The G7 Future of the Seas and Ocean Coordination Centre is a distributed coordination group charged with the scientific and technical implementation of the initiative under the guidance of the G7 FSOI National Focal Points and Working Group.
The European Union (EU) through the EU4OceanObs project, provides support for the G7 FSOI Coordination Centre to provide overall assistance to the Co-Chairs and Working Group and to maintain the G7 FSOI website.
The EU and the UK provide some staff support for the Working Group meetings, development of reports and work plans, and liaison with G7 Presidency planning including provision of briefings.
EU G7 FSOI
coordination
support
Mercator Ocean International
Toulouse, France
Dr. Maria Hood serves as the Head of the EU Coordination of the G7 FSOI Coordination Centre and is the head of the G7 FSOI coordination action for the EU4OceanObs Project. Hosted by Mercator Ocean International, EU4OceanObs works to strengthen international ocean governance to enhance the collection, sharing and use of ocean data in response to environmental and societal challenges. Maria has a Ph.D. in Marine Geochemistry and more than 15 years of experience coordinating international ocean science and observing system programmes for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organisation, including the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project, the IOC’s ocean acidification activities, and the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Physics and Climate. Maria holds American and French citizenship.
EU G7 FSOI
coordination support
Mercator Ocean International
Toulouse, France
The UK G7 FSOI coordination support
National Oceanography Centre
Southampton, UK
The UK G7 FSOI coordination support
National Oceanography Centre
Southampton, UK
Dr. Ryan Driscoll serves on the UK Coordination team for the G7 FSOI as part of his role as a Science Coordinator at the National Oceanography centre (NOC). Prior to this role, Ryan was based at the Alfred Wegener Institute where he worked as a Science Advisor on the German delegation to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Ryan has a Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences and a M.Sc. in Ecology with over 20 years of experience in international fisheries and ecosystem surveys. His work has combined field observations, survey data and models to understand how environmental changes affect zooplankton populations. Ryan holds American and Irish citizenship.