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Workshop Report No. 225
Informes de reuniones de trabajo Nº 225
Reunión subregional de planificación de
ODINCARSA (Red de Datos e
Información Oceanográficos para las
Regiones del Caribe y América del Sur)
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)
Ensenada (México)
7-10 de diciembre de 2009
ODINCARSA (Ocean Data and
Information Network for the Caribbean and
South America region) Latin America subregional Planning Meeting
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)
Ensenada, Mexico,
7-10 December 2009
UNESCO 2010
IOC Workshop Report No. 225
Oostende, 23 February 2010
English and Spanish
Workshop Participants
For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:
ODINCARSA (Ocean Data and Information Network for the Caribbean and South America
region) Latin America sub-regional Planning Meeting, Universidad Autónoma de Baja
California (UABC), Ensenada, Mexico, 7-10 December 2009
Paris, UNESCO, 23 February 2010 (IOC Workshop Report No. 225) (English and Spanish)
La Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental (COI) de la UNESCO celebra en 2010 su
50º Aniversario. Desde la Expedición Internacional al Océano Índico en 1960, en la que la COI
asumió su función de coordinadora principal, se ha esforzado por promover la investigación de los
mares, la protección del océano y la cooperación internacional. Hoy la Comisión presta también
servicios marinos y promueve la creación de capacidades, cumpliendo un papel decisivo en la
vigilancia oceánica gracias al Sistema Mundial de Observación de los Océanos (GOOS), así como en
el diseño de sistemas de alerta contra los riesgos del mar en las regiones vulnerables. Se le reconoce
como centro de coordinación de las Naciones Unidas y mecanismo de cooperación mundial para el
estudio de los océanos, que constituyen un factor determinante del clima. La COI desempeña un papel
protagónico en el estudio de los cambios climáticos. Al promover la cooperación internacional, la COI
asiste a los Estados Miembros en sus decisiones destinadas a mejorar la gestión, lograr un desarrollo
sostenible y proteger el medio marino.
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ÍNDICE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. APERTURA DE LA REUNIÓN……………………………………………………………………………………1 INTERVENCIONES INTRODUCTORIAS …………………………………………………………………….1 PANORAMA DE ODINCARSA 2001-‐2009………………………………………………………………….1 3.1 Gestión de datos……………………………………………………………………………………….....1 3.2 Gestión de la información…………………………………………………………………………….4 INFORMES NACIONALES………………………………………………………………………………………...8 NOMBRE DEL PROYECTO………………………………………………………………………………………..8 ELABORACIÓN DE PLANES DE TRABAJO NACIONALES Y REGIONALES DE ODINCARSA PARA DATOS OCEÁNICOS E INFORMACIÓN EN 2010-‐2013……………………………………...9 6.1 Plan de trabajo sobre gestión de datos………………………………………………………..10 6.2 Plan de trabajo sobre gestión de la información……………………………………..……12 DESIGNACIÓN DE COORDINADORES REGIONALES DE ODINCARSA……………………..…15 CLAUSURA DE LA REUNIÓN…………………………………………………………………………………..15 7. 8. _________________________________________________________________________________
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. OPENING OF THE MEETING…………………………………………………………………………………16 INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS……………………………………………………………………….16 OVERVIEW OF ODINCARSA 2001-‐2009………………………………………………………………...16 3.1 Data Management………………………………………………………………………………….....16
3.2 Information Management………………………………………………………………………….17 NATIONAL REPORTS……………………………………………………………………………………………22 NAME OF THE PROJECT………………………………………………………………………………………..22 DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ODINCARSA OCEAN DATA AND INFORMATION WORK PLANS 2010-‐2013……………………………………………………………..23
6.1 Work Plan for Data Management………………………………………………………………23
6.2 Work Plan for Information Management…………………………………………………...26 DESIGNATION OF ODINCARSA REGIONAL COORDINATORS………………………………….29 CLOSING OF THE MEETING……………………………………………………………………………….…29
ANNEXES
ANNEX I:
ANNEX II:
ANNEX III:
ANNEX IV:
Agenda of the Meeting (Orden del día de la reunion)
List of Participants (Lista de participantes)
National Reports (Informes nacionales)
Opening Speeches (Discursos de apertura)
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1. APERTURA DE LA REUNIÓN La reunión se inició el 7 de diciembre de 2009 en el Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas (IIO)
de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. El Dr. Carlos Torres, en representación de los
anfitriones, dio la bienvenida a los participantes. Hizo uso de la palabra el Sr. Peter Pissierssens,
Coordinador del Programa IODE y Jefe de la Oficina de Proyectos de la COI para IODE en Ostende.
Su alocución figura en el Anexo IV. Seguidamente se dirigió a los presentes el biólogo Francisco
Brizuela Venegas, Director General de Educación en Ciencia y Tecnología de la Secretaría de
Educación Pública (SEP) y representante de México en la COI.
La reunión examinó y aprobó el orden del día, que se reproduce en el Anexo I. Dicho orden del día
comprendía: intervenciones introductorias sobre la COI y el IODE, el Atlas Marino del Caribe (CMA)
y el Sistema de Información Biogeográfica de los Océanos (OBIS) (véase el punto 2 del orden del
día); presentación de las actividades de ODINCARSA entre 2001 y 2009, en el terreno de la gestión de
datos oceanográficos y gestión de la información marina (punto 3 del orden del día); presentación de
los informes nacionales (punto 4 del orden del día), y debates con vistas a la elaboración de un plan de
trabajo para el periodo 2010-2013 (punto 5 del orden del día).
2. INTERVENCIONES INTRODUCTORIAS El Sr. Peter Pissierssens presentó las actividades de la COI y el IODE. El Sr. Ramón Roach presentó la
situación del Atlas Marino del Caribe. El Dr. Edward Vanden Berghe presentó la situación del Sistema
de Información Biogeográfica de los Océanos (OBIS). Las presentaciones, en formato PowerPoint,
pueden obtenerse en el sitio Web de ODINCARSA (http://www.odincarsa.org).
3. PANORAMA DE ODINCARSA 2001-2009 3.1 Gestión de datos El Sr. Rodney Martínez, coordinador regional de ODINCARSA entre 2001 y 2009, presentó un
amplio panorama de las actividades realizadas en materia de gestión de datos en el periodo
mencionado.
Recordó la misión de la Red, formulada como sigue: Fortalecer la capacidad de gestión de los datos
sobre los océanos y la información marina en el Caribe y América Latina, con el fin de contribuir a
las ciencias del océano, la oceanografía operacional y las actividades de gestión integrada de las
costas a nivel regional.
Los principales objetivos de ODINCARSA consistían en:
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Evaluar el estado actual y las posibilidades de desarrollo de los centros nacionales de datos e
información.
Activar una red de cooperación para la gestión de datos oceanográficos y la información
marina.
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Suministrar elementos para la creación de capacidades de gestión de los datos oceánicos y la
información marina.
Realizar un Plan de Acción integral con vistas a mejorar la actual capacidad de gestión de los
datos oceánicos y la información marina.
Elaborar productos y servicios de datos sobre los océanos en apoyo a la oceanografía
operacional, la observación del litoral y la gestión de las zonas costeras.
ODINCARSA fue creada en la primera reunión de planificación celebrada en Guayaquil
(Ecuador) en octubre de 2001.
En el marco de ODINCARSA se había procedido a identificar las necesidades regionales, lo que
permitió elaborar un plan de acción amplio pero factible, cuya prioridad es la formación general y
especializada sobre gestión de datos oceánicos y la información marina. A través de ODINCARSA se
intensificaron los contactos personales e institucionales entre los Centros Nacionales de Datos
Oceanográficos y las bibliotecas de la región. Además, se promovieron las actividades y los proyectos
de la COI y particularmente del IODE en la región, profundizando el conocimiento y contribuyendo a
una participación más activa de los países de América Latina y el Caribe.
Los interlocutores de ODINCARSA contribuyeron a la base de datos de expertos en ciencias del
océano, ayudaron a traducir el contenido de OceanTeacher al español y reprodujeron en el plano
nacional los cursos internacionales de formación. Esta respuesta nacional fue uno de los indicadores
más valiosos del impacto de ODINCARSA entre los Estados Miembros. Para 2009, más de 60
técnicos y expertos de la región habían sido formados en la Oficina de Proyectos de la COI para el
IODE (sobre la base del manual OceanTeacher). Antes de entrar en funcionamiento la Oficina de
Proyectos (en abril de 2005) varios cursos regionales de formación se habían celebrado en Ecuador,
Colombia, Panamá, México y Barbados. Se organizaron cursos nacionales de formación en gestión de
datos oceánicos en Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Chile y Brasil. El número total de alumnos
formados en los países llegó casi a 160. En los ocho años transcurridos, entraron a formar parte de
ODINCARSA más de 45 instituciones, tales como diversos NODC, bibliotecas, instituciones marinas,
universidades y otras.
En 2008 se elaboró un análisis estratégico de los posibles productos y servicios. Un resumen del
mismo se presenta en la Figura 1.
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Figura 1: Análisis estratégico de posibles productos y servicios de ODINCARSA
para el periodo 2008-2011
Seguidamente, el Sr. Martínez resumió las enseñanzas que se desprenden de la primera etapa de
ODINCARSA:
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De 2001 a 2009, los centros nacionales de coordinación de la gestión de datos de
ODINCARSA se modificaron en la mayoría de los lugares; únicamente tres centros focales de
ODINCARSA han funcionado en forma permanente desde que se inició la Red;
Los contactos de información marina de ODINCARSA fueron bastante estables durante todo
el periodo de ejecución del proyecto;
Las actividades propuestas de ODINCARSA se basaron esencialmente en los recursos
disponibles, siempre limitados, y no permiten establecer metas específicas e indicadores de
rendimiento;
La coordinación regional de ODINCARSA demanda mucho tiempo y esfuerzos.
Se recomienda seriamente examinar la posibilidad de destinar un puesto de jornada completa o
parcial a los efectos de llevar a cabo esta tarea;
Se recomienda seriamente recabar el compromiso institucional de los jefes de los NODC a fin
de que las actividades de ODINCARSA tengan un efecto real;
En el futuro, se recomienda seriamente vincular la formación a los proyectos regionales que
producen resultados también a nivel nacional, a fin de lograr la sostenibilidad y armonización
de la formación en los NODC.
El Sr. Martínez formuló también varias preguntas relacionadas con la ulterior labor de ODINCARSA:
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Por qué debe proseguir ODINCARSA?
¿Cuáles son el punto de vista compartido y el objetivo común de los miembros de
ODINCARSA, de existir?
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¿Qué compromiso institucional se desprende de la participación en ODINCARSA?
¿Qué grado de participación e interés manifiestan actualmente los países de ODINCARSA en
lo que se refiere al proyecto IODE?
¿Representan nuestras opiniones el punto de vista nacional de nuestros países en materia de
gestión de datos y de la información, o tan sólo el de las instituciones o son solamente
opiniones personales?
¿Creemos que nuestra respuesta nacional corresponde a los esfuerzos desplegados por el
IODE y ODINCARSA en su fase anterior? En caso contrario, ¿cómo mejorarla?
