InternationalOceanographic*Data* andInformationExchange...
42
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) By Peter Pissierssens, IODE Programme Coordinator
Transcript of InternationalOceanographic*Data* andInformationExchange...
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
(IODE) By Peter Pissierssens, IODE Programme Coordinator
The IOC of UNESCO: Building knowledge and capacity for sustainable
ocean management
* Established in 1960 * Only intergovernmental organization mandated to promote marine science in all ocean basins * Science, services, observations, data exchange and capacity development * Foster sustainable development of the marine environment
IOC Within UN
* Focal point for ocean observations, science, services and data exchange * Competent international organization for marine science (UNCLOS) * Functional autonomy * 145 Member States
IOC of UNESCO
4 high level objectives: * Preventing and reducing impacts of natural marine hazards * Mitigating impacts and adapting to climate change * Safeguarding health of ocean ecosystems * Promoting policies for sustainability
From vision to execution
Major IOC Programmes Ocean Observations and Services
Global Ocean Observing System. GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services worldwide. (and JCOMM) International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange. IODE facilitates the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States, and serves the needs of users for data and information products.
Major IOC Programmes Ocean Science
Marine Spatial Planning. This IOC initiative aims to help countries operationalize ecosystem-‐based management by finding space for biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development in marine environments. Harmful Algal Bloom. The HAB programme aims to foster the effective management of, and scientific research on, harmful algal blooms in order to understand their causes, predict their occurrences, and mitigate their effects. ICAM: Integrated Coastal Area Management Coral Reef Monitoring Network Global Marine Assessment
* The IOC Tsunami Programme aims at reducing the loss of lives and livelihoods that could be produced worldwide by tsunamis. In order to accomplish this, the IOC Tsunami Unit supports IOC Member States in assessing tsunami risk, implementing Tsunami Early Warning Systems and in educating communities at risk about preparedness measures.
Major IOC Programmes Tsunami warning and mitigation
IODE within IOC
* 1960: requirement for a structure to co-ordinate international oceanographic data exchange * IOC-I, 1961: Working Group on Exchange of
Oceanographic Data established: * the facilitating of exchange of oceanographic data, the
standardization of forms for reporting and coding data, the encouragement of the preparation of data catalogues, and the assistance of development of national oceanographic data centres
1. To facilitate and promote the discovery, exchange of, and access to, marine data and information including metadata, products and information in real-‐time, near real time and delayed mode, through the use of international standards, and in compliance with the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy for the ocean research and observation community and other stakeholders;
2. To encourage the long term archival, preservation, documentation, management and services of all marine data, data products, and information;
3. To develop or use existing best practices for the discovery, management, exchange of, and access to marine data and information, including international standards, quality control and appropriate information technology;
4. To assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine research and observation data and information and become partners in the IODE network;
5. To support international scientific and operational marine programmes, including the Framework for Ocean Observing for the benefit of a wide range of users.
IODE Objectives (2013)
NATIONAL * IODE Associate Data Units (ADU) (>2013) * IODE National Oceanographic Data Centre * IODE national coordinator for data management
* Marine Libraries * IODE national coordinator for marine information management
* OBIS nodes (>2010) REGIONAL * Ocean Data and Information Network (ODIN) * IODE regional coordinators
* OBIS nodes (>2010) GLOBAL * World Data System (ICSU): World Data Centres Oceanography
Building blocks
NODCs 1961
NODCs 2013
Foundation: Data Policy (2003)
* Clause 1: Member States shall provide timely, free and unrestricted access to all data, associated metadata and products generated under the auspices of IOC programmes. .
