This report is pursuant to the decision of the IHO-IOC GEBCO Guiding Committee to launch a GEBCO governance review in 2022 and IOC Assembly Decision A-32/Dec.4.1 to present the outcomes to this session of the IOC Executive Council. This full report prepared by the GEBCO Governance Review Project Team is appended to this summary of conclusions and recommendations.

This document should be read in the light of the new strategy for GEBCO presented to this Council in Information Document IOC/INF-1538. The Executive Council is invited to comment on the results of this analysis with a view to an implementation plan to be developed by the GEBCO Guiding Committee.

Financial and administrative implications: These will be considered within the 42C/5 approved programme and budget.

The proposed decision is referenced as Draft Resolution EC-57/[4.4.II] in the revised Action Paper (document IOC/EC-57/AP Prov. Rev.)

The full report is appended to the document in English only in the pdf files.