¿Cómo pueden los NODC contribuir mejor a las iniciativas nacionales y regionales?
¿Cómo movilizar los recursos para financiar la realización de la segunda fase de
ODINCARSA? ¿Qué proyectos se han de preparar y presentar?
¿Qué productos y servicios relacionados con datos oceánicos e información marina en el plano
nacional, regional o subregional han de aplicarse prioritariamente?
El Sr. Martínez concluyó su intervención afirmando que teníamos ante sí una gran oportunidad de
elaborar un plan de realización viable y de trabajar juntos en la nueva fase de ODINCARSA. Debían
tenerse en cuenta todos los logros y las personas formadas en la fase anterior. Había que seguir
mejorando los productos y servicios relacionados con los datos oceánicos y la información marina, en
los planos regional, subregional y nacional.
3.2 Gestión de la información La Sra. Catalina López entregó un panorama pormenorizado de las actividades de ODINCARSA en lo
tocante a la gestión de la información marina entre 2001 y 2009.
Recordó que, antes de la creación de ODINCARSA, la formación tenía lugar principalmente a través
de las conferencias de la IAMSLIC y la comunicación directa con los colegas o en las conferencias
locales de las asociaciones de bibliotecas.
En términos de intercambio de recursos, las actividades se llevaban a cabo principalmente en el nivel
nacional, en muchos casos a través de bibliotecas no especializadas en cuestiones marinas. Por
añadidura, frecuentemente no existían bases de datos sobre las existencias de las bibliotecas accesibles
en el país o la región. Al mismo tiempo, las bibliotecas debían hacer frente a una demanda creciente de
los usuarios pero, debido al aumento constante de los costos, estaban obligadas a limitar sus
suscripciones a las revistas, cuyo número sin embargo no ha cesado de aumentar.
Ya en 2001 los bibliotecarios latinoamericanos habían subrayado la necesidad de programas para el
intercambio de informaciones. Esta demanda se presentó a la IAMSLIC (Asociación Internacional de
Bibliotecas y Centros de Información de Ciencias Acuáticas y Marinas), a través de su programa
Z39.50 de Biblioteca compartida y préstamos entre bibliotecas, por el cual más de 90 bibliotecas
miembros de la Asociación de más de 25 países ofrecen material a otras bibliotecas asociadas por
medio de préstamos y envío de documentación entre bibliotecas. A través del sitio Web del programa
Z39.50, los miembros pueden acceder al Catálogo Z y al Catálogo Colectivo de de publicaciones
periódicas en temas marinos y acuáticos, y seguidamente iniciar una solicitud de intercambio
interbibliotecario. Los bibliotecarios latinoamericanos reconocían también la necesidad de crear su
propio grupo de intercambio de información y conocimientos. Por entonces los bibliotecarios
latinoamericanos integraban la comunidad de la IAMSLIC y algunos establecimientos eran centros de
información para los ASFA (Resúmenes sobre las Ciencias Acuáticas y la Pesca).
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La creación de ODINCARSA había traído inmediatas ventajas a muchas bibliotecas de América
Latina: en efecto, para poder aprovechar el sistema Z39.50 las bibliotecas debían ser miembros de la
IAMSLIC. En tal sentido, ODINCARSA ayudó a muchas bibliotecas patrocinando su adhesión a la
IAMSLIC.
En 2003, con el fin de satisfacer mejor las necesidades de las bibliotecas de ciencias marinas de
América Latina e impulsar la cooperación, en ocasión de la primera reunión regional de trabajo de
ODINCARSA sobre Gestión de la Información Marina, celebrada en Mazatlán, Sinaloa (México),
conjuntamente con la Conferencia de la IAMSLIC, se estableció el Grupo Regional latinoamericano
de IAMSLIC. La participación de varios delegados de América Latina a dicha Conferencia fue
financiada por ODINCARSA. El Grupo inició sus tareas con 22 miembros y eligió coordinadora a la
Sra. María Clara Ramírez, de México. El número de miembros por países se ilustra en la Figura 2.
Figura 2: Miembros del Grupo IAMSLIC de América Latina en 2004
La cantidad de miembros del Grupo prácticamente había duplicado entre 2002-2003 y 2009,
elevándose ahora a 54 miembros de 12 países.
El Grupo elaboró un catálogo colectivo de publicaciones periódicas de América Latina,
con más de 8.350 títulos y datos provenientes de 17 bibliotecas de la región.
http://library.csumb.edu/iamslic/latinoamericano/unionlist
Uno de los productos que contaron con la importante contribución del Grupo Latinoamericano fue el
Portal Oceánico http://www.portaloceanico.net. Contiene una gran variedad de recursos informativos
relacionados con los océanos, el litoral marino y ciencias del mar. Reúne más de 5.673 piezas de
información sobre 860 temas, a partir de 550 proveedores de contenido. Lo han visitado interesados de
112 países, y se han creado 82 foros de intercambio.
El Grupo también desempeña un papel de primer orden en la contribución regional al depósito digital
de publicaciones marinas OceanDocs (http://www.oceandocs.net), iniciado en 2005.
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OceanDocs tiene el apoyo de la Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental (COI) y su objetivo
concreto es reunir, conservar y facilitar todos los recursos de investigación disponibles de los
miembros de sus diversas redes de datos e información oceanográficos. Forma parte de los numerosos
depósitos electrónicos que se complementan entre sí en los temas de ciencias marinas y acuáticas,
entre ellos los Aquatic Commons, sostenidos por la IAMSLIC. Los contenidos de ambos depósitos son
aprovechados por Avano, que los enriquece con los datos de otros depósitos de datos marinos y
acuáticos de todo el mundo.
El componente regional de ODINCARSA en OceanDocs se había originado en una reunión de trabajo
celebrada en la Oficina de Proyectos de la COI para IODE. Los “animadores” de la iniciativa fueron
Catalina López (UABC, México), Patricia Muñoz (IFOP, Chile), Rodney Martínez (coordinador de
ODINCARSA) y Marc Goovaerts (Universiteit Hasselt, Bélgica). Se creó un grupo de trabajo,
integrado como sigue:
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Coordinación: Catalina López (zona norte de coordinación), Patricia Muñoz (zona sur de
coordinación)
Políticas y procedimientos: Susan Sandiford, Alexandra Smith y Leonor Vera
Validación: Andrea Cristiani, Martha Ruiz, Gabriela Silvoni
Difusión y promoción: Clara Ramírez, Emma Fonseca, José Alio
Se acordó entonces que el grupo se planteara por objetivo la recopilación, el registro y la difusión de la
producción científica de las instituciones integrantes, en una colección digital sustentada por Internet y
de libre acceso, para América Latina y el Caribe. También se acordó que, al menos inicialmente, el
depósito central se estableciera en la Oficina de Proyectos de la COI para IODE en Ostende (Bélgica),
sin perjuicio de que las entidades locales pudieran crear sus propios servidores, si así lo deseaban.
En materia de contenidos, se convino en incluir los siguientes: artículos publicados en revistas
internacionales, artículos publicados en revistas locales o regionales, tesis, informes y otros textos no
consagrados, colecciones de datos, fotografías y mapas.
Como medio técnico, el grupo escogió el programa DSpace, que también utiliza ODINAFRICA y es el
programa que se utiliza en el proyecto OceanDocs.
Tipo
de contribución
Chile
SHOA
Chile
IFOP
Tesis
Informes
técnicos
Publicaciones
institucionales
Total
135
100
800
600
200
Argentina
INIDEP
Argentina
INVEMAR
Cuba
CIP
T&T
IMA
210
700
150
90
300
244
México
UNAM
México
UABC
Ecuador
INOCAR
Uruguay
IIP
790
398
1.294
30
100
164
1126
200
Venezuela
INIA
TOT
2.623
3.313
40
Conclusiones:
PRIORIDAD Nº 1: 5.757 PIEZAS, DE ELLAS 2.248 TESIS, 2.015 INFORMES TÉCNICOS Y 1.494
PUBLICACIONES (ARTÍCULOS) DE CARÁCTER INSTITUCIONAL
PRIORIDAD Nº 2: 1.048 PIEZAS, DE ELLAS 210 TESIS, 598 INFORMES TÉCNICOS Y 240
PUBLICACIONES INSTITUCIONALES
2.166
7.670
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PRIORIDAD Nº 3: 865 PIEZAS, DE ELLAS 165 TESIS Y 700 INFORMES TÉCNICOS.
Se hizo notar que el 81% de las instituciones participantes contaba con tres bibliotecarios como
máximo. De ahí que las demandas de contribuciones para la colección electrónica representen una
presión adicional en lo que respecta al personal de las bibliotecas.
Además, se observó que los centros de información de ASFA (aplicable a seis de las 11 instituciones
que cooperan) utilizan el programa WWW-ISIS para la elaboración de contribuciones dirigidas a
dichos resúmenes. Por consiguiente, actualmente las informaciones deben ingresarse en ambos
sistemas: WWW-ISIS y OceanDocs. Por tal motivo, los bibliotecarios han insistido en la necesidad de
elaborar una interfaz que permita exportar datos de uno a otro programa. El tema se está investigando.
En lo que sefiere a los equipos, cinco de las 11 bibliotecas cuentan con computadoras de nivel
Pentium-IV. Las demás tienen equipos más anticuados y menos potentes; nueve de las 11 bibliotecas
están dotadas de escáneres planos.
Promoción de OceanDocs
El sistema OceanDocs fue presentado y promovido en la Conferencia Anual de IAMSLIC de 2006
(Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de América), así como en la reunión del Núcleo de Dublín celebrada en
Colima (México) en 2006, la quinta reunión del Comité CoM Sudamérica (septiembre de 2006), el VI
Congreso Nacional de Ciencias del Mar, Puerto Madryn (Argentina), y en el curso anual de formación
de JICA-INIDEP sobre Evaluación y vigilancia de la pesca (octubre de 2006).
En 2007 se promovió el OceanDocs en Cuba, concretamente en el Centro de Investigaciones Marinas,
el Instituto de Oceanología, el Acuario Nacional y la Agencia del Medio Ambiente del Ministerio de
Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente de Cuba.
Cursos de OceanDocs
Un curso para instructores del programa OceanDocs se organizó del 23 al 28 de abril de 2007 en la
Oficina de Proyectos de la COI para IODE en Ostende.
Un curso regional de formación en OceanDocs se organizó del 20 al 24 de agosto de 2007 en
Guayaquil (Ecuador), en el que participaron 16 alumnos de Chile, Perú, Colombia y Ecuador. El taller
fue patrocinado por el COI-IODE, el Gobierno de Flandes (Reino de Bélgica), la CPPS y la FAO.
Como resultado, otras siete bibliotecas entraron en el proyecto.
Un curso sobre OceanDocs se organizó el 12 y 13 de abril de 2008 en Panamá, en el Instituto
Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales. Concurrieron 11 participantes de cuatro países.
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4. INFORMES NACIONALES En la reunión se observó que varios países aún no habían designado a sus coordinadores nacionales de
IODE para gestión de datos o de información. El Cuadro 1 presenta la situación actual.
