THE KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE GLOBE IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE: ENGAGING AND CONNECTING GLOBAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE 2019-2024 PROPOSAL IS TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE SUPPORT THAT THE GLOBE IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE (GIO) PROVIDES THE GLOBE COMMUNITY. GIO WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT PROVEN STRATEGIES IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE GLOBE COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES STUDENTS TEACHERS ALUMNI PARTNERS COUNTRY COORDINATORS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN GLOBE IN MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES. GIO WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SIX GLOBE REGIONS (NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND EURASIA AFRICA ASIA AND PACIFIC AND LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN) TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND EXPANSION OF THE GLOBE PROGRAM. TO DO THIS GIO WILL UTILIZE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUCH AS EXISTING INTERNATIONAL NETWORK AND FRAMEWORK FOR FACE-TO-FACE REGIONAL MEETINGS VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS (VIRTUAL MEETINGS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS SUCH AS THE IVSS AND GLOBE CAMPAIGNS). GIO WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO USE AND ENHANCE GLOBE TOOLS (THE GLOBE WEBSITE APPS DATABASE) TO FURTHER INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. THESE STRATEGIES WILL CONTINUE WHILE EVEN MORE EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON KEY ENGAGEMENT AREAS SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM (IVSS) THE GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. GIO AIMS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS WHILE ENCOURAGING GROWTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE GLOBE COMMUNITY (ANNUAL MEETING REGIONAL MEETINGS GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS) AND REQUESTS FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON PROPOSED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. UNDER THE LAST STATEMENT OF WORK GIO LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PROGRAM. THIS PROPOSED WORK ALIGNS WITH THE GLOBE STRATEGIC PLAN 2018-2023 (GOALS ARE LISTED UNDER EACH SECTION). ADDITIONALLY GIO IS FACILITATING THE COMMUNITY S ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. THE PLAN IS A MORE FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY ALREADY DOES AND SHOULD PROVIDE GLOBE MEMBERS GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES AND PARTNERSHIPS. GIO WORKS CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH AS NASA NOAA NSF AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS. GLOBE AND THE GIO ARE FUNDED BY NASA AND AS SUCH GIO IS PLANNING TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER NASA FUNDED GLOBE-BASED PROJECTS. THIS CONNECTION ALREADY EXISTS WITH A GROUP OF GIO LIAISONS TO FOUR FUNDED SCIENCE ACTIVATION PROJECTS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT. GLOBE IS ALSO EVOLVING MORE INTO A STEM PROGRAM WHILE STILL MAINTAINING ITS STRONG CONNECTIONS TO THE EARTH SCIENCES. THIS WILL BE SOLIDIFIED BY TWO OF THE FOUR FUNDED SCIENCE ACTIVATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE A FOCUS ON ENGINEERING AND GLOBE AS PART OF THEIR WORK AND BY ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THEIR EARTH SCIENCE PROJECT SUBMISSIONS TO THE IVSS. ALSO GIO WORKS CLOSELY WITH SSAI THE TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP THE GLOBE OBSERVER (GO) TEAM AND OTHER NASA-FUNDED PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF APPS PROBES AND OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION GIO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GLOBE OBSERVER (GO) TEAM IN THE PROMOTION AND USE OF THE GO APP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. GIO WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE GO AND IS COMMITTED TO SOLIDIFYING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. IN SUMMARY THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES THE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT THAT GIO WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TO THE GLOBE COMMUNITY TO HELP REALIZE THE GOALS OF THE 2018-2023 STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN TURN STRENGTHEN AND BROADEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PROGRAM.