GINCCO aims to create an international network of expertise on the hydrodynamics and biogeochemical processes based on a modeling approach. The network builds on existing expertise in the partnerships  on numerical models (Symphonie, SCHISM, ECO3M-S, T-UGO and GAMA) and on existing collaborations between French laboratories and partners in Viet Nam, Thailand, Cameroon and Benin.

More specifically, GINCCO aims to:

• create a community on the modeling of the continent-ocean aquatic continuum, promoting dialogue between modelers, model users, other scientific communities and civil society, and who would publish together, and could build projects together targeting both advances in scientific knowledge and development of decision-support tools;
• share knowledge, know-how and best practices and facilitate cooperation and mutual support on the use of the models, brainstorm on future developments, fostering innovation with a view to hybridization or coupling of models;
• train students, mainly through PhD programs, dedicated training sessions and participating in university training programs.