First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management : organised in cooperation with: Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador 20-31 May, 2002.

Abstract

The First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador between 20 and 31 May 2002, hosted by the Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador (INOCAR). The workshop was attended by students from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, México, Panama and Perú. Lectures were provided by invited resource persons from the United States of America and the IOC. The workshop programme was based on the IOC OceanTeacher capacity building tool - an extensive collation of documents on marine data, formats, software, program and data management procedures, manuals, protocols, and associated tutorials. The workshop participants formulated a set intersessional goals and assignments to be accomplished before the second session in this curriculum.