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IOC/IODE‐XX/17
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2009
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL
OCEANOGRAPHIC
COMMISSION
(of
UNESCO)
Twentieth
Session
of
the
IOC
Committee
on
International
Oceanographic
Data
and
Information
Exchange
(IODE­XX)
Beijing,
China,
4­8
May
2009
Ocean
Data
and
Information
Network
for
Africa
Mika
Odido,
IODE
Regional
Activities
Coordinator.
Summary
of
the
document
The
document
provides
information
on
the
implementation
of
the
third
phase
of
the
Ocean
Data
and
Information
Network
for
Africa
(ODINAFRICA‐III),
and
the
focus
of
the
next
phase
which
will
be
implemented
in
the
period
2009
–
2012.
Appendices:
A.
Ocean
Data
and
Information
Network
for
Africa
Implementation
status
and
future
plans.
DRAFT
TEXT
FOR
INCLUSION
IN
THE
SUMMARY
REPORT
This
Agenda
Item
was
introduced
the
IODE
Coordinator
for
Regional
Activities,
Mr.
Mika
Odido.
The
implementation
of
the
third
phase
of
ODINAFRICA‐III,
which
started
in
2004,
as
a
large
scale
project
funded
under
the
UNESCO‐Flanders
Trust
Fund
for
Science
(FUST)
ended
in
February
2009.
The
following
are
some
of
the
achievements
of
this
phase:
•
•
Each
of
the
participating
institutions
developed
a
suite
of
data
and
information
products
that
have
been
quality
controlled,
merged
and
availed
through
the
project
website
(www.odinafrica.org).
These
include:
library
catalogues,
catalogues
of
national
data
sets
and
data
sources
(meta
databases),
directories
of
marine
and
freshwater
professionals,
directories
of
marine
related
institutions
and
their
profiles,
marine
data
archives
and
marine
biodiversity
databases.
These
are
also
from
NODC
websites
(www.nodc‐countryname.org
e.g.
www.nodc‐senegal.org).
Training
was
provided
on
a
wide
range
of
topics
such
as
data
and
information
management,
development
of
e‐repositories,
websites
development,
application
of
remote
sensing
and
GIS
to
coastal
management,
marine
biodiversity
data
management,
modeling;
end
to
end
data
management;
and
Sea
level
data
analysis
and
interpretation.
New
tide
gauges
were
installed
in
Cameroon,
Congo,
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Ghana,
and
Mauritania.
The
installation
of
Global
Navigations
Satellite
Systems
–
GNSS
receivers
at
the
sea
level
stations
in
Takoradi
(Ghana),
and
Inhambane
and
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2
Pemba
(Mozambique)
provides
the
connection
between
the
horizontal
and
the
vertical
datum
at
these
locations.
This
brings
the
total
number
of
tide
gauges
installed
along
the
African
coastkine
to
more
that
40.
Information
on
the
network
is
available
on
the
African
Sea
Level
Network
website
(www.iode.org/glossafrica),
while
the
data
from
22
of
the
stations
can
be
accessed
near‐real
time
at
www.sealevelstations.net.
•
The
African
Marine
Atlas
developed
in
collaboration
with
the
African
Coelecanthe
Project
(ACEP),
and
the
United
Nations
Environment
Programme
provides
access
to
maps,
images,
data
and
information
to
a
wide
range
of
users.
The
static
website
(http://omap.africanmarineatlas.net)
contains
over
800
downloadable
data
products
derived
from
the
fields
of
marine
geo‐sphere,
hydrosphere,
atmosphere,
biosphere,
geopolitical
and
the
human
socio‐
economic
dimensions.
The
mapserver
demonstration
site
(http://www.africanmarineatlas.net)
has
been
developed
by
the
atlas
team
as
a
training
exercise,
and
a
data
dissemination
tool
through
which
several
data
layers
can
be
viewed.
The
next
phase
of
ODINAFRICA
will
focus
on
application
of
data
and
information
products
to
the
sustainable
management
of
marine
and
coastal
resources,
as
well
as
reducing
the
risks
of
ocean
related
hazards.
The
following
are
the
expected
outcomes
and
deliverables
of
ODINAFRICA‐IV:
1. Strengthened
and
sustainable
marine
data
and
information
management
infrastructure
in
the
ODINAFRICA
countries;
2. National
multi‐sectoral
and
multi‐stakeholder
data
networks
to
maximize
the
use
of
available
data
and
to
make
available
IODE
NODCs
data
management
expertise
to
other
stakeholders;
3. Priority
[customised]
products
such
as
forecasts,
predictions,
models,
atlases,
scenarios
focussing
on
the
following
priority
areas;
4. Improved
mechanisms
for
the
dissemination
and
application
of
data,
information
and
products
[through
standards
based
catalogues
of
data
and
metadata
and
integrated
web
based
portals
and
connection
to
the
IODE
OceanDataPortal]
More
than
the
previous
phases,
ODINAFRICA‐IV
will
be
product
and
user
driven.
ODINAFRICA‐IV
will
aim
to
assist
decision
makers
by
coordinating
the
data
management
and
product
development
in
a
multi‐sectoral
approach.
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DRAFT
ITEMS
FOR
THE
2009­2011
WORK
PLAN
AND
BUDGET
Extra‐budgetary
contributions
(expected)
2009
2010
WP1:Networking,
Coordination
and
Management
186,629
367,260
193,684
WP2:
Strengthening
of
national
marine
data
and
information
management
capacity
320,000
170,000
170,000
WP3:
Development
of
Products
150,000
320,000
185,000
WP4:
Dissemination
and
sharing
of
data,
information
products
and
services
192,500
107,500
137,500
TOTAL
849,129
964,760
686,184
84,913
96,695
68,618
934,042
1,061,236
754,802
10%
UNESCO
overhead
GRAND
TOTAL
2011
Note:
ODINAFRICA‐IV
will
have
a
duration
of
4
years
(2009‐2012).
The
above
table
reflects
only
the
first
3
years
to
be
consistent
with
the
IODE‐XX
budget
cycle.