1. Goals and Objectives
The Ocean Data and Information Network for the Central Indian Ocean region (ODINCINDIO) was established with the following objectives: 
- Provide assistance in the development, operation and strengthening of National Oceanographic Data (and Information) Centres and to establish their networking in the region;
- Provide training and education in marine data and information management, taking into account the requirements of operational oceanography); applying standard formats and methodologies as defined by the IODE;
- Enhance national and regional awareness for Marine Data and Information Management;
- Assist in the development and maintenance of national and regional marine data, metadata and information databases;
- Assist in the development and dissemination of marine data and information products, catering to the needs of user communities at the national and regional levels, and responding to national and regional priorities;
- Undertake the ODINCINDIO activities in close collaboration and networking with other relevant organizations, programmes and projects operating in the region.
The ODINCINDIO project involves all IOCINDIO Member States including: Australia*, Bangladesh, France*, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE, and UK* (* these countries will participate in the project but will not require project funding). Total number of countries: 19; total financially supported countries: 16. Among the IOCINDIO Member States located around the Indian Ocean, Australia, India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have already established their National Oceanographic Data Centers (NODC).
2. Summary of Activities in the period 2005-2006
The ODINCINDIO’s accomplishments, since its establishment in the 18th session of IODE in April 2005 have been considerable In line with the objectives of ODINCIDNIO, these activities whether directly or indirectly were linked to the region’s capacity building in terms of marine data and information management by providing training and education and assisting in the development, operation and strengthening of National Oceanographic Data (and Information) Centers and to establish their networking in the region. In this regard collaboration with the other relevant organizations, programmes and projects operating in the region was always an important consideration for ODINCINDIO activities.
Experts and scientists from ODINCIDNIO/IOCINDIO region participated in several training courses or workshops in the period of 2005-2006. Three of these courses were specifically designed for the ODINCINDIO/IOCINDIO Member States and the others were held by IODE or were joint activities of IODE in collaboration with other organizations and a group of nominees from ODINCINDIO/IOCINDIO Member States could participate in these courses/workshops. All ODINCINDIO training activities were substantially supported by IODE secretariat and staff at IODE project office in Ostende, Belgium.
The above mentioned training courses or workshops are listed as follows:
- ODINCINDIO Marine Data Management Training Course
Ostende, Belgium, 5-18 October 2005
The first ODINCINDIO training course on marine data management which was held during a period of 14 days provided basic training for the participants from the National Oceanic Data Centers and other national organizations in the region from several ODINCINDIO Member States.
- ODINCINDIO Marine Information Management Training Course
Ostende, Belgium, 12-25 February 2006
Participants from the majority of the ODICNIDNIO Member States, mainly librarians from the marine libraries in the region, benefited from a basic comprehensive 14 days course on marine information management.
- ODINCINDIO Data Management Training Course
Ostende, Belgium, 8-18 May 2006
The second basic training course on marine data management with participants from the majority of the ODINCIDNIO Member states resulted in a considerable addition in the number of the oceanographic experts in the region trained in data management.
- Marine Biodiversity Data Management Training Course
Ostende, Belgium, 6-11 March 2006
Two trainees from ODINCINDIO Member States attended the above training course
- Joint IODE/IOI Training Course on GIS and Remote Sensing Data
Ostende, Belgium, September 18-23 2006
Four trainees from ODINCINDIO Member States attended the above training course.
- Second Combined Modeling and Data Management Training Workshop
(Jamboree-II), Ostende, Belgium, 9-14 October 2006
Two trainees from ODINCINDIO Member States participated in the above training workshop.
The above training/workshops provided basic or specialized training for the staff of the National Oceanographic Data/Information Centers in the ODINCINDIO Member States. For the countries in the region who were less involved in IOC activities or do not have established Ocean Data/Information Centers, the trainings provided the opportunity to make these countries more familiar with the IOC and also facilitated the establishment of NODC/NMIC in those countries and so far two countries in the region have announced the beginning of the procedure of the establishment of their national data / information centers.
ِDuring the Fourth Session of IOCINDIO, 8 - 10 December 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka the Coordinator of ODINCINDIO presented the report of the development and activities of the project. The Regional Committee stressed the importance to increase the level of financial support for the ODINCINDIO project to be able to achieve the planned objectives in the expected period. The Regional Committee expressed its satisfaction with the ODINCINDIO Project and highlighted the major role it can play in the advancement of oceanography in the region, as well as providing data exchange mechanism in the context of the ICG/IOTWS and IOGOOS. The Regional Committee urged all the Member States of the region to play an active and supportive role with regards to ODINCINDIO in order to establish a reliable working network building on the successful example of the ODINAFRICA and ODINCARSA projects. The Regional committee also stressed that adequate resources should be identified for the implementation of ODINCINDIO.
Collaboration with regional organizations and other IOC programmes or projects has been a priority of ODINCINDIO project. In this regard collaboration with IOGOOS has had a particular position since IOGOOS contributed in the establishment of ODINCINDIO and accepted ODINCINDIO as the capacity building tool for data and information management. During the Fourth Meeting of IOGOOS, 10–12 October 2006, Zanzibar, Tanzania, the coordinator of ODINCIDNIO presented the progress made and achievements of ODINCIDINO. The meeting welcomed the successful achievements of ODINCINDIO and highly supported the close collaboration of IOGOOS, IOCINDIO and IODE on this project.
The ODINCINDIO network has not been active since the end of 2006
(Author: M. Odido)
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