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Ocean Data and Information
Network for Africa
Mika Odido
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
UNESCO Nairobi Office (Regional Office for Science & Technology in Africa)
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission of UNESCO
 International Oceanographic Data &
Information Exchange programme (IODE)
 Ocean Data and Information Network for
Africa (ODINAFRICA).
IOC of UNESCO
Established in 1960:
“…….. to promote international cooperation and to
coordinate programmes in research, services and
capacity building,
in order to learn more about the nature and
resources of the ocean and coastal areas
and to apply that knowledge for the improvement of
management, sustainable development, the
protection of the marine environment, and the
decision-making processes of its Member States.”
.
IOC Programmes
1)
Ocean Sciences
‘reducing scientific uncertainties about coastal and global ocean
processes in the context of marine ecosystems’
2)
Ocean Observing Systems
3)
Ocean Services
‘Develop, within the Global Ocean and Global Climate Observing
Systems (GOOS and GCOS), the monitoring and
forecasting capabilities needed for the management and
development of the open and coastal ocean’
‘Development and strengthening of a global mechanism to
ensure full and open access to ocean data and information
for all’- includes International Oceanographic Data &
Information Exchange (IODE)
IOC Programmes cont.
4)
Ocean Governance
‘Increase the effectiveness of the governing bodies of the
Commission and further develop the oceans governance
issues
5)
Capacity Building and TEMA
‘Further develop the capacity of Member States in marine
scientific research for ocean and coastal management’
International Oceanographic Data and
Information Exchange (IODE)
(i)
Promotion of exchange of marine data and information (including
metadata, products and information)
(ii) ensure the long-term archival, management and services of all
marine data and information;
(iii) Promotion of the use of international standards, and develop or
help in the development of standards and methods for the global
exchange of marine data and information
(iv) assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage
marine data and information and become partners in the IODE
network; and
(v) support international scientific and operational marine programmes
of IOC and WMO and their sponsor organizations with advice and
data management services.
(full text at www.iode.org)
IODE Activities
GROUPS OF EXPERTS

JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP)

GE on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange
Practices
(GE-BICH)

GE on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM)
i)
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
ii)
Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR)
iii)
Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) Pilot Project
iv)
Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
v)
MarineXML
vi)
MEDI (www.medi.org)
vii)
OceanExpert (www.oceanexpert.org)
viii) OceanPortal (www.oceanportal.org)
ix)
AfricanOceanPortal (www.africanoceans.net)
x)
OceanTeacher (www.oceanteacher.org)
xi)
Open source software development
xii)
Ocean Data and Information Networks : (a) ODINAFRICA – Africa;
(b) ODINCARSA – Carribean and South America; ( c) ODINCINDIO – Indian
IOC Data Policy
timely, free and unrestricted international
exchange
‘Free and unrestricted’ = non-discriminatory and without
charge. Where “Without charge”, means at no more than the
cost of reproduction and delivery.
‘Timely’= sufficiently rapidly to be of value for a given
application
As applied to:

IOC programmes

Non-IOC programmes

Non-commercial use by research
and education communities
IOC Programmes
Timely, free and unrestricted access to all
data, associated meta data and products
generated under the auspices of IOC
programmes
Non- IOC Programmes
Encourages timely, free and unrestricted
exchange
 Essential for application to the preservation
of life
 Beneficial public use and protection of the
ocean environment
 Forecasting of weather
 Operational forecasting of the marine
environment
 Monitoring and modelling of climate
 Sustainable development in the marine
environment
Research and Education Community
Encourages timely, free and restricted
exchange on condition that:
Products or results of such use shall be
published in open literature without delay or
restriction.
ODINAFRICA
Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa
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~ 40 institutions
25 countries
1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Benin
4. Cameroon
5. Comoros
6. Congo
7. Côte d'Ivoire
8. Egypt
9. Gabon
10. Ghana
11. Guinea
12. Kenya
13. Madagascar
14. Mauritania
15. Mauritius
16. Morocco
17. Mozambique
18. Namibia
19. Nigeria
20. Senegal
21. Seychelles
22. South Africa
23. Tanzania
24. Togo
25. Tunisia
ODINAFRICA- Objectives

get access to data available in other data
centres

develop
infrastructure
for
archival, and analysis of data.

develop skills for manipulation of data and
preparation of data and information
products.
collection,
Coastal Observations

Establishment/upgrading
of sea level stations,
 Installation of additional
sensors
 Training on analysis &
interpretation of sea level
data.
LINKAGES TO TSUNAMI
EARLY WARNING &
MITIGATION SYSTEM
ODINAFRICA Infrastructure support
CORE SUPPORT

2 PC’s, printer, scanner for library
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1 PC, printer for data centre
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Internet Access
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Mailing list to improve communication
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Operational support
ODINAFRICA – Basic Courses
Left: Marine Data Management
training session, Casablanca,
Morocco
Below: Librarians during a training
course in Cape Town
Marine Information
Management trainees
ODINAFRICA – Other training

Marine Biodiversity data management

Numerical Modelling

Website development training

Remote Sensing

GIS Applications
Generate products such as maps, atlases for
Management of Coastal/Marine Environment
and Resources
ODINAFRICA – Follow-up support

Using OceanTeacher system
(http://www.oceanteacher.org)
 internet-based (email) follow-up and support
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maintaining an ‘ODINAFRICA Help Desk’
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remedial training
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internships and attachments
ODINAFRICA – Information Access
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Bibliographic search services
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Document delivery services
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Development of library catalogue
ODINAFRICA – Information Access

Database of aquatic science publications on or
from Africa
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Electronic repository of marine related
publication (https://doclib.uhasselt.be/odin)
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Directory of marine/freshwater professionals
(http://ioc.unesco.org/afridir)
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Directory of marine science related institutions
ODINAFRICA – Data Access

Data locator service
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National Marine metadata-bases

Collection of all data related to the
country’s waters from international data
centres
ODINAFRICA – Data Access

Enrichment of database with locally
available data

National Marine Atlas

National data CDs
ODINAFRICA – Challenges

Language differences (English, French,
Portuguese)

Severe problem with communications
Below are Installation of VSAT link in Madagascar & Nigeria
ODINAFRICA – Challenges
Differences in Focus of designated institution

Educational, Research, Resource Management
- Narrow focus e.g. Oceanography or Fisheries
- Broad coverage e.g. University (peripheral interest in marine
science???)
Differences in Size

one person dedicating only part time (Long term training difficult)

Several people
Difference in skill levels

Basic skills versus proficient (how do we organize training
relevant to all?)