Second ODINAFRICA-II Training Course in Marine Data Management, Tunis, Tunisia April 29 – May 10, 2002.

Abstract

The Second ODINAFRICA Training Course in Marine Data Management was held in Tunis, Tunisia between 29 April and 10 May 2002, and was organised by the Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM). It was held simultaneously with the ODINAFRICA II Marine Information Management Training Course, and the last session of both workshops was a joint activity to foster coordination between the groups. The workshop was attended by students from 18 countries of the IOCINCWIO and IOCEA Regions. 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. A set of intersessional assignments was formulated that included a wide range of specific dataset measures and products that will be assigned regularly through the recently-established ODINAFRICA.net communication network.