* To facilitate and promote the discovery, exchange of, and access to, marine data and information including metadata, products and information in real-‐time, near real time and delayed mode, through the use of international standards, and in compliance with the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy for the ocean research and observation community and other stakeholders;
* Global projects: ASFA, IODE Ocean Data Portal, OBIS, OceanData Standards and best practices, GODAR, GOSUD, GTSPP, OceanDocs, OceanExpert, …
Objectives – activities (1)
* To encourage the long term archival, preservation, documentation, management and services of all marine data, data products, and information; * World Ocean Database, OceanDocs, GOSUD, OBIS, Data
citation project, ICAN,…
Objectives – activities (2)
* To develop or use existing best practices for the discovery, management, exchange of, and access to marine data and information, including international standards, quality control and appropriate information technology; * Ocean Data Standards and Best Practices project, IODE
Manuals and Guides, OceanTeacher Digital Library,…
Objectives – activities (3)
* To assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine research and observation data and information and become partners in the IODE network; * Ocean Data and Information Networks (ODINs),
OceanTeacher & OceanTeacher Global Academy
Objectives – activities (4)
The IODE plumbing (<IODE-‐XXII)
Hierarchy
Project
Steering Group
IODE Committee
Each IODE project is managed by a Steering Group
Each IODE project is established by, and reports to the IODE Committee
Group of Experts
Some projects may also receive guidance from an IODE Group of Experts
Composed of IODE national coordinators
ICAN?
ICAN Project
Steering Group for ICAN
IODE Committee
Each IODE project is managed by a Steering Group: established by IODE-‐XXII
Each IODE project is established by, and reports to the IODE Committee: Done by IODE-‐XXII (Recommendation 12)
Group of Experts
Some projects may also receive guidance from an IODE Group of Experts
Composed of IODE national coordinators
The IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Acknowledging the importance of atlases as interdisciplinary products that assist decision makers, Noting with appreciation that ICAN has already influenced, guided and informed users on development and use of coastal and marine web atlases, through periodic workshops and international conferences held between 2006-‐2009, and in 2011, Further noting that ICAN members have produced a suite of open source tools for creating integrated web atlases and a major peer-‐reviewed published guide, Recommends the establishment of the IODE International Coastal Atlas Network (IODE/ICAN) Project with the Terms of Reference as attached in Annex A to this Recommendation; Recommends the establishment of the IODE Steering group for the IODE/ICAN Project with the Terms of Reference as attached in Annex B to this Recommendation; Urges Member States and donors to support the development of IODE/ICAN.
Recommendation IODE-‐XXII.12: IODE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL ATLAS NETWORK
PROJECT (IODE/ICAN)
Objectives of the Project The strategic goal of the IODE International Coastal Atlas Network Project is to encourage and help facilitate the development of digital atlases of the global coast, based on the principle of distributed, high-‐quality data and information, at local, regional, national or international scale. This will be achieved by sharing knowledge and experience among atlas developers in order to find common solutions for coastal and marine web atlas development while ensuring maximum relevance and added value for users. Many of these atlases will play an important role in informing national and regional decision-‐ and policy-‐making across several themes, including: • Marine spatial planning • Climate change impacts, coastal vulnerability • Coastal governance (boundaries, protected areas, etc.) • Coastal conservation and protected areas management • Coastal hazards monitoring and planning • Coastal disaster management and mitigation • Population pressures • Resource availability and extraction The Participants in the Project All experts previously involved in ICAN are invited to participate in the Project, as well as other relevant experts designated by IOC Member States.
Annex A: Terms of Reference of the IODE International Coastal Atlas Network
(IODE/ICAN) Project
Objectives The SG-‐ICAN shall: 1. Advise the IODE Committee on the global vision, mission, policy and strategy,
including partnerships of the IODE/ICAN project with IOC and other projects/organizations;
2. Advise the IODE Committee on IODE/ICAN’s strategy for its sustainability and further development including resource mobilization;
3. Assist with the preparation and implementation of work plans, and review progress;
Membership The Project will be managed by an IODE Steering Group for IODE ICAN (SG-‐ICAN), initially composed of members of the former ICAN Steering Group and Management Working Group, the project coordinators of the Caribbean Marine Atlas and African Marine Atlas, as well as representatives from other regions.
