Capacity Building Regional Meeting for the Middle East & North Africa

Izmir, Turkey

Purpose of Meeting

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together representatives of organizations interested in capacity building for ocean research and observations, to discuss their experiences with existing activities, to identify new activities, and to discuss how the organizations could work together to create a global strategy for capacity building for ocean research and observations.

Organization/Project Activities

• International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) CB methodology such as OceanTeacher Academy – Claudia Delgado
• Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) – Sophie Seeyave
• Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) – Ed Urban
  • SCOR Capacity Building Web site
• North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization (PICES) – George Boehlert
  • U.S. Programs for Increasing Scientific Diversity
• Research, capacity building activities and regional networking in oceanography at the Institute of Marine Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey – Huseyin Avni
• Inter-Islamic Science and Technology Network on Oceanography – Abdelouahab Chouikhi
• SCOR Guidelines for Regional Graduate Networks of Oceanography
• CB Matrix

Other Documents

• Sixth Latin American Microbiology Postgraduate Course at Dichato, Chile,  4-23 January 2010
• Capacity Building and Development (CBD) in Oceanography Through Regional Graduate Networks in Oceanography – Kurt Hanselmann

Photos

Sophie – Can – Claudia – Edy – Full Group 1 – Full Group 2  – Full Group 3 – Full Group 4 – Full Group 5 – George – Hratch and Sukru – Kurt – Venu and Ed