1
2
País
Argentina
Brasil
3
4
5
6
7
8
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Ecuador
México
Nicaragua
CN/GD
Ariel Troisi
Marcus
Simoes
Nickolas Roscher
Teresa Calvete
Efraín Rodríguez-Rubio
Julieta Gutiérrez
Luis Morales
José Luis FRIAS SALAZAR
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9
10
11
Panamá
Perú
Uruguay
-Luz Cano
--
12
Venezuela
Oscar Eduardo MENDOZA
MALDONADO
NODC
Sí
Sí
CN/GI
Gabriela Silvoni
Amaury Poyares Rocha
Sí
Sí
Sí
Sí
No
Sí pero situación poco
clara
No
Sí
clara
clara
Alexandra Smith
Marta VILLA GORDILLO
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Cuadro 1: Lista de coordinadores nacionales de IODE para la gestión de datos y coordinadores nacionales de
IODE para la gestión de la información, así como NODC en los Estados Miembros de la COI que actualmente
participan en el programa ODINCARSA
En la reunión se instó vigorosamente a todos los países que participan en ODINCARSA a que
designaran a sus coordinadores nacionales de IODE para la gestión de datos oceanográficos y
coordinadores nacionales de IODE para la gestión de la información marina.
Los informes nacionales se reproducen en el Anexo III.
La reunión tomó nota con satisfacción de que México tenía el propósito de establecer un NODC a
principios de 2010. El Sr. Pissierssens declaró que era posible otorgar ayuda para la formación o el
asesoramiento técnico.
5. NOMBRE DEL PROYECTO En la reunión se señaló que el nombre actual del proyecto, “Red de datos e información
oceanográficos para las regiones del Caribe y América del Sur”, no reflejaba correctamente el campo
de acción del proyecto, puesto que no incluía a los Estados miembros de la COI de América Central.
Por tal motivo, se convino en reformular el acrónimo del proyecto bajo la forma de ODINCARSALA (ODINCARSA América Latina). Se acordó modificar de la misma manera la designación del
sitio Web.
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6. ELABORACIÓN DE PLANES DE TRABAJO NACIONALES Y REGIONALES DE ODINCARSA PARA DATOS OCEÁNICOS E INFORMACIÓN EN 2010-2013 En este punto del orden del día los participantes se subdividieron en dos grupos de trabajo, uno sobre
gestión de datos y otro sobre gestión de la información, con el siguiente mandato:
(1) definir los resultados esperados;
(2) definir los productos esperados;
(3) preparar sendos planes de trabajo de gestión de datos/gestión de la información para 20102011 (+2010-2013);
(4) determinar las necesidades regionales en materia de creación de capacidades;
(5) preparar un calendario;
(6) establecer las necesidades presupuestarias.
El Sr. Pissierssens informó de que no se podrían organizar cursos en la Oficina de Proyectos de la COI
para IODE (Ostende, Bélgica) y en la región (como parte de la Academia OceanTeacher).
Se acordó también que era necesario crear un nuevo sitio Web con tecnología de gestión dinámica de
contenidos, para permitir a todos los colaboradores en los proyectos contribuir al contenido y a los
coordinadores regionales administrar el sitio.
El Sr. Martínez informó de que el CIIFEN es muy activo en la región de América Latina en cuanto a la
aplicación de sistemas regionales de información destinados a una amplia audiencia y a los
responsables de las decisiones en relación con desastres oceánicos de origen climático y sus
repercusiones para la vida de las personas, los ecosistemas y las infraestructuras. Al respecto, el
CIIFEN ofrece su experiencia en la movilización de recursos, adquirida en iniciativas regionales
anteriores para contribuir al IODE de la COI por intermedio de ODINCARSA. Los principales puntos
de interés por considerar podrían incluir, entre otras cosas: 1) confección de atlas marinos regionales o
subregionales para incorporar en OBIS, y 2) puesta en práctica de un sistema regional de información
marina que contribuya, aplicando plenamente el programa OceanDocs en la región junto con su
ulterior expansión, a sistemas de información geográfica que permitan exhibir y difundir la
documentación informal y oriunda de la región. El CIIFEN se propone trabajar con ODINCARSA con
vistas a elaborar propuestas de proyectos de interés para los distintos donantes.
Elaboración de metadatos regionales basados en OceanDataPortal,
establecimiento de un nodo regional dedicado a ODINCARSA-LA.
eventualmente
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6.1 Plan de trabajo sobre gestión de datos El Sr. Ariel Troisi presentó el informe del grupo de trabajo sobre gestión de datos.
Resultado esperado 1: Establecimiento de nuevos NODC y apoyo a los centros existentes y
nuevos
Indicadores de rendimiento
 Número de nuevos NODC establecidos en la región.
 Número de visitas de expertos a NODC y entre éstos.
 Creación y desarrollo de capacidades (alumnos, capacidades nuevas o mejoradas).
Resultado esperado 2: Designación/actualización de coordinadores nacionales de IODE para
gestión de datos
 Número de coordinadores nacionales de IODE en la región para gestión de datos.
Resultado esperado 3: Mejoramiento de la capacidad de acceso a datos en tiempo real o en
tiempo casi real y su utilización para generar productos y prestar servicios
Actualmente existe una gran variedad de datos y productos disponibles en modo operacional.
El objetivo consiste en proporcionar a los administradores de datos un conocimiento actualizado de la
existencia de datos en tiempo real o casi real, su accesibilidad, formato e instrumentos de elaboración
y análisis, con el fin de mejorar las capacidades locales para generar productos y prestar servicios que
respondan a los requisitos y necesidades de las respectivas comunidades de usuarios (gestión de
riesgos, investigación, educación, responsables de decisiones, etc.). Esta línea de acción comprende
asimismo la creación de un wiki de definiciones, contenidos, enlaces a fuentes de datos, servicios y
productos, así como de un blog que sirva de plataforma de comunicación entre los responsables de
gestión de datos (fines operativos).
 Hallazgo de fuentes de datos.
 Grado de respuesta a los requisitos y necesidades del usuario (consultas al sitio de
productos y servicios).
 Desarrollo de capacidades de gestión de datos en tiempo real o casi real.
Resultado esperado 4: Creación de una base de metadatos regional y programa de búsqueda
Aprovechando la evolución de la región, ODINCARSA se propone crear una base de metadatos
regional y un programa de búsqueda basado en normas, soportes lógicos e instrumentos de aceptación
general. Las capacidades regionales existentes permitirán la formación y el apoyo en la región.
 Establecimiento de una plataforma común de bases de metadatos.
 Creación y desarrollo de capacidades (número de alumnos, índice de consultas
recibidas de expertos).
 Volumen de metadatos cargados.
 Número de consultas al sitio en busca de metadatos.
Resultado esperado 5: Mejoramiento de la interacción IODE-OBIS en los planos nacional y regional
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Un proceso de fusión tiene lugar actualmente entre IODE y OBIS. Si bien en el marco de la región
abarcada por ODINCARSA hay tres nodos regionales de OBIS (Argentina, Brasil y Chile), es
importante establecer o ampliar la comunicación y los enlaces entre las comunidades de IODE y
OBIS, a nivel nacional y subregional. Tal comunicación permitirá explorar formas de interacción,
cooperación y colaboración.
 Nivel de interacción con la comunidad de OBIS.
 Proyectos, programas o actividades de carácter mixto o en cooperación.
Calendario
ESTIMACIONES PRESUPUESTARIAS PARA 2010-2011
(*) = actividades ocasionales
Visitas de expertos = 2.000 $
Creación de capacidades = 14.000 $ x 2 = 28.000 $
Coordinación/reuniones de seguimiento = 15.000 $
Apoyo para viajes = 5.000 $ x 2= 10.000 $.
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6.2 Plan de trabajo sobre gestión de la información La Sra. Catalina López presentó el plan de trabajo del grupo de trabajo sobre gestión de la
información marina. El plan tiene en cuenta el proyecto principal y la necesidad de abordar los
aspectos relacionados con la sociedad y el papel de los bibliotecarios en la respuesta.
1.
Productos
1.1 OceanDocs, sus problemas, crecimiento y futuro
a) Problemas - Los países sin datos registrados en OceanDocs han planteado los
siguientes problemas:
i. Personal con limitaciones de tiempo
ii. Falta de apoyo institucional
iii. Falta de recursos humanos para introducir datos
iv. Falta de recursos humanos para la digitalización
v. Equipos informáticos
vi. Niveles profesionales variados de conocimiento de tecnologías de la
información
vii. Acceso a Internet o conectividad
viii.Restricciones por derecho de autor
b) Medidas:
i. Enviar carta a las instituciones pidiendo continuar
ii. Necesidades en materia de participantes, compromisos y seguimiento de los
cursos de OceanDocs
iii. Redactar procedimientos para las nuevas colecciones: guías, formatos del
derecho de autor y formalidades
iv. Enviar invitaciones para los nuevos cursos
v. Continuar la ayuda financiera a responsables de validación y administración
vi. Sostenibilidad de OceanDocs en el futuro inmediato
vii. Definir funciones de cada uno (crear comisiones para unificar las políticas de
los administradores del programa de las ODIN/regiones)
viii.Preservación futura (copias de seguridad en xml, migración al entorno
digital)
ix. Recursos humanos con conocimiento de tecnologías de la información
1.2 Determinación de servicios
a. Utilización del sistema Z39.50 siendo miembro de la IAMSLIC y alimentación del
registro en el catálogo de publicaciones periódicas institucionales.
b. Papel del Grupo Latinoamericano en el suministro de servicios de información.
c. Promoción de nuevos miembros y colecciones en el sistema Z39.50.
d. Condición de miembro de la IAMSLIC: escribir una carta de compromiso de apoyo.
e. El Grupo Latinoamericano enviará una lista de las 10 instituciones financiadas por
miembros de la IAMSLIC.
f. El coordinador del Grupo Latinoamericano de la IAMSLIC añadirá las políticas y los
procedimientos de los miembros financiados en Z39.50, así como las políticas y los
procedimientos para la obtención de datos, solicitud de documentos y catálogo de
publicaciones periódicas al día (incluidos los errores y actualizaciones).
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2.
3.
Definición del papel de los centros de información en relación con ODINCARSA
a. Compromisos: participación en OceanDocs, participación en la interfaz gráfica
OceanDocs/Publicaciones periódicas latinoamericanas sobre ciencias marinas,
acuáticas y pesca (PPLACAMP), promoción de ODINCARSA-AL en el nivel
nacional, impartir formación en los países, presentar acuerdos y resultados de la
presente reunión al Grupo Latinoamericano de IAMSLIC.
b. Intercambio de publicaciones periódicas disponibles: Z39.50 y Publicaciones
periódicas latinoamericanas sobre ciencias marinas, acuáticas y pesca (PPLA CAMP).
Plan de trabajo para 2010-2013
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4.
Necesidades presupuestarias
a. Adhesión a la IAMSLIC: solicitar de ODINCARSA una asignación anual para la
cotización: las membresías
i.
10 cotizaciones membresías anuales ………………….200 dólares
estadounidenses
b. En el tercer trimestre de 2010 se tendrán los resultados del cuestionario y se presentará
un presupuesto
c. Presupuesto para administración y validación de OceanDocs
(1.200 dólares/500 documentos)
i.
