1 SeaDataNet Project Kick-off Meeting Training and Capacity building Vladimir Vladymyrov IOC Project Office for IODE Peter Pissierssens IOC/IODE Greece, Crete, 7-9 June 2006

2 Activity NA3: Training and Capacity building The training program has two main objectives: 1)to ensure that the data and metadata to be integrated in the SEADATANET system will be formatted, checked for quality and disseminated according to the common protocols developed in JRA1. 2)to transfer expertise and to train IT experts of the SEADATANET data centers in the basics, installation and operation of the SEADATANET technical components, which are developed in JRA2.

3 Activity NA3: Milestouns and Deliverebles (18 months) Objective: Training of the data managers Milestones: Month 6: Workshops planning to be validated by the Steering Committee Month 11: Start of the first training workshops with the 1st Annual Workshop Deliverables: Training program for scientific data management (P10, M6) report Adapted content of the Training workshop in data management (P10, P1, P3, P7, P15, M11) electronic material Report on the Regional Training workshops on data management (P10, P15, TA, M18) report

4 Activity NA3: First training workshop. Issues to be addressed Training course agenda List of trainers Number of trainees (up to 40)? Number of training sessions (1 or 2 or 3)? List of trainers Back to back with a Plenary meeting? Venue: Oostende (1 or 2), Morocco (1)? Dates (March 2007)?

5 IODE: mission statement Established in 1961 ‘to enhance marine research, exploitation and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products’

6 IODE Training Activity : no standard curriculum 1997: start ODINEA and start development of html-based training curriculum on CD 1998: start IODE ResourceKit 2001: ResourceKit + training modules = OceanTeacher

7 Training Tool: ODIMeX OceanTeacher to ODIMeX ( ) = single integrated e-learning and expert system expert and training resources for marine data management and marine information management needed by professional ocean data and information managers and scientists involved in data management; provide ocean researchers and students with the necessary knowledge to interact effectively with their national oceanographic data centres

8 OceanTeacher – Binary Model

9 “Digital Library” (resourcekit) “Encyclopedia” that users can browse or search: A range of marine data and information management materials such as descriptive materials, software tools, documents and links to external sources.

10 “Digital Library” (example)

11 Courses (training curriculum) A collection of outlines, notes, examples, and miscellaneous documents used in conjunction with the “digital library” to organize training courses in marine data and information training. Courses link extensively to material in “digital library”

12 IODE Project Office The IODE Project Office is a: TRAINING CENTRE: a global training centre for ocean data and information management; CONFERENCE CENTRE: a forum where ocean data and information experts and students can work and meet; DATA AND INFORMATION PORTAL CENTRE: it hosts and maintains IODE’s ocean data and information systems and related public awareness tools; FREE WEBSITE HOST for developing countries who do not have the means to host their own web sites, databases and information bases; TECHNOLOGY TESTBED: a laboratory environment and test bed for new ocean data and information management technology.

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m meeting/training rooms - 1 small meeting room - 1 large conference/training room - 7 offices for at least 12 persons - Audio and video equipment - Broadband Internet connection - Computer facilities - Web/db servers

15 Start of work (first training)

16 Training events

17 Conference Hall

18 Small Conference Room

19 Expert Lab

20 Training activity in 2005 Trained: 102 experts from 49 countries Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Barbados, Benin, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroun, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritus, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela 22 experts from 6 countries and 1 International organization spent 202 days in Oostende

21 IODE Project Office Web Site (Events calender)

22 More information: Thank you !