SOFF provides operation and maintenance support to GBON compliant beneficiary countries on an open-ended basis. Weather and climate observations from all over the world need to be permanently collected and shared. Experience has shown that SIDS and LDCs need long-term support to operate and maintain their GBON. As countries move out of the LDC or SIDS status they would be required to cover the operating and maintenance costs of their GBON through their own resources.
As a global public good, it is in all countries’ interest to ensure that countries with large economic constraints receive long-term support to contribute to the costs of operating the GBON network and internationally exchange their observations.