2 organismos de validación validadores ……………………………..…… $
2.400
ii.
Digitalización y registro de datos, RRHH……........................ $48.000
iii.
Cursos de formación
1.
7 cursos sobre OceanDocs………………................... $14.000
2.
3 sobre alfabetización informática ……......................$ 45.000
3.
1 sobre tecnologías de la información .........................$ 30.000
iv.
Proyecto interfaz gráfica de OceanDocs…….......................... .. $5.000
v.
Participación en la Conferencia de la IAMSLIC (5 pers.).........$10.000
vi.
TOTAL……………………………………………................$ 154.600
5.
Productos nacionales y productos regionales
a. Productos regionales
i. Interfaz gráfica de usuario de OceanDocs:
1. Escoger uno o varios temas comunes de OceanDocs (gestión costera,
biodiversidad).
2. Los documentos deberán identificarse geográficamente por países. Utilizar la
lista ASFA de descriptores geográficos.
3. Editar descriptores geográficos a efectos de normalización (utilizando
descriptores de ASFA).
4. Interfaz de programas (recabar asesoramiento de Marc Goovaerts)
ii. Recursos humanos:
1. Escoger los temas más representativos en OceanDocs (Andrea Cristiani, IIP).
2. Revisar el soporte gráfico (Esther Ojeda, CIBNOR).
3. Editar descriptores geográficos (Catalina López, UABC).
iii. Publicaciones periódicas latinoamericanas en ciencias marinas, acuáticas y pesca
(PPLACAMP).
1. Pedir datos Latindex de la UNAM (Catalina López, UABC).
2. Definir metadatos (Gabriela Silvoni, INIDEP).
3. Reunir información (Martha Villa, INVEMAR).
4. Tecnología de la información, programa y sitio Web.
5. Mensajes de seguimiento a los miembros del Grupo Latinoamericano y
promoción (Clara Ramírez, UNAM y Catalina López, UABC).
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7. DESIGNACIÓN DE COORDINADORES REGIONALES DE ODINCARSA La reunión expresó su profundo reconocimiento al Sr. Rodney Martínez por su excelente labor de
dirección en calidad de coordinador de ODINCARSA entre 2001 y 2009. Se informó de que, en
respuesta a un correo electrónico enviado por la Secretaría a todos los coordinadores nacionales de
IODE en los países participantes en el programa ODINCARSA, sólo se recibieron dos candidaturas
para ocupar los puestos de coordinadores regionales de ODINCARSA para la gestión de datos: el Tte.
Othoniel Palacios (Ecuador) y el Sr. Ariel Troisi (Argentina). La reunión recordó el mandato de los
coordinadores regionales, a saber:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
promover el proyecto ODINCARSA en América Latina y el mundo;
asistir a los coordinadores nacionales en la realización del plan de trabajo acordado;
supervisar la marcha del proyecto;
preparar informes periódicos sobre la marcha de la labor, para presentar al Comité IODE y a
los funcionarios de IODE;
(5) poner al día el sitio Web de ODINCARSA.
La reunión consideró la posibilidad de cumplir un proceso formal de designación de candidatos y
elecciones de los coordinadores regionales, pero decidió que esto llevaría mucho tiempo (teniendo en
cuenta la finalización de las vacaciones anuales) y postergaría la realización del proyecto. Por tal
motivo, se acordó que sería más eficaz designar a los coordinadores en la propia reunión y examinó las
cualidades personales de los candidatos basándose en su anterior desempeño en ODINCARSA.
Teniendo presente el mandato de los coordinadores regionales de IODE, la reunión designó al
Sr. Ariel Troisi (Argentina) coordinador regional de ODINCARSA para la gestión de datos y a
la Sra. Andrea Cristiani (Uruguay) coordinadora regional de ODINCARSA para la gestión de la
información marina. Dichos coordinadores ejercerán sus funciones durante un periodo de dos años.
8. CLAUSURA DE LA REUNIÓN La reunión se clausuró el día jueves 10 de diciembre de 2010 a las 13.00 horas. El Sr. Pissierssens dio
las gracias a la organización anfitriona y al equipo de colaboradores locales por la excelente
organización de los trabajos y la hospitalidad.
IOC Workshop Report Nº 225
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1. OPENING OF THE MEETING The meeting was opened on 7 December 2009 at the Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas (IIO)
of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Dr Carlos Torres, representing the local host
welcomed the participants. The meeting was addressed by Mr Peter Pissierssens, IODE Programme
Coordinator and Head of the IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende. His address is attached as
Annex IV. Biol. Francisco Brizuela Venegas then addressed the meeting in his capacity of Director
General de Educación en Ciencia y Tecnologia de la SEP and as Representative of Mexico to the IOC.
The meeting reviewed and approved the Agenda of the meeting which is attached as Annex I. The
agenda included introductory presentations on IOC and IODE, Caribbean Marine Atlas (CMA) and
the Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS) (see Agenda Item 2); presentations providing
an overview of the activities of ODINCARSA during the period 2001-2009 in the fields of
oceanographic data management and marine information management (Agenda Item 3); presentation
of the national reports (Agenda Item 4); Discussions towards the development of a work plan for
2010-2013 (Agenda Item 5)
2. INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS Mr Peter Pissierssens provided a presentation on IOC and IODE. Mr Ramon Roach provided a
presentation on the Caribbean Marine Atlas. Dr Edward Vanden Berghe provided a presentation on the
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The PowerPoint presentations are available
through the ODINCARSA web site (http://www.odincarsa.org)
3. OVERVIEW OF ODINCARSA 2001-2009 3.1 Data Management Mr Rodney Martinez, ODINCARSA regional coordinator between 2001 and 2009 provided an
extensive overview of data management activities of ODINCARSA between 2001 and 2009.
He recalled the mission of the network: “To strengthen Ocean Data and Marine Information
Management capacity in the Caribbean and Latin America in order to contribute to Ocean Sciences,
Operational Oceanography and Integrated Coastal management activities at regional level”
The main objectives of ODINCARSA were:
•
•
•
•
•
Assess the current and potential state of development of national data and information centers
Activate a cooperative network on Ocean Data and marine Information management .
Provide capacity-building on Ocean Data and Marine Information management.
Implement an integral Action Plan to improve the existent capacity on Ocean data and marine
Information management.
Develop ocean data and information products and services which support Operational
oceanography, Coastal Environmental monitoring and coastal management .
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•
ODINCARSA was constituted during the first planning workshop held in Guayaquil-Ecuador,
October 2001.
ODINCARSA identified the regional needs, allowed to set a comprehensive but feasible action plan
which included as priority a general and specific training on ocean data and marine information
management. The personal and institutional contact among the NODCs and libraries in the region was
enhanced through ODINCARSA. In addition the IOC and more specifically IODE activities and
projects were promoted within the region increasing awareness and contributing to a more active
participation of the Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The ODINCARSA partners contributed to the Ocean Expert database, assisted in translation of Ocean
Teacher content in Spanish and replicated the international training courses at national level. This
national response was one of the most valuable indicators of the impact of ODINCARSA in their
Member States. By 2009 more than 60 technicians and experts from the region were trained at the IOC
Project Office of IODE (using OceanTeacher). Prior to the opening of the Project Office (ie before
April 2005) several regional training courses were held also in Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Mexico
and Barbados. National training courses on ocean data management were held in Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil. The total number of people trained at the national level was
close to 160. During the last 8 years, ODINCARSA was joined by more than 45 institutions including
National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs), Libraries, Marine Institutions, Universities among
others.
On 2008, a strategic analysis of the potential products and services was dome. The summary is showed
in Fig. 1
Figure 3: Strategic Analysis of ODINCARSA potential products and services 2008-2011
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Mr Martinez then summarized lessons learnt during the first phase of ODINCARSA:
•
•
•
•
•
•
The ODINCARSA national Data Management Focal points have been changed in most of the
network between 2001 and 2009; only three ODINCARSA Focal Points have been permanent
since the network started;
The ODINCARSA Marine Information contacts have been quite stable during all the
ODINCARSA implementation;
The proposed activities of ODINCARSA were basically driven by the available funds which
always were limited and do not allow to establish specific goals and performance indicators;
The Regional Coordination of ODINCARSA demands considerable time and effort. It is
highly recommend to look for a full / part time position to assume this task;
It is highly recommended to get the institutional commitment of NODCs from the Heads of
the Institutions to ensure a real impact of ODINCARSA activities;
For the future, it is highly recommended to link training with regional projects that also have
national outcomes to ensure sustainability and consolidation of training in NODCs;
Mr Martinez also asked some questions related to the continuation of ODINCARSA:
• Why must ODINCARSA continue?
• What is the shared view and common goal of all ODINCARSA Members? Is there any?
• What is the institutional commitment to be involved in ODINCARSA?
• What is the current involvement and interest of ODINCARSA partner countries in IODE?
• Do our views represent the national point of view on data management and information
management in our countries or only the institutional or individual point of view?
• Do we think our national response was correspondent to the IODE/ODINCARSA efforts in
its previous phase? If not, how to improve?
• How can NODCs better assist national and regional initiatives?
• How can we mobilize resources to fund the implementation of ODINCARSA’s second phase?
What could be the projects that must be prepared and submitted?
• What are the main national, regional or sub-regional ocean data and marine information
products and services to be implemented?
Mr Martinez ended his presentation by stating that we now had a great opportunity to set up a feasible
implementation plan and work together in the new ODINCARSA phase. All the achievements and
trained persons during the previous phase should be taken in account. The regional, sub-regional and
national ocean data and marine information products and services should continue improving.
3.2 Information Management Ms Catalina Lopez provided a detailed overview of marine information management activities of
ODINCARSA between 2001 and 2009.
She recalled that prior to ODINCARSA training was obtained mainly through IAMSLIC Conferences,
direct communication with colleagues or through local library association conferences.
In terms of resource sharing this happened mostly at the national level and often with libraries that
were not specialized marine libraries. In addition there were often no library holding databases
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available either nationally or regionally. At the same time libraries were facing increasing user
demands but they could subscribe to less journals due to the ever increasing cost of subscriptions
while new journals were created constantly.
As early as 2001 Latin American librarians stressed the need for information exchange programmes.
This request was addressed by IAMSLIC (International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science
Libraries and Information Centers) through its Z39.50 Distributed Library and Interlibrary Loan
program, with more than 90 IAMSLIC member libraries from more than 25 countries offering
materials to other member libraries via interlibrary loan and document delivery. Through the
IAMSLIC Z39.50 Distributed Library website, member libraries can search the Z catalog and the
Union List of Marine & Aquatic Serials and then initiate their interlibrary loan request. The Latin
American Librarians also recognized the need to create their own group to share information and
knowledge. At that point the Latin American Librarians were either part of the IAMSLIC community
and some were ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts) input centres.
The establishment of ODINCARSA offered immediate advantages to many Latin American Libraries:
to be able to make use of the Z39.50 system the library has to be an IAMSLIC member. ODINCARSA
assisted many libraries by sponsoring IAMSLIC membership.
