On 8 September 2016, Ricardo Serrao Santos, MEP, is hosting a European Parliament event to bring European policy and decision makers together with the ocean observing community, to engage in a direct dialogue and discussions on needs and ambitions for a strong and integrated European ocean observing capacity. This event will help build the foundation of the future EOOS, a light and flexible coordinating framework to help manage and improve the existing observing effort, making it more efficient and effective at different geographical scales, and for different end-users. At the event, a draft Consultation for the EOOS implementation will be launched for a wider stakeholder consultation. Registration is open until 25 August 2016, and further information on EOOS, including the process so far and the event's Agenda, can be found here.