1. 17 - 21 March 2014, Oostende, Belgium
ODINAfrica-Biodiversity
ODINAFRICA Training Course on Marine Biodiversity Data Management
March 2014, Oostende, Belgium

2. Overview The earlier phases of ODINAFRICA :
Enabled the participating Member States to get access to data available in other data centres worldwide,
Develop skills for manipulation of data and preparation of data and information products, and
Develop infrastructure for archival, analysis and dissemination of the data and information products.
The current phase aims at improve the management of coastal and marine resources and the environment in participating countries by:
enhancing data flows into the national oceanographic data and information centre in the participating countries,
strengthening the capacity of these centres to analyze and interpret the data so as to develop products required for integrated management of the coastal areas of Africa, and
increase the delivery of services to end users.

3. ODINAFRICA Products Marine Atlas
African Repository of Marine Related Publications
Africa Ocean Portal
Register of Marine Species

4. AfReMaS?
AfReMas is a taxonomic database of marine species found along the African coasts.
The database was originally developed as the Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA). It was extended after to the entire African coasts.
AfReMas aims to compile and manage an authoritative list of species occurring in African marine coasts.
It is intended to be used as support for biodiversity research for conservation and sustainable management of marine environment.

5. Taxonomy Distribution Taxonomic data Distribution data
Statistics data
Statistics data
Maps

6. Contribution to AfReMaS
Data mining
Database governance
Data quality control
Data valorization: link to others programs

7. Contribution to AfReMaS
Input data to the registrer: three mobilisation workshops (2006,2007,2012)
2006
2012
Mollusca species
4 772
3 982
Porifera species
1 309
2 340
Decapoda species
2 752
2 764
Total accepted species (all groups) ?
19 050
2006
2012
Mollusca distributions
9 566
11 458
Porifera distributions
5 185
8 465
Decapoda distributions
9 936
17 630
Total distributions (all groups)
59 137
79 025

8. Contribution to AfReMaS
Input from 2012: individual inititatives

9. Governance TORs for the SC established:
Designates and replaces editors to contribute and validate content to the database
Supervises editors and controls access and edit rights of editors
Initiates and coordinates activities amongst the editors, such as providing new database content, collaborative publications, and funding applications
Implements decisions related to AfReMaS
Monitors and controls regular database progress and licenses database use through a standard application form
Negotiates exceptional uses of the database outside the standard license
Liaises with other international programs concerning the database
Coordinates AfReMaS editors workshops

10. Governance
One representative from each LMI region

11. Governance Several meetings organised to identify SC members :
ODINAFRICA PSC meeting November 2012, Namibia
ODINAFRICA MI workshop, 24 September - 3 October 2012, Nairobi, Kenya
Regional Coodination Meeting for the CC LME, Mediterranean
and Red Sea Tunis, Tunisia December 2012
Regional coordination meeting for GCLME region Lomé, Togo, March 2013
ODINAFRICA IV planning and review meeting May 2013, Mapotu Mozambique
few nomination

12. Data quality control Covered by this workshop
The ODINAFRICA NODCs should be requested to review the database and provide additional information to improve it. This should include:
Gazetteers
Literature
Taxonomy...

13. Data valorization: link to others programs
AfrOBIS
Data in OBIS
Data in AfReMaS

14. Data valorization: link to others programs
LMEs

15. Expectations… Focal points for data mining in your region
Identify editors to contribute and validate content to the database
Liaises with other international programs concerning the database
Providing new database content, participate to collaborative publications, and funding applications