First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Information Management : hosted by the Unidad Académica Mazatlán del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, U.N.A.M. Mazatlan, Mexico 29 September – 4 October 2002.

Abstract

The First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Information Management was held in Mazatlan, Mexico, kindly hosted by the ‘Unidad Académica Mazatlán del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, U.N.A.M.’. The Training Course was attended by 17 participants from 13 countries including Argentina, The Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago. Resource persons included Mrs Jane Barnwell, Mrs. Amelia Chavez Comparán, Mrs. Guillermina Cosulich, Mrs. Linda Pikula, Mrs. Maria Clara Ramirez Jáuregui, Mrs. Pauline Simpson, Mr. Steve Watkins and Mr. Peter Pissierssens. The course included theoretical lectures on Information Management as well as discussions on an ODINCARSA marine information management workplan for 2002/2003. The course used the OceanTeacher system.