In 2003, to better address the needs of Latin American marine libraries, and to foster cooperation the
IAMSLIC Latin American Regional Group was established in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico during the
First ODINCARSA Regional Training on MIM which was held back-to-back with the IAMSLIC
Conference held there. Several Latin American participants in that Conference were sponsored by
ODINCARSA. The Group started with 22 members and nominated Maria Clara Ramirez (Mexico) as
its coordinator. The membership by country is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 4: Membership of the IAMSLIC Latin America group in 2004
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The membership of the Group has roughly doubled between 2002/03 and 2009 and now has 54
members from 12 countries.
The Group developed the Latin-American Regional Union List of Serials, which includes more than
8,350
holdings,
records
from
17
libraries
across
the
region.
http://library.csumb.edu/iamslic/latinoamericano/unionlist
One of the products developed with the significant contribution of the Latin American Group was the
Portal Oceanico http://www.portaloceanico.net. This portal contains a wide variety of information
resources related with the ocean, coastal and marine issues. It compiled more than 5673 information
content objects on 860 subjects and involving 550 content providers. Visitors come from 112 countries
and 82 Discussion Forums were created.
The Group has also played a key role in the regional contribution to the Digital repository of Marine
Publications: OceanDocs (http://www.oceandocs.net) starting in 2005.
OceanDocs is supported by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) specifically to
collect, preserve and facilitate access to all research output from members of their Ocean Data and
Information Networks (ODINS). It is one of a number of complementary thematic digital marine and
aquatic repositories including the Aquatic Commons, which is supported by the International
Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC). The
records of both repositories are harvested by Avano which aggregates records from marine and aquatic
repositories around the World.
The ODINCARSA regional component of OceanDocs was born from a workshop held at the IOC
Project Office for IODE. The “drivers” of the initiative were Catalina Lopez (UABC, Mexico),
Patricia Muñoz (IFOP, Chile), Rodney Martinez (ODINCARSA coordinator) and Marc Goovaerts
(Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium). A working group was established including
•
•
•
•
Coordination: Catalina Lopez (coordination northern area), Patricia Muñoz (coordination
southern area)
Policies and procedures: Susan Sandiford, Alexandra Smith and Lenor Vera
Validation: Andrea Cristiani, Martha Ruiz, Gabriela Silvoni
Dissemination and promotion: Clara Ramiréz, Enma Fonseca, José Alio
It was agreed that the group would have as its main objective the collection, input and dissemination
of the scientific production of the member Institutions into a digital, web based, open access repository
for Latin America and the Caribbean. It was further agreed that, at least initially the reposirory would
be set up centrally at the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium but that local instiutions
could set up their own server as well, if they so desired.
In terms of contents it was agreed that the following content items could be included in the repository:
articles published in international journals, articles published in local or regional journals, thesis,
reports and other grey literature, datasets, photos and maps.
Technically the Group selected the DSpace software, which is also used by ODINAFRICA and is the
software used by the OceanDocs project.
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Input
type
Theses
Tech
reports
Institutional
publications
Total
Chile
SHOA
135
100
Chile
IFOP
600
200
Argentina
INIDEP
Argentina
INVEMAR
800
150
90
Cuba
CIP
210
700
T&T
IMA
300
244
Mexico
UNAM
790
398
Mexico
UABC
1294
Ecuador
INOCAR
30
100
200
Uruguay
IIP
164
1126
Venezuela
INIA
TOT
2623
3313
40
2166
7670
Conclusions:
•
PRIORITY NO. 1: 5757 ITEMS COMPOSED BY 2248 THESIS, 2015 TECHNICAL
REPORTS AND 1494 INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES)
•
PRIORITY NO. 2: 1048 ITEMS COMPOSED BY 210
REPORTS AND 240 INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS.
•
PRIORITY NO. 3: 865 ITEMS COMPOSED BY 165 THESIS AND 700 TECHNICAL
REPORTS
THESIS, 598 TECHNICAL
It was noted that 81% of the participating institutions have 3 or less librarians. Input demands for the
e-repository therefore put an extra strain on the library staff.
It was noted further that ASFA input centres (6 of the 11 cooperating institutions) use the WINISIS
software to prepare ASFA input. Currently records therefore had to be entered into 2 systems:
WINISIS and OceanDocs. The librarians therefore strongly urged the development of an interface that
would enable export from WINISIS to DSpace (OceanDocs). This is currently being investigated.
In terms of equipment 5 out of the 11 libraries have a Pentium-IV level PC. Others have older and less
powerful systems; 9 out of 11 libraries have a flatbed scanner.
OceanDocs Promotion
The OceanDocs system was demonstrated and promoted at the 2006 IAMSLIC Annual Conference
(Portland, OR, USA), Dublin Core meeting in Colima, Mexico (2006), 5th CoM South America
Committee meeting (september 2006), 6th National Congress of Marine Sciences, Madryn Port,
Argetnina, and during the annual training course JICA-INIDEP on Evaluation and Monitoring of
Fisheries (October 2006).
In 2007 OceanDocs was promoted in Cuba at the Marine Research Centre, Oceanology Institute,
National aquarium and Environment Agency of Science and Technology, and Environment Ministry
of Cuba.
OceanDocs Training
A training-for-trainers course on OceanDocs was organized between 23-28 April 2007 at the IOC
Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium.
A regional OceanDocs training course was organized 20-24 August 2007 in Guayaquil, Ecuador with
16 participants from Chile, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. The workshop was supported by IOC/IODE,
Government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium), CPPS and FAO. As a result of the course 7 additional
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libraries joined the project.
An OceanDocs training course was organized 12-13 April 2008 in Panama at the Smithsonian
Tropical Resarch Institute. It was attended by 11 participants from 4 countries.
4. NATIONAL REPORTS The meeting noted that a number of countries have still not designated an IODE national coordinator
for data management or for information management. Table 1 shows the current situation.
NC DM
NODC
NC IM
Ariel Troisi
yes
Gabriela Silvoni
Marcus Simoes
yes
Amaury Poyares ROCHA
Nickolas Roscher
3
Chile
Teresa Calvete
yes
Alexandra Smith
4
Colombia
Efrain Rodriguez-Rubio
yes
Marta VILLA GORDILLO
5
Cuba
Julieta Gutierrez
yes
-6
Ecuador
Luis Morales
yes
-7
Mexico
José Luis FRIAS SALAZAR
no
-8
Nicaragua
-Yes but status unclear
-9
Panama
-no
-- (Arnulfo Sanchez)
10 Peru
Luz Cano
yes
-11 Uruguay
-Yes but status unclear
-12 Venezuela
Oscar Eduardo MENDOZA
Yes but status unclear
-MALDONADO
Table 1: List of IODE national coordinators for data management and IODE national coordinators for
information management as well as NODCs in the IOC member states currently participating in ODINCARSA
1
2
Country
Argentina
Brazil
The meeting strongly urged all countries participating in ODINCARSA to designate IODE
national coordinators for oceanographic data management and IODE national coordinators for
marine information management.
The national reports are attached in Annex III
The meeting noted with appreciation the plans of Mexico to establish an NODC early 2010. Mr
Pissierssens stated that support could be made available for training or expert advice.
5. NAME OF THE PROJECT The meeting noted that the current name of the project “Ocean Data and Information Network for the
Caribbean and South America region” does not correctly represent the membership of the project as it
excludes IOC member states in central America. It was therefore agreed to rename the project
acronym to ODINCARSA-LA (ODINCARSA Latin America). It was agreed that this change
should be reflected in the web site.
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6. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ODINCARSA OCEAN DATA AND INFORMATION WORK PLANS 2010-2013 For this agenda item the meeting split into two sessional working groups: one for data management
and one for information management. Their terms of reference were:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Identify expected outcomes
Identify expected deliverables
Prepare Work plan data management/information management for 2010-2011 (+ 2010-2013)
Identify regional capacity building requirements
Prepare Timeline
Identify budget requirements
Mr Pissierssens informed the meeting that training could not be organized at the IOC Project Office
for IODE (Oostende, Belgium) as well as in the region (as part of the OceanTeacher Academy).
The meeting also agreed that a new web site will need to be developed using dynamic content
management technology enabling all project partners to contribute content, and for the regional
coordinators to manage the site.
Mr Martinez informed the meeting that CIIFEN is working actively in the Latin American region on
the implementation of regional information systems aimed at wide audiences and decision makers
related with climate-ocean related disasters and their associated impacts on human life, ecosystems
and infrastructure. On this matter CIIFEN offers its experience on resources mobilization from
previous regional initiatives to contribute with the IODE/IOC through ODINCARSA. The main points
of interest to be considered could be among others: 1) Development of regional or sub-regional marine
atlases, incorporating to OBIS. and 2) The implementation of a Regional Marine Information system
that contribute with the full implementation of Ocean Docs in the region and its further expansion to
Geographic information systems where gray literature and indigenous literature from the region could
be displayed and shared." CIIFEN is committed to work with ODINCARSA in the preparation of
projects proposal to several donors.
Development of a regional metadata based upon the OceanDataPortal, considering the
establishment of a regional node for ODINCARSA-LA.
6.1 Work Plan for Data Management The report of the sessional working group for data management was presented by Mr. Ariel Troisi.
Expected result 1: Establish and support new NODCs, continue support to existing ones
Performance indicators
•
•
•
Number of new NODCs established in the region
Number of expert visits to and between NODCs
Capacity building and development (trainees, new or enhanced capabilities)
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Expected result 2: Designate / update IODE national DM coordinators
•
Number of IODE national DM coordinators in the region
Expected result 3: Improve capability to access and use real time and near-real time data to
generate products and provide services
At present there is a wide variety of data and products available in operational mode. The goal is to
provide data managers with updated knowledge of existence of real time and near real time data,
accessibility, formats and processing and analysis tools in order to improve local capabilities to
generate products and provide services in response to requirements and needs of their user
communities (risk management, research, education, decission makers, etc.). This line of action
includes the development of a wiki to provide definitions, contents, links to data, services and product,
as well as blog as a communication platform between DMs (operational purposes)
•
•
•
Discovery of data sources
Level of response to user’s needs and requirements (visits to product/service site)
Capacity development in DM of real time near real time
Expected result 4: Development of a regional metadata base and query application
Taking advantage of developments within the region, ODINCARSA seeks the development of a
regional metadata base and query application using recognized standards, software and tools. Existing
regional capacities will allow training and support within the region.
•
•
•
•
Establishment of a common metadata base platform
Capacity building and development (number of trainees, number of expert visits)
Number of metadata records uploaded
Number of visits to the metadata query site
Expected result 5: Improve IODE-OBIS interaction at national and regional level
There is an ongoing merging process between IODE and OBIS. Although there are three Regional
Obis Nodes (RON) within the ODINCARSA region (Brazil, Argentina, Chile), it is important to
establish and or enhance the communication and links between the IODE and OBIS communities at
national and sub-regional level. This communication will allow to explore interactions, cooperation
and collaboration.
•
•
Level of interaction with OBIS community
Joint or cooperative projects, programs or activities
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Timetable
2010-2011 BUDGET ESTIMATES
(*) = opportunity activities.
Experts Visit = $ 2000
Capacity building =$ 14000 x 2 = $ 28000.
