The programme "International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange" (IODE) of the "Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission" (IOC) of UNESCO was established in 1961. Its purpose is 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.
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07-nov-09: JCOMM elects its Co-Presidents  The Third Session of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM-III) today elected its Co-Presidents. The Commission elected Dr Peter Dexter (Australia) (left picture) as its Co-President for meteorology, and Dr Alexander V. Frolov (Russian Federation) (right picture) as its Co-President for oceanography.
04-Nov-09: JCOMM-III opens in Marrakech, Morocco  Today the Third Session of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) was opened in Marrakech, Morocco. The Session is attended by over 100 delegates from more than 40 WMO Members and IOC Member States. The Session is expected to review progress made since the Second Session, which took place 4 years ago in Canada, consider the election of Co-Presidents, Chairs of the Programme Areas (including the Data Management Programme Area) and members of the Expert Teams (including the Expert Team on Data Management Practices), as well as to adopt a work plan for the next 4 years.
Matters related to IODE will be discussed in agenda item 7 (Information systems and services (data management)), 9 (Education and Training, technology transfer and implementation support) and 10.2 (WIGOS PIlot Project for JCOMM). These agenda items will be discussed on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November. We will publish more information on the outcome of the discussions as soon as possible.
22-Oct-09: Aditya Naik-Kakokdkar joins IOC Project Office for IODE  Mr Aditya Naik-Kakodkar has now joined the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium as software developer. Prior to joining UNESCO, Adi was Senior Research Fellow, working at Bioinformatics Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science, from Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India and gained, more than three years of experience in biodiversity data management and developing biodiversity data management software and is a PHP/MySQL web application developer. At the Project Office Adi will assist us with the further development of our web-based data and information services including web sites, data- and information bases, etc. Adi can be reached by email on
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21-Oct-09: 1st SPINCAM Regional Technical Workshop concludes
 The 1st SPINCAM Regional Technical Workshop was held in Lima, Peru between 20 and 21 October 2009. The meeting was attended by the CPPS member countries (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru) as well as by representatives from CPPS, IOC/ICAM, IOC/IODE and the Government of Flanders. The Government of Flanders is the main donor of the SPINCAM project. The Project aims to establish an ICAM indicator framework in each country of the Southeast Pacific region focused on environmental and socio-economic conditions within the context of sustainable development and integrated coastal area management. The Project will also develop national coastal marine atlas and a regional atlas. This, together with assisting with the further development of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs) and Marine Libraries encompasses the involvement of IODE. More information on SPINCAM can be found on the web site http://www.spincamnet.org
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