1. Data & Information Management Workshop on Communication Planning Guide & Resource Kit for Int’l Waters Vienna - Austria 19-20 Jan. 2006 Ardalan Sotoudeh IT Assistant

2. Background Our Objectives Our Efforts Main Challenges

3. Background CEP website: launched early 2000 access to the most requested data. on-line interactive tools 44,000 Files 1,915 HTML Files 42,000 Reports, Images other files

4. Objectives  Provide access to informational resources and most requested data through the CEP Web Site http://www.caspianenvironment.org\http://www.caspianenvironment.org\  Develop a regional mechanism and guidelines for data and information exchange.  Develop/install the effective IT tools for internal project data and information management  Collect, check and load into the corresponding databases the relevant data and information  Keep the project data and information up-to-date

5. TasksStatus / deadline Maintenance of the CEP Web SiteOngoing Purchasing and setting up new Web Server and Database Server, transferring Web Site October, 2005 Development of Caspian Biodiversity Information SystemJune, 2006 Development of Caspian Sea Interactive Map Services (IMapS)October, 2005 Maintenance of Caspian IMapS2005-2007 Development of Coastal Sites Inventory2006, 4 th q Extending Mnemiopsis DatabaseNovember, 2005 Establishment of Pollution Monitoring Database2006 Our Efforts

6. TasksStatus / deadline Maintenance of the Caspian Information SystemOngoing Update directory of Caspian scientistsDecember, 2005 Update directory of Organizations2006, 1 st q Update Caspian Bibliography2006, 1 st q Update directory of Projects Create Media DatabaseOngoing Create Environmental NGO DatabaseOngoing Updating and maintaining Caspian GIS1 st half 2006 Update collection of Caspian Satellite Images2005-2006 Our Efforts

7. Low level of data exchange and sharing in the region Available data are hardly accessible or still remain on paper Access to data of Oil & Gas companies is limited Poor development of IT infrastructure in coastal areas Absence of legal regional mechanisms and protocols for data and information exchange Main Challenges

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