Coordination/follow up meeting= $15000
Travel support= $5000 x 2= $10000
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6.2 Work Plan for Information Management Ms Catalina López introduced the work plan of the marine information management sessionsl working
group. The work plan considers the main project and the need to address societal issues and the role of
librarians in ways to address these.
1. Products 1.1 Oceandocs problems, growth & future a. Problems-‐ Countries that have not registered data in Oceandocs, have presented the following problems: i. Personnel with limited time ii. Lack of Institutional support iii. Lack of human resources for input data iv. Lack of human resources for digitization v. Computer equipment vi. Different professional levels of knowledge in information technologies vii. Internet access or connectivity viii. Copyright restrictions b. Actions: i. Send letter to institutions to ask for continuity ii. Requirements for Oceandocs course participants, commitments & follow-‐ups iii. Write procedures for new collections: guidelines, copyright formats & give its formality. iv. Send invitations to new courses. c. Continue financial aid for validators & administration d. Sustainability of Oceandocs in the near future e. Defined each person roles, (form committees to unify Oceandocs’ administrators policies from the different Odines/regions) f. Future preservation (back ups in xml, digital migration) g. Human resources with knowledge of Information Technologies 1.2. Identify services
a. The use of Z39.50 by being a member of IAMSLIC and feed the
institutional serials holding into the catalog
b. The role of Latin Group
c. Promotion of new members and collections into Z39.50
d. Iamslic membership, write a letter of commitment for support
e. Latin Group will send a list of the 10 Iamslic membership funded
institution
f.
The President of Iamslic Latin Group will add the policies &
procedures to the funded members: Z39.50, as well of the policies &
procedures for data capture, documents request & serials catalog up date
(including mistakes and updates)
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2. Identify the roles of the information centers related with ODINCARSA a. Commitments: participation in Oceandocs, participation in the graphic interface Oceandocs & Serial Latin-‐American Publications in Marine Science, Aquatics and Fisheries ( PPLACAMP), national level of Odincarsa promotion, perform training at national level, transmit the agreements & results of this meeting to IAMSLIC Latin Group b. Share serials holdings: Z39.50 & the Serial Latin-‐American Publications in Marine Science, Aquatics and Fisheries (PPLA CAMP) 3. Working Plan 2010-2013 IOC Workshop Report Nº 225
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4. Budget requirements a. Iamslic membership: ask to ODINCARSA for annual membership support i. 10 annual membership ………………….$200 b. In the third quarter of 2010 we will have the results of the questionnaires and a budget will be presented c. Budget for Oceandocs administration & validation (1200dls/500 documents) i. 2 validators…………………………………..……….$ 2,400 ii. Human Resources digitization & input……$48,000 iii. Training courses 1. 7 Oceandocs courses……………….$14,000 2. 3 Information literacy……………..$45,000 3. 1 Information Technology……….$30,000 iv. Oceandocs Graphic Interface Project…….$ 5,000 v. Assist to IAMSLIC Conference (5 people).$ 10,000 vi. TOTAL………………………………………………..$154,600 5. National Products Vs. Regional Products a. Regional Products i. Oceandocs Graphic Interface 1. Select one o several common Oceandocs theme (coastal managements, biodiversity) 2. The documents will be identifying geographically by country. Table ASFA geographic descriptors 3. Edit the geographic descriptors for standardization (using ASFA descriptors) 4. Software interface (get Marc Goovaerts advice) ii. Human Resources: 1. Select the themes that are more representing in Oceandocs (Andrea Cristiani, IIP) 2. Review Graphic Software ( Esther CIBNOR) 3. Edition of the geographic descriptors ( Catalina Lopez Interamerican College) iii. Serial Latin-‐American Publications in Marine Science, Aquatics and Fisheries ( PPLACAMP) 1. Ask UNAM Latindex data (Catalina Lopez Interamerican College) 2. Define metadata (Gabriela Silvoni) 3. Get information together ( Martha from Colombia) 4. Information Technology, program & web site) 5. Follow up messages to members of Grupo Latino & promotion (Clara Ramirez & Catalina Lopez Interamerican College) IOC Workshop Report Nº 225
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7. DESIGNATION OF ODINCARSA REGIONAL COORDINATORS The meeting expressed its strong appreciation to Mr Rodney Martinez for his excellent leadership as
ODINCARSA coordinator between 2001-2009. The meeting was informed that in response to an
email sent out by the Secretariat to all IODE national coordinators in the countries that were currently
participating in ODINCARSA, only two nominations had been received for the position of
ODINCARSA regional coordinator for data management: Lieutenant Othoniel Palacios (Ecuador) and
Mr Ariel Troisi (Argentina). The meeting recalled the terms of reference of the Regional Coordinators:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
promotion of the ODINCARSA project in Latin America and globally;
assist national coordinators with the implementation of the agreed work plan;
monitor progress of the project;
prepare regular progress reports for submission to the IODE Committee and IODE Officers;
update the ODINCARSA web site.
The meeting considered a formal nomination and election process to designate the regional
coordinators but decided that this would take too much time (considering the end of year holidays) and
would delay the implementation of the project. The meeting therefore agreed that it would be more
effective to designate the coordinators during the meeting and consider the individual qualities of the
candidates based upon their past involvement in ODINCARSA.
Bearing in mind the terms of reference of the IODE regional coordinators the meeting designated Mr
Ariel Troisi as ODINCARSA regional coordinator for data management, and Ms Andrea
Cristiani (Uruguay) as ODINCARSA regional coordinator for marine information management.
They will assume their tasks for a period of two years.
8. CLOSING OF THE MEETING The meeting was closed on Thursday 10 December 2010 at 13h00. Mr Pissierssens thanked the local
host organization and the local organizing team for the excellent organization and hospitality.
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ANNEX I
AGENDA OF THE MEETING
1.
OPENING OF THE MEETING
2.
INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS
3.
OVERVIEW OF ODINCARSA 2001-2009
4.
NATIONAL REPORTS
5.
NAME OF THE PROJECT
6.
DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ODINCARSA OCEAN DATA AND
INFORMATION WORK PLANS 2010-2013
7.
DESIGNATION OF ODINCARSA REGIONAL COORDINATORS
8.
CLOSURE OF THE MEETING
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ANNEX II
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
ARGENTINA
Lic. Ariel TROISI
Head, Oceanography Department
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval Ministerio de
Defensa
Av. Montes de Oca 2124, C1270ABV
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 11 4301 3091
Fax: +54 11 4301 3091
e-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.hidro.gov.ar
Gabriela SILVONI
Librarian , Instituto Nacional de Investigación
y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)
Paseo Victoria Ocampo N°1, Escollera Norte,
B7602HSA
Mar del Plata
Argentina
Tel: + 54 223 486 2586
Fax: +54 223 486 1830
e-mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.inidep.edu.ar
CHILE
Ms Carolina CALVETE
Chief of CENDHOC
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la
Armada de Chile. Errázuriz 254, Playa Ancha,
Valparaíso
Chile
Tel: +56 32 2266682
Fax: +56 32 2266542
e-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected]
WWW: http://www.shoa.cl
COLOMBIA
Dr . Efrain RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO
Scientific Director, Dirección General
Marítima (DIMAR)
Centro Control Contaminación del Pacifico
(CCCP), Via Al Morro, Capitanía de Puerto de
Tumaco
Colombia
Tel: +57 2 7272637
Fax: +57 2 7271180
WWW: http://www.dimar.mil.co
Ms. Marta VILLA GORDILLO
Managing Director, Instituto de
Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
(INVEMAR)
Cerro Punta Betín
Santa Marta, A.A. 1016
Colombia
Tel: +57 5 438 0808 x 210
Fax: +57 5 423 3280
e-mail: [email protected] ,
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.invemar.org.co
CUBA
Ms Julieta GUTIERREZ
Instituto de Oceanologia
10400 Calle 186 entre 1ra y 3ra Flores
La Habana
Cuba
Tel: +537 271 6008
Fax: +537 339 112
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.oceanologiacuba.com
ECUADOR
Mr. Rodney MARTÍNEZ
Scientific Coordinator, Centro Internacional
para la Investigación del Fenómeno del Niño
(CIIFEN)
Escobedo # 1204 y 9 de Octubre
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Tel: +593 425 14770
Fax: +593 425 14771
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WWW: http://www.ciifen-int.org
WWW: http://iio.ens.uabc.mx
MEXICO
Lic. Esther OJEDA
Information Systems, Centro de
Investigaciones Oceanológicas del Noroeste
(CIBNOR)
Mar Bermejo No. 195, Col. Playa Palo de
Santa Rita AP. 128 CP. 23090
La Paz, Baja California Sur
México
Tel: +52 612 12 3 8484 (x 3192)
Fax: +52 612 12 5 36 25
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.cibnor.mx
Francisco BRIZUELA VENEGAS
Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental
(COI)
Dirección General de Educación en Ciencia y
Tecnología del Mar (DGTyTM)
Viaducto Miguel Alemán No. 806. Col.
Nápoles. C.P. 03810
México, D.F.
México
Tel: +52 55 78 57 63
WWW: http://uecytm.sep.gob.mx
María Clara RAMÍREZ JAUREGUI
Librarian, Unidad Académica Mazatlán del
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar
y Limnología, U.N.A.M.
Av. Joel Montes Camarena S/N, Apartado
Postal 811 C. P. 82000,
Mazatlán, Sinaloa
México
Tel: +52 669 985 2845 al 48 x. 221
Fax: +52 669 982 6133
[email protected]
WWW: http://ola.icmyl.unam.mx/biblio
Catalina LOPEZ ALVAREZ
Librarian, Universidad Autónoma de Baja
California
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas
Km. 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada
Ensenada, Baja California
México
Tel: +52 646 178 1969
Fax: +52 646 174 5303
[email protected]
WWW: http://iio.ens.uabc.mx
Carlos TORRES NAVARRETE
Research Professor, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas
México
Tel: +52 646 174 4601
Fax: +52 646 174 5303
[email protected]
Gildardo ROJO SALAZAR
Director Técnico, Dirección General de
Educación en Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar
(DGTyTM)]
Viaducto Miguel Alemán No. 806. Col.
Nápoles. C.P. 03810
México, D.F.
México
Tel: +52 55 3601 8504
[email protected]
WWW: http://uecytm.sep.gob.mx
José Luis PEÑA MANJARREZ
Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar
(CETMAR)
México
Tel: +52 646 174 4522
Miguel RAMIREZ LOPEZ
Captain, Secretaria de Marina
México
Tel: +52 646 172 5743
WWW: http://www.semar.gob.mx
Maria Guadalupe MORTEO REYES
Secretaria de Marina
México
Tel: +52 646 117 3892
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Vanessa ROBLEDO
Secretaria de Marina
México
Tel: +52 646 172 5743
Fax: +52
PANAMA
Dr. Gloria BATISTA DE VEGA
Research Professor, Universidad de Panamá
Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado
Panama
Tel: +507 523 5314, +507 523-5330
e-mail: [email protected] ;
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.up.ac.pa
PERU
Ms Luz CANO
Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación
Jr. Roca 2da. Cuadra con Av. Gamarra
Chucuito, Callao
Perú
Tel: +511 613 6767
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.dhn.mil.pe
URUGUAY
Lic. Andrea CRISTIANI
Chief Librarian, Instituto de Investigaciones
Pesqueras (IIP)
Universidad de la República - Facultad de
Veterinaria
Alberto Lasplaces 1550 - C.P. 11.600
Montevideo
Uruguay
Tel: +598 2 622 1496
Fax: +598 2 628 0130
[email protected],
[email protected]
WWW: http://www.fvet.edu.uy
ODINCARSA Caribbean Islands
Mr Ramon ROACH
Water Quality Analyst, Coastal Zone
Management Unit
Bay Street
St. Michael
Barbados, W.I.
