G7 Future of Seas and Ocean Initiative

G7 FSOI releases its priority topics for 2025

February 14, 2025

The G7 FSOI working group has released their priority topics for cooperation in 2025. The meeting, held at the National Research Council in Rome, Italy from 29-31 October, reviewed 2024…

G7 FSOI revises its Action Areas to tackle Ocean challenges with advanced technology and enhanced collaboration

October 15, 2024

The G7 Future of Seas and Ocean Initiative (G7 FSOI) Working Group revised its Action Areas during the 2023 Tokyo meeting to better reflect recent progress in ocean observing networks,…

G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting 2024 Communiqué

July 19, 2024

The G7 Science and Technology Ministers, under the Italian Presidency convened in Bologna and Forlì, Italy, from 9 to 11 July 2024 to discuss the pivotal role of science and…

Workshop on Marine Research Infrastructures integration and harmonization

July 1, 2024

Research Infrastructures (RIs) are large-scale facilities that include instruments, resources, data, and services used by scientists for research in their respective fields. Marine RIs consist of specialized vessels, platforms, and…

G7 FSOI Working Group meeting 2023

January 2, 2024

Hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the 2023 G7 FSOI Working Group meeting was held from 14 to 16 November 2023 in Tokyo.

G7 Science and Technology Ministers endorse G7 FSOI efforts

May 24, 2023

The G7 Science and Technology Ministers met from 12 to 14 May 2023 in Sendai, Japan. Under the main theme "Achieving an open and evolving research ecosystem based on trust", the Ministers released the G7 Science