed by GE-MIM, for consideration by the IODE Committee or IODE Officers. The Committee or IODE Officers can then instruct the GE-MIM to deal with these needs and issues;

  8. Participate in Sessions of the IODE Committee.



In addition GE-MIM-IX recommended that the following criteria be applied by IOC Member States to identify IODE National Coordinators for Information Management:



  1. Responsible for a major marine library and information service

  2. Should have a senior position in a marine related library or information centre

  3. Should have librarian qualification or equivalent experience in a library

  4. Interested in new developments in library and information science

  5. Should be allowed by their parent institution to attribute time to the fulfilment of the role of IODE NC for MIM

  6. Should be provided with necessary financial support to enable participation in Sessions of the IODE Committee




Below we list the current list of IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information. A list of Circular Letters issued to invite Member States to identify IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management is available HERE.

NameGroup RoleCountry (worklocation)
NameGroup RoleCountry (worklocation)
added 6/10/16United Republic of Tanzania
added 12/4/2024Türkiye
conf 26/9/2017Tunisia
added 5/8/2024Trinidad and Tobago
conf 13/6/16Seychelles
added 19/8/2022Senegal
added 23/12/2023Russian Federation
added 12/9/2024Russian Federation
conf 23/9/2024Romania
added 13/1/17Republic of Korea
added 9/1/17Qatar
added 11/10/2017Qatar
conf 08/03/2022Peru
added 5/3/2024Panama
conf 28/08/2018New Zealand
added 21/5/2024Namibia
conf 29/9/2024Mexico
conf 6/8/2024Mauritius
conf 26/9/2017Mauritania
added 2/8/2022Malaysia
conf 25/7/2024Kenya
added 28/4/2022Japan
conf 14/6/16Iraq
conf 29/7/2024Iran (Islamic Republic of)
added 6/6/22India
conf 30/06/16Greece
conf 24/06/16Germany
added 6/9/18Gabon
added 18/2/2025Egypt
added 6/8/2024Ecuador
added 16/08/2022Dominica
added 21/06/2022Democratic Republic of the Congo
conf 9/9/2024Côte d'Ivoire
added 21/11/2023Cyprus
conf 27/06/16Croatia
conf 3/9/2024Colombia
conf 5/9/18China
added 9/11/2023Chile
confirmed 22/8/2024Bulgaria
added 22/6/2022Brazil
conf 30/06/16Benin
conf 3/9/18Benin
conf 29/8/2024Belgium
conf 5/9/18Argentina
added 9/11/2023Angola
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