Tel: + 246 228 5950
Fax: + 246 228 5956
WWW: http://www.coastal.gov.bb
IOC/OBIS Secretariat
Edward VANDEN BERGHE
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
(IOBIS)
71 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Unites States
Tel: +1 732 932 6555 (x. 565)
Fax: +1 732 932 8578
WWW: http://www.iobis.org
IOC/IODE Secretariat
Mr Peter PISSIERSSENS
Head, IOC Project Office for IODE
UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7/61
B-8400 Oostende
Belgium
Tel: +32-59-340158
Fax: +32-59-340152
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ANNEX III
NATIONAL REPORTS
ARGENTINA
NATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
1. IOC CONTACT POINT
Lic. Javier A. VALLADARES
Asesor Científico en Ciencias del Mar
Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva
Av. Córdoba 831 4to. Piso
(C1054AAH) Buenos Aires – ARGENTINA
email: [email protected]
Alternate
Lic. Ariel Hernán Troisi
Jefe Departamento Oceanografía
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval
Ministerio de Defensa
Av. Montes de Oca 2124
C1270ABV Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA
[email protected] [email protected]
2. IODE national coordinator for data management
Lic. Ariel Hernán TROISI
Jefe Departamento Oceanografía
C1270ABV Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA
[email protected] [email protected]
3. IODE national coordinator for marine information management
Bib.Doc. María Gabriela SILVONI
Biblioteca y Servicio de Documentación INIDEP
(Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero)
C.C. 175 - Paseo Victoria Ocampo N° 1 – Escollera Norte
(CP 7600) Mar del Plata – ARGENTINA
c.e: [email protected]
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NATIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
4. Does your country operate an IODE national oceanographic data centre? If so then provide
the full name and address as well as the name of the Head of that centre.
Yes.
Centro Argentino de Datos Oceanográficos CEADO
C1270ABV Buenos Aires – ARGENTINA
Lic. Ariel Hernán TROISI, Director
5. List other national institutions that manage oceanographic data in your country
•
•
•
•
•
•
Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
Instituto Antártico Argentino
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero
Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía
Centro Nacional Patagónico
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas
NATIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION PRODUCTS/SERVICES
6. Provide a list of data products and service currently provided by your IODE NODC (if
existing) and other national ocean data centres
•
•
•
•
•
•
Consulta a la Base de Metadatos (Access to metadata base for the South Atlantic and Southern
Oceans)
Datos físicos y químicos (SW Atlantic & Southern Oceans) (Inventory and spatial distribution
of data holdings)
Datos batitermográficos (SW Atlantic & SE Pacific Oceans) (Inventories, spatial distribution,
maximum, minimum and average seasonal values)
Datos de temperatura (Estaciones Fijas) (Monthly SST maximum, minimum and average
values at coastal stations)
Argo Colegios (Support in Argo DM to students of local secondary schools, as part of an SHN
initiative)
Seasonal climatologies derived from Argo data, available at the SARDAC site
7. List of marine information centres (marine libraries) operating in your country
INIDEP Library is a government research library, specialized in marine sciences and fisheries, the
main one in Argentina, with no branches, leads REDIPES (National Information Network for
Fisheries Bibliographic Information), linking Information Units (IU) along the country, including
university libraries, publishers, research intitutes, etc, related with marine research but not
exclusive in this area, the most important are:
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Research Institutions:
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CADIC - Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET)- Ushuaia – Pcia. Tierra
del Fuego (1 librarian sponsored IAMSLIC membership 2005-2007)
CENPAT - Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET)- Puerto Madryn – Pcia. Chubut (NO
librarian)
IAA - Instituto Antártico Argentino- Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1 librarian)
IADO - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (CONICET)- Bahia Blanca – Pcia. Buenos Aires
(NO librarian)
IBMP/SAO - Instituto de Biología Marina y Pesquera"Almirante Storni" San Antonio Oeste –
Pcia. Rio Negro (1 librarian IAMSLIC membership 2010)
MACN - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "B.Rivadavia" Ciudad de Buenos Aires (2
librarians)
SHN - Servicio de Hidrografía Naval- Ciudad de Buenos Aires (NO librarian)
Universities:
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•
•
•
•
UBA - Universidad de Buenos Aires- FCEN “ Bib. Federico Leloir” (several librarians)
UNLP - Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo - (several
librarians, 1 sponsored IAMSLIC membership 2006-2009)
UNPA - Universidad Nacional Patagonia Austral – Branches: Río Gellegos; Puerto San
Julian- Pcia. Santa Cruz (several librarians)
UNPSJB - Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco – Branches: Comodoro
Rivadavia; Trelew ; Puerto Madryn- Pcia. Chubut (several librarians)
UTN - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional . Unidad Académica Chubut; Puerto Madryn –
Chubut (1 univ. student IAMSLIC membership 2010)
8. Provide a list of information products and service currently provided by your and other
national marine libraries
INIDEP Library is the only one in Argentina providing these products and services:
answers the needs of scientists at INIDEP as well as requests of users from the whole country,
including other scientists, students, industrials, the fisheries community and any person
curious on the matter, and often from other countries.
• gives national and international visibility of the scientific production of Argentinian
researchers in marine science; collecting, preserving and giving access to these documents
• participates uploading full text documents in OceanDocs and AquaticCommons Repositories
as managers in Argentina
• provides document supply/delivery services through OPACS in SIDALC/IICA for all users
around the world, and through IAMSLIC Union List z39.50 for members
• supplies search services in ASFA/CSA Proquest Database for free, for the Argentinian
research community in marine, aquatic and fishery sciences
• exchanges and donates Serials and documents published by INIDEP
• Alert Services to the local and national remote users (5 Alert Groups with more than 280
permanent users).
• training courses held on “Information sources and resources in marine, aquatic and fishery
sciences” to researchers, students from the local and visiting universities, and research
institutions
• capacity building to librarians through Alerts, Workshops, Internships at INIDEP Library
NATIONAL COORDINATION MECHANISMS
•
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9. Does your country have a national coastal management plan
No
10. Provide information on any national body (structure) that coordinates
oceanographic/coastal research, observation and/or management in your country
There is no formal national body of coordination. Nevertheless, several issues are dealt with
by key institutions within the framework of regular meetings in the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovative Production
11. If you answered positively to the previous question then list the member institutions of that
national body/structure
12. Provide information on any national body (structure) that coordinates oceanographic data
and/or information exchange in your country
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•
•
•
Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales coordinates satellite imagery and data exchange
CEADO coordinates exchange within IODE
Centro Nacional Patgónico hosts the OBIS sub-node and coordinates exchange
Instituto Antártico Argentino coordinates exchange within the scope of SCAR
National organizations that coordinate information exchange in Argentina are:
•
•
•
Biblioteca Electrónica del MINCyT. (Electronic Library from the Goverment, Ministry of
Science and Technology): gives access to scientific publications suscribed to Elsevier,
Springer, Wiley, etc, Open Access Journal for all national universities, governamental
research institutions; National Repository Project. (http://www.biblioteca.mincyt.gov.ar/ )
o INIDEP Library is member of the National Advisor Council.
CAICyT – Argentine Centre of Information in Science and Technology: ISSN Centre,
SciELO/AR (Open Access Journals), Union List of Periodicals in Argentina (CCP), document
supply services, etc. (http://www.caicyt.gov.ar/ )
RECIARIA- National Network of Specialized Libraries and Information Units Networks
(http://www.biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar:8080/reciaria/reciaria )
DATA POLICIES
13. Does your country have a national data management policy
No.
14. Does your institution have a data policy (if you have answered positively to the previous
question then indicate whether the institutional policy is different from the national policy)
CEADO applies 'IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy’.
15. Does your country apply the IOC data policy
At the national level, Law 25831 “Régimen de libre acceso a la Información Publica
Ambiental” is compatible with IOC policy.
16. Would your country be willing to share its oceanographic data globally by participating in
the IODE Ocean Data Portal project (see http://www.oceandataportal.org)
Yes
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NATIONAL OBSERVATION PLATFORMS
17. Does your country operate research vessels (if so then provide information)
Yes
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Buque Oceanográfico “PUERTO DESEADO”. Jointly operated by the Consejo Nacional
de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and the Servicio de Hidrografía
Naval (SHN)
Buque Hidrográfico “COMODORO RIVADAVIA”. Operated by SHN
Lancha Hidrográfica “CORMORÁN”. Operated by SHN
Buque Multipropósito “CIUDAD DE ROSARIO”. Operated by Armada Argentina
Buque de Investigación Pesquera “OCA BALDA”. Operated by the Instituto Nacional de
Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)
Buque de Investigación Pesquera “DR HOLMBERG”. Operated by INIDEP
Buque de Investigación Pesquera “CAPITÁN CÁNEPA”. Operated by INIDEP
18. If you answered positively to the previous question then what institution manages the data
and how are the data made available
In the case of SHN cruises or joint cruises the data is managed by SHN-CEADO and made
available both through responsible scientific groups and CEADO.
In CONICET cruises, CEADO encourages exchange of data and its management is performed
by the scientific groups.
INIDEP manages its own data. Submission of data to the NODC has become sporadic and
with long delays.
19. Does your country operate data buoys or other observation systems (if so then provide
details)
Argentina, through SHN, operates two environmental buoys (FUGRO-OCEANOR Wavescan
buoys), currently under maintenance. Additionally, is responsible for eleven active Argo floats
and particpates actively in the International South Atlantic Buoy Program.
A national tidal network is under operation, with five stations contributing to GLOSS
In a joint coopertive effort, satellite Aquarius SAC-D will be launched in 2010. CONAE is
the leading Institution in Argentina
SHN manages the data from the environmental buoys and tidal network. Data from the buoys
will be accessible via Internet and upon request. Tidal data is available upon request and
GLOSS data also through UHSLC.
Argo and drifter data are channelled through AOML and GDP respectively.
Aquarius SAC-D data will be managed and made available by CONAE
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NATIONAL/REGIONAL OCEAN RESEARCH/OBSERVATION/MANAGEMENT
PROJECTS
21. Provide a list of national ocean research/observation/management in which multiple
national institutions are involved. Please also indicate if these projects include a data and
information management plan. For each of the projects please list the expected data and
information products and services that should be provided by the project.
Sistema Nacional de Bases de Datos; Initiative sponsored by the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovative Production. Seeks accessibility and interoperability of national
and institutional databases
22. Provide a list of regional ocean research/observation/management in which one or more or
your national institutions are involved. Please also indicate if these projects include a data
and information management plan. For each of the projects please list the expected data
and information products and services that should be provided by the project.
