We are glad to announce that recently two new staff members joined the OBIS secretariat at the IODE Project Office.
Mr Silas Principe (Brazil) has joined our OBIS secretariat on 11 April 2023. He is based at the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende (Belgium). Silas will be supporting the MPA Europe project, an EU co-funded project which aims to map the optimal locations for Marine Protected Areas in European seas. Together with the OBIS team involved in the project, he will predict the potential distribution of marine species and biogenic habitats in Europe. This information will then be used to detect the areas of highest importance in terms of biodiversity conservation. More information on MPA Europe see: https://obis.org/2023/03/10/MPA_europe/.
Silas is an ecologist with a B.Sc. in Marine Biology and M.Sc. in Zoology from universities in Brazil. His research focused on the effects of climate change on coastal areas, from individuals to communities. He is now concluding his PhD in Oceanography, studying how climate change will affect the distribution of reef species in the Western Atlantic. Silas is interested in a broad range of topics, as ecophysiology, thermal biology and biodiversity modelling.
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Ms Lisa Benedetti has joined our OBIS Secretariat on 6 March 2023, as an IOC consultant. Lisa will be supporting a new 4-year EU-funded project, MARCO-BOLO (MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations) which aims to structure and strengthen European coastal and marine biodiversity observation capabilities. Her role will be to help establish and motivate communities of practice during the design and co-creation of fit-for-purpose data and information products. More information on MARCO-BOLO: https://obis.org/2023/04/19/marco-bolo-obis/
Lisa is an ecologist with a B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. from universities in Canada. Her thesis research focused on MPAs as a fisheries management tool in the Caribbean. She began her professional career as a field ecologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada. Since then, she has been working on a wide range of ocean topics and contributed to international capacity development and science to policy initiatives with UN agencies and global NGOs around the world. Over the years, Lisa has worked with a wide range of ocean stakeholders and brings together a diverse skill set including project management, research and writing, intergovernmental negotiations, and capacity building training. Since 2020, Lisa has been working with IOC-UNESCO in varying capacities and we are now pleased to have her join our team.
Lisa can be reached by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
IOC Manuals and Guides No. 91 : Rules of Procedure for IODE Programme Components, Programme Activities and Projects is now available (link). The document explains how to establish a new IODE activity, how to set up its governance mechanisms including steering group and project management.
We are seeking for a Coordinator on IOC Capacity Development activities.
This is a consultant contract for 11 months, to start on 1st August 2023.
all the information on this vacancy you can find HERE.
Deadline to apply : 21 May 2023 (23:59 CEST)
UNESCO-IOC is seeking an individual consultant to collect, review and make available existing marine biodiversity information from the marine world heritage sites taking part in this eDNA project. This should include both species occurrence data from traditional methods as well as possible existing eDNA datasets and reference barcodes. The data will be used to complement the eDNA data resulting from the eDNA expeditions and will be used for assessing biodiversity at the sites and help develop more complete climate change scenarios.
More information on this call: HERE
Deadline to apply: 3 May 2023
IOC is seeking an Individual Consultant to support activities for Ocean Decade Implementation Phase – ‘Decade Coordination Office Lead – Ocean Data Sharing’.
IOC as the agency tasked with coordinating the Ocean Decade programme, is now looking for a consultant to fill the role of ‘Decade Coordination Office Lead’ with a specific focus on coordinating and supporting Decade Actions that aim to transform data management and sharing within the Ocean Decade, and to engage new partners in the aim of implementing the Decade’s data and information strategy and leave a lasting legacy. As you may recall the IOC Project Office for IODE applied successfully to host this DCO and we now need to start its activities.
The position is an 11-month consultancy with possibility of renewal and will be home based. The position can be carried out remotely, although some travel will be required.
INFO: HERE
Deadline to apply: 28 March 2023 11 April 2023
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