1. Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA-III)

2. IOC and IODE
Intergovernnmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)
Established 1960
129 Member States
Science, Sustained Observations, Data and Information Management
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange

3. IODE mission statement
Established in 1961 ‘to enhance marine research, exploitation and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products’

4. IODE = network Network of nearly 70 Data Centres
World Data Centres Oceanography (3)
National Oceanographic Data Centres (64)
Responsible National Oceanographic Data centres

5. IODE = Capacity Building
ODIN strategy
Regional context
Product/service oriented
Multi-stakeholder
Training
Operational
Support
Equipment

6. ODIN elements
Assist in the development and operation of National Oceanographic Data (and Information) Centres and establish their networking in a region;
Providing training opportunities in marine data and information management to apply standard formats and methodologies as defined by the IODE; 
Assist in the development and maintenance of national, regional and global marine metadata, information and data holding databases; 
Assist in the development and dissemination of marine and coastal data and information products responding to the needs of a wide variety of user groups using national and regional networks;

7. NODC?
is a centralised facility for providing ocean data/information in a usable form to a wide user community;
acquires, processes, quality controls, inventories, archives and disseminates data in accordance with national responsibilities;
responsible for conducting international exchange;
traditionally, but not exclusively, deals with delayed mode data

8. ODINAFRICA-II
Started 2001
20 African countries

9. ODINAFRICA-II results
: 19 NODCs established
Data products and services developed
Data atlases, metadatabases, national ocean awareness activities, stakeholder meetings, national coordination teams established,…
Marine libraries established; national and Union catalogue created
Internet connectivity support
Brussels, September 2003

11. ODINAFRICA lessons learned
Build national capacity: people, hardware, operational support (AND follow-up!)
Create national oceanographic committees involving all stakeholders (avoid empire building)
Identify national issues and address these as a priority (national support envelope)
Identify regional similarities/issues and address these jointly
Build regional information, metadata and data products/services that serve all
One size does not fit all: different capacity levels

12. ODINAFRICA-III:
25 countries

13. ODINAFRICA-III 3 components: coastal ocean observing system
data/information management
product development, end-user communication and information delivery system
+ linkages

14. Linkages Relevant national programmes
Regional Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) Programmes including the Guinea Current and Benguela Current LMEs
The Abidjan and Nairobi Conventions
NEPAD
CLIVAR-AFRICA
PIRATA - the Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic
GIWA – the Global International Waters Assessment programme
AMMA – the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses programme to improve African capacity to understand and forecast of the African monsoon
ACMAD – the African Centre for Meteorological Applications and Development to provide oceanographic data, and to benefit from ongoing activities in numerical weather forecasting and climate prediction
IOI operational centres
Pirata , an international network of in situ met-oceanic observations measuring, in key points of the tropical Atlantic ocean, measuring various variables of the energy transfer between the atmosphere and the mixed layer (until 500m of depth);

15. ODINAFRICA-III objectives
Strengthen in situ observations including GLOSS network of sea-level measuring stations in Africa,
Add oceanographic & meteorological sensors to SL measuring stations, creating integrated monitoring platforms,
Collaborate with the Census of Marine Life (CoML) to create an African OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System),
Create HAB monitoring programmes where relevant,
Strengthen the NODCs/DNAs to enable them to produce the necessary products and services from the data streams generated by the above activities,
Service the data and information requirements (including the provision of appropriate products and services) of these and other national and regional projects (e.g. from ICAM, from LMEs, from fisheries departments etc),

16. Observations (WP2) Coastal GOOS: Equipment, training
Build/strengthen in situ network of sea-level stations + sensors: water temperature; salinity; dissolved inorganic nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, dissolved oxygen; air temperature; vector winds; humidity; wet-and-dry precipitation; atmospheric pressure
Provide near real-time observations of ocean variables
Equipment, training

17. Data & Information management (WP3)
strengthen NODCs to
manage data streams from the coastal ocean-observing network;
obtain, analyse and disseminate operational in-situ measurements from global programs (e.g. Argo and ships-of-opportunity); and
obtain, analyse and disseminate Level 3 satellite imagery/analyses to the local/national community;
continue data repatriation and rescue (GODAR)
Integrate biogeographic and hydrological data steams into NODC systems;
Development, maintenance and delivery of databases
Upgrade internet access
Equipment, training

18. Product Development, End-user Communication and Information Delivery (WP4)
Identify and develop ICAM related products.
Develop Regional and National Marine Atlases.
Improve atmospheric and oceanic monitoring through database development and communication.
Promote basic modelling and forecasting through networking.
Refine the identification of end-users.
Organize awareness campaigns involving all stakeholders at local, national and regional levels on the output of the project.
Disseminate outputs of the project to all stakeholders.
Disseminate information on the end products at regional and international institutions.
Assess the impact of products on the end-user.

19. End-user Communication and Information Delivery
Project Steering
Data and
Information
Management
Product Development,
End-user Communication
and Information Delivery
Observations
Issues need to determine required observations
National first, then regional and global

20. Questions for BCLME Should BCLME and ODINAFRICA-III collaborate?
If yes then where are the complementarities?

21. Training Tool: OceanTeacher
OceanTeacher to ODIMeX ( )
= single integrated e-learning and expert system
expert and training resources for marine data management and marine information management needed by professional ocean data and information managers and scientists involved in data management;
provide ocean researchers and students with the necessary knowledge to interact effectively with their national oceanographic data centres
Integrated Expert and Training System for Oceanographic Data and Information Management
To provide in a single integrated e-learning and expert system providing all the expert and training resources for marine data management and marine information management needed by professional ocean data and information managers and scientists involved in data management, as well as to provide ocean researchers and students with the necessary knowledge to interact effectively with their national oceanographic data centres

22. ODIMeX Distance learning technology
Topics expansion: Remote Sensing, Biological data management, Operational oceanography data management, Modelling
Tools expansion: GIS, Programming, XML, development of WWW based services
Expanded audience
Distance learning: using University of the Western Cape (SA) KEWL.NextGen software

23. Thank you

24. All questions/requests
do we need “formal” linkage between ODIN networks and GOOS?
should ODIN networks/projects become joint IODE/GOOS initiatives?
need advice on draft table of contents OO (see Doc 7B, Annex I)
need OO managing editor (we have $!)
need OO authors (what’s in it for them? Visibility: E-repositories, harvesters)
need peer review experts (for DM general, DM bio and IM we will use GE-MIM, GE-BICH)
how will GOOS participate in ODIMeX? (through JCOMM CBCG, ME, “quality-stamped” peer review group?)
How should IODE CB relate to new Joint GOOS/JCOMM CB panel?