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International Consortium for the Study of Oceanic Related Global and Climate Changes in
South America(SACC): To determine the physical mechanisms that control biological
processes in highly productive regions of the western South Atlantic and their variability
from intra- to interannual times scales. Data collected through SACC is widely and openly
distributed. Products include scientific publications and papers, training and education,
data product development.
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International South Atlantic Buoy Program ISABP: ISABP is operated as an regional
action group of the DBCP, and endeavours to establish and maintain an oceanographic
and meterological data network over the South Atlantic ocean. Provides data in real time
via GTS and in near-real time through the web.
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Argo: Argo is an international programme using autonomous floats to collect temperature,
salinity and current data as a major component of the ocean observing system
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OCEATLAN: OCEATLAN is an initiative of institutions from Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay striving to further develop oceanographic activities in the Upper Southwest and
Tropical Atlantic. OCEATLAN acts as GRA for the region.
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Antares: ANTARES main goal is the study of long-term changes in coastal ecosystems
around Latin America to distinguish those due to natural variability from those due to
external paerturbations (anthropogenic effects)
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FREPLATA: Rio de la Plata sediment transport study through numerical modeling
(MARS 3D), remote sensing, and in situ data
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GLOSS: The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) is an international
programme conducted under the auspices of the Joint Technical Commission for
Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of the World Meteorological
Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
GLOSS aims at the establishment of high quality global and regional sea level networks
for application to climate, oceanographic and coastal sea level research. The programme
became known as GLOSS as it provides data for deriving the 'Global Level of the Sea
Surface'.
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INIDEP Library at Regional Level is involved in exchange and access of scientific
information in the following projects or systems since they were born:
•
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SIDALC /IICA network of Agriculture in LatinAmerica -Regional OPAC/Union List
Journals and Publications- starting in 2000 in Argentina, managed by IICA Costa Rica
- document supply/delivery services
INIDEP Catalogues:
http://www.sidalc.net/tesisdp.htm
http://www.sidalc.net/docau.htm
http://www.sidalc.net/libri.htm
http://www.sidalc.net/perau.htm
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Latin American IAMSLIC Regional Group.
-Before the formal consolidation of this Group, INIDEP Library since 2000
promoted the cooperation among LA Information Units by an E-Mail Group,
and presented the first LA Information Units Survey in Mazatlan:
- Cosulich, G.; Silvoni, M.G. Aspects of international cooperation in
marine research focusing on information resources in South America. In:
Marckham, J.W.; Duda, A.L. ed. Bridging the Digital Divide: Proceeding
of the 28ª Annual Conference of the International Association of Aquatic
and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) . Fort
Pierce, Florida: IAMSLIC, 2003. p.65-78
(http://hdl.handle.net/1912/686)
- Guillermina Cosulich (INIDEP Librarian) Coordinator of IAMSLIC LA
Regional Group (2006-2008)
- document supply/delivery services through IAMSLIC Z39.50 Union
List
•
ASFA Input Center since 1996, leading and promoting the LA regional participation
-Hosts and organizers of Mini ASFA LA Regional Meeting, October
2010 – Mar del Plata, Argentina
INIDEP Library in Argentina leads REDIPES (National Information Network for
Fisheries Bibliographic Information), linking Information Units (IU) along the country,
including university libraries, publishers, research intitutes, etc.The principal objectives
are collect and give access to the papers produced on the Argentine Sea and the national
marine science bibliography, cooperation at regional and international level, capacity
building, standards.
PARTICIPATION IN ODINCARSA
23. Has your country participated in ODINCARSA between 2001 and 2009. If yes then please
provide some details.
Data Management:
Argentina participated of the First ODINCARSA Planning Meeting and contributed to the
initiative since then. Regarding CB, trainees from Argentina attended both I and II
ODINCARSA DM Training Course, Basic and Advanced ODINCARSA Ocean Data
Management Training Course and the Combined Modeling and Data Management Training
Workshop (Jamboree-I).
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For Information Management:
A) attending training Courses at IODE/Ostende,
B) active participation in OceanDocs (uploading records and promoting the use of it),
C) promoting the sponsorships of IAMSLIC memberships by Odincarsa.
A) IODE Trainings:
* “Training Course in Marine information Management”, Sept. 30- Oct. 4 2002, Mazatlan (G.
Cosulich as invited expert, last day speaker)
* “ODINCARSA Marine information Management Training Course”, 9-19 November 2005,
Ostende, (G. Silvoni)
* “E-Repository Training Course”, 23-28 April 2007, Ostende (G. Silvoni)
* "IODE Training on Website Development",15-26 June 2009, Ostend (G. Fernández)
* “Digital Asset Management for Marine Information Managers”, 2-7 October 2009 (G.
Silvoni)
B) OceanDocs
Comunidad/Community: ARGENTINA
Colecciones/Collections:
* Tesis En Ciencias Marinas [60]
* Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) [244]
Records uploaded by year:
2007
2008
159
2009
113
Total
32
304
Statistics by year:
Year
2008
2009
Downloads
30,814.5
56,146.0
86,960.5
Views
12,793
31,974
44,767
Argentina has the highest impact of visibility in OceanDocs (Marc Goovert. 2009.
“OceanDocs and Open Science Directory: two facets of the information policy of
UNESCO/IOC-IODE”- 35th IAMSLIC Annual Conference & 13th Biennial EURASLIC
Conference- Brugge, Belgium)
C) IAMSLIC Memberships
Payment of 13 LA members for 2008/2009
24. If you answered positively to the previous question then how would you assess the
usefulness of ODINCARSA
In the DM area, ODINCARSA proved itself as a valuable asset for the establishment and/or
strengthening of human networks and helped regional and sub-regional interaction. The
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training and capacity development program provided unique oportunities which resulted in a
more efficient DM as well as the possibility to help and support DM activities in other
institutions.
"For us librarians, the best product is OceanDocs, we can't advise on Data Management. The
Ocean Portal has not been a useful product for this service. We saw that in Odincarsa the
objectives were defined but there was no control, no follow up of poor results in the long run.
We think OceanDocs sustainability should be a IODE priority, as well as the signing of the
MOU IOC-IAMSLIC." (Mailing to P. Pissierssens, September 2009)
The usefulness:
- Sponsorhips of IAMSLIC Memberships to Latin American Librarians
- Support to LA Libraries allowing their participation in OceanDocs
- Capacity Building at IODE Training Courses
25. If you answered yes to question 22 then how did you promote ODINCARSA in your country
Data Management
ODINCARSA was presented at the Jornadas Nacionales de Ciencias del Mar in 2005 and
introduced as agenda item both in the IOC National Representation as well as in OCEATLAN.
ODINCARSA was also introduced in DM interactions with the education community. Most
recently, ODINCARSA was cited as example within the framework of the Sistema Nacional
de Bases de Datos.
Information Management
Never a training course/whorkshop in OceanDocs was held in Argentina sponsored by
ODINCARSA, neither by INIDEP (There is a mistake in Report IOC/IODE-XX/18,
Feb.2009)
INIDEP Library only has promoted the Repository in several Newsletters as IAMSLIC,
InfoNius, TINKUNAKU, specialized Listserves in Argentina, and Meetings since 2006 up to
now, as:
September 2006:
“ODINPUBCARSA: Open access to Latin American scientific production”,
In: Census of Marine Life V Workshop of Sudamerican Committe, Mar del Plata
December 2006:
1-“Open Access Repositories: an opportunity for national scientific production in marine
science”. Where Lic. Javier Valladares, COI President, participated.
2-Workshop for Marine and Aquatic Sciences specialists from Information Units
In: VI National Meeting in Marine Science, Puerto Madryn
March 2007:
-“Open Access Repositories: an opportunity for national scientific production in marine
science”.
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Presentation at INIDEP
October 2008:
“ A Library with a sea view” in: Meeting of Agriculture and Forests Libraries, Buenos Aires
October 2009:
“Web visibility of marine science theses from Argentina”, in: 35° IAMSLIC Annual
Conference and 13° Biannual EURASLIC, Brugge
26. According to your country what should be the focus areas of ODINCARSA during the next
4 years (2010-2013)
Data Management
•
•
•
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Regional metadata strategy and database development
Operational oceanography data management strategy, real-time data management and
associated data products and services development
Exchange DM best practices
Capacity development towards increased efficiency, effectivity and visbility/public
awareness through workshops, courses and expert visits
Information Management:
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Sponsorhip of IAMSLIC Memberships to Latin American Librarians
Support the participation of LA Libraries in OceanDocs
Support to assure the sustentability of OceanDocs in a long run
Financial support for Latin American Librarians to attend (i) Regional or International
IAMSLIC Conference; (ii) Regional or International meetings to promote OceanDocs
Financial support for Capacity Building of Latin American Librarians tought in Spanish in
the Region trained by Latin American Librarians through: (i) Personal Interships in
Marine Libraries with more experience in marine information management; (ii) Training
Courses held in LA different countries focused in needs of these Libraries, trained by a
LA Librarian with more experience in marine information management; (iii) Training
Courses held in a Latin American Library with more experience in marine information
management
Capacity Building at IODE : Capacity Building Subjects: Cataloguing/Indexing –
Collection development - Tips and Tics in Searchs/retrive information - Sources and
Resources in Marine Sciences Literature (DataBases, Repositories, Journals: ASFA,
Avano, OceanDocs, Aqutic Commons etc.) – Document Supply/Delivery Services –
Marketing /Advocacy (into and out of the organization) – Strategic Planns - Users
Products/Services - Reports/ Research presentations – Grants/Fellows – TICs, ILMS
Software, digitization – Training courses to users.
27. What are the national capacity building requirements that should be addressed by
ODINCARSA during the next 4 years?
Data Management:
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Real-time DM and associated data products and services development
DM best practices
Interoperability
Information Management:
 Interships at INIDEP Library for Argentinians or any Latin American Librarians
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*Training Courses on OceanDocs and marine information management for Argentinians
librarians, held at INIDEP Library and/or Patagonian Libraries
Training Courses to final users in “Information sources and resources in marine sciences”
Librarian Capacity Building Subjects: Cataloguing/Indexing – Collection development Tips and Tics in Searchs/retrive information - Sources and Resources in Marine Sciences
Literature (DataBases, Repositories, Journals: ASFA, Avano, OceanDocs, Aqutic
Commons etc.) – Document Supply/Delivery Services – Marketing /Advocacy (into and
out of the organization) – Strategic Planns - Users Products/Services - Reports/ Research
presentations – Grants/Fellows – TICs, ILMS Software, digitization – Training courses to
users.
28. What past ODINCARSA activities should be terminated?
none
29. What new products/services should be developed by ODINCARSA during the next 4 years
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Regional metadata base
Regional/sub-regional atlases
Regional LAS
30. Should ODINCARSA be linked to other IOC programmes? If yes then provide details.
ODINCARSA should strengthen links with GOOS/GRAs, Tsunami, WCRP, GLOSS, Coastal
management, Ocean Carbon.
For marine information management is important the sustainability of: OceanDocs
Project/IODE and the MOU IAMSLIC/IOC.
CHILE
1. IOC CONTACT POINT (Please provide the full name and address (including email) of
your IOC national contact (also known as IOC action address))
Mariano E. Rojas Bustos
Errