1. Review of MAMA WP 1 Activities July 2003 - January 2004 Aldo Drago MedGOOS Executive Secretary IOI – Malta Operational Centre University of Malta aldo.drago@um.edu.mt Tel/Fax : +356 – 21440972

2. MAIN WP 1 Activities Task 1.2 - Country profiles on the current capabilities in pre-operational ocean observations and forecasting - Inventory on marine monitoring activities

3. Questionnaire entries by country CountryEntriesCountryEntries Spain13Greece3 France13Cyprus2 Italy6Turkey4 Malta5Lebanon2 Slovenia2Israel1 Croatia7Egypt2 Bosnia & Herzegovina3Tunisia1 Yugoslavia1Algeria1 Albania1 TOTAL ENTRIES = 67

4. MAIN WP 1 Activities Task 1.2 - Updating + new entries - Cross-checking between Inventory entries and profile info - Classified into tables

5. MAIN WP 1 Activities Assessment Reports - Prioritisation of the capacity building actions according to technical gaps and users' needs - Report on Capabilities in pre-operational ocean forecasting in the Mediterranean - Monitoring Strategies, Quality Control Procedure and Dissemination of Operational data

6. WP1 - Interface

7. Key to MeDir-OP Key to MeDir-OP One comprehensive database difficult… …large variety of info and relatively few entries for useful correlations between parts Opt for specific databases institutes institutes monitoring programmes monitoring programmes

8. Key to MeDir-OP Key to MeDir-OP Visual representation Use clickable layered maps Location of main monitoring programmes Locations of key institutes Positions of buoys Country descriptions of resources (eg human)

9. Key to MeDir-OP Key to MeDir-OP MAP 1 Country Profiles MAP 2 Marine institutes targeting ocean observations/forecasting MAP3 Research and Monitoring Programmes

10. MAP1 – Country Profiles → Lists institute/entity names in each country with marine-related activities - Marine centres related to ocean observations/forecasting - Oceanographic data centres - General marine research centres - National Marine Environmental Agencies - Other marine-related entities

11. MAP1 – Country Profiles → Lists research programmes/projects → Lists ocean modelling activities → Marine Affairs - Ministries/Authorities/Agencies -Coordinating bodies → Marine Sector economy - General description - Economic relevance of marine-related activities

12. MAP2 – Marine institutes Set of 5 sub-maps Set of 5 sub-maps One for each entity category → Information on each entity - Contacts - Mission - Institute Type - Activity Type - Sectors/Field of Activity -Human resources -- Research and monitoring programmes

13. MAP3 – Monitoring programmes Set of sub-maps Set of sub-maps One for each category of programme Trend monitoring Ships of Opportunity Sea level observations Wave monitoring Other programmes

14. MAP3 – Monitoring programmes → Information on each programme - Name of programme - Responsible entity and contacts - Objectives - Geographical Area - Key variables measured - Platforms used - Period of operation - Source of funding - Source of funding

15. Next steps Next steps Finalise prototype by mid-March 2004 Obtain feedbacks by April 2004 Final version by end of May