1 GEO Implementation Plan Task Team (IPTT) GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan Reference Document

|2|2 GEOSS 10 Year Implementation Plan Reference Document Purpose is: –to provide detail to complement the 10 Implementation Plan –form the basis for actions in the GEOSS being prepared in year 2005 and subsequent work plans –but the document remains a reference not a negotiated text

|3|3 GEOSS 10 Year Implementation Plan Reference Document Process of preparing the Document has: –involved scientists globally for content –been reviewed by peers, GEO Members and Participants Overall some 2500 comments have been received and addressed

|4|4 GEOSS 10 Year Implementation Plan Reference Document Text updated since GEO-5 to: –accommodate the final delegate inputs since GEO-5 –ensure consistency with the negotiated 10 year text a glossy draft of the document has been distributed and when accepted will be printed