Annex B: Terms of Reference of the IODE Steering Group for the IODE International Coastal Atlas
Network (IODE/ICAN) Project
* IODE projects are established by the IODE Committee based on needs expressed by its members (i.e. data and information management experts): democratic process * IODE projects are managed by national experts or in some
cases by Secretariat members (mostly paid by projects) * IODE Secretariat manages funds and monitors progress of
projects * IODE projects are funded through national funding
(NODCs) or from UNESCO or from external sources (donors)
Projects: Practical considerations
END OF PART 1
* Cornerstone of the IODE since the programme’s start in 1961 * assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine data and information and become partners in the IODE network * teach the principles of data and information management and also promote the use of "standards" amongst all IODE centres and thus achieve interoperability amongst centres.
IODE and Training
* NO formal academic degrees or even curricula in oceanographic data management and library management
* Data managers start as either (ocean) researchers or IT specialist
* Data and information managers still need to acquire the knowledge, expertise and experience on the job
Why?
1997-‐2008
1997: IODE Resource Kit (CD Rom based: marine and data management material, software, training manuals, etc) (Mombasa)
2001: OceanTeacher Comprehensive self-‐training and resource tool – web-‐based – for newly established NODCs, and to assist managers and staff members to acquire the skills to set up new IODE centres
OceanTeacher Academy Objectives (funded 2009 – 2013)
* Building high quality and up-‐to-‐date exper3se in oceanographic data and informa3on management and exchange in new NODCs, , marine informa3on centres and related facili0es;
* Keeping staff in exis3ng NODCs, marine informa3on centres and related facili0es up-‐to-‐date with the latest methodological and technical developments (con3nuous professional development);
• Crea0ng awareness for the importance of oceanographic data management and marine informa3on management with university students (marine environmental studies) to ensure that they will contribute quality data to data centres during their future career;
• Crea0ng awareness for the importance of oceanographic data management with experts in oceanography and related disciplines.
OceanTeacher Architecture
http://www.oceanteacher.org
• Web-‐based training system that supports:
• Classroom training (face-‐to-‐face)
• Blended training, online tutoring
• online self-‐learning.
• Contents freely
and openly available (Crea0ve Commons AEribu0on-‐NonCommercial-‐NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License)
Courses
Over 40 courses
Course Management System (Moodle)
Digital Library (wiki)
Lecture Video Recordings
Storage and access through Vimeo.com
Training Centre Oostende
• Est. 2005 • IODE Secretariat • Interna0onal Training Centre • Interna0onal Conference Centre • Host for IOC/IODE data and informa0on
services (Data/informa0on hub) • Expert Centre • ~15 events/year • Support from Flanders Government • Close coopera0on with Flanders Marine
Ins0tute (VLIZ)
OceanTeacher in numbers
• 2009-2012: • > 700 onsite students • ~120 countries
• 8 courses/year
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Courses 2009-‐2013
0
50
100
150
200
250
2009 2010 2011 2012
180 155
203 177
IODE trainees
0
200
400
600
800
1000
2009 2010 2011 2012
663
953 908 736
Trainee person days
OceanTeacher Academy Gender Balance
• Applications from women are strongly encouraged
• Lack of gender balance between courses addressing MIM vs DM
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Marine Informa0on Management
Data Management
Male
Female
Gender Balance: MIM vs DM
Male
Female
* RTCs will first of all serve regional needs: self-‐determined, self-‐driven * RTCs will first of all make use of local exper0se * RTCs can cover all thema0c areas within the mandate of IOC (not limited to IODE) * RTCs will coordinate their work through a Steering Group involving all RTCs * RTCs will be able to provide courses in regionally relevant language(s) * RTCs will be able to share courses and invite lecturers across regions using video conferencing * RTCs will all use the OceanTeacher Learning Management System (courses and digital library)
Next step: Regional Training Centres
* Oostende, Belgium
* Mombasa, Kenya * Maputo, Mozambique * Dakar, Senegal
* Hyderabad, India
* Buenos Aires, Argen0na * ??, Colombia
* ??, China * ??, Malaysia
Candidates
* ICAN is invited to use the OceanTeacher Learning Management System * ICAN member institution(s) interested in setting up RTC? * ICAN (DG?) to identify training requirements of members? * Organize training courses as from 2014?
ICAN?
THE END
