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ODINAFRICA II

Ocean Data and Information Exchange for Africa-Phase II (ODINAFRICA-II).

ODINAFRICA-II officially commenced on 1st September 2000 and will end on 31 August 2004.

The ODINAFRICA-II was initiated following the successful implementation of the First Phase. It is recalled that ODINAFRICA-I focussed on information management in the Western Indian Ocean. One of the main achievement within the framework of this programme was the establishment of the Regional Co-operation in Scientific Information Exchange in the Western Indian Ocean (RECOSCIX-WIO) Project. Other important outputs include.


Internet connectivity for marine scientists in the IOC/UNESCO Regional Committee for the Cooperative Investigation in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean (IOCINCWIO region).

Indigeneous scientific publications in FAO-IOC-UN AFSA through the regional ASFA input Centre (Mombasa, Kenya)

Trained manpower in marine information centres.

The Albion Fisheries Research Centre of the Ministry of Fisheries, is the focal point for RECOSCIX-WIO in Mauritius.

The ODINAFRICA-II project is being implemented with financial assistance from the Government of Flanders (Belgium) and IOC of UNESCO. The main objectives of the project are:-

  • Providing assistance in development of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs) and establishing their networking in Africa.
  • Providing training opportunities in marine data and information management applying standard formats and methodologies as defined by IODE.
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of national, regional and Pan-African metadata information and data holding data bases.
  • Assist in the development and dissemination of marine data and information products responding to the needs of a wide variety of user groups using national and regional networks.

The following countries are participating in the programme.

IOCINCWIO regions: Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South-Africa and Tanzania.

Other African region: Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia.

A website for ODINAFRICA has been established in April 2001 (http://ordinafrica.org)

OR

http://ioc.unesco.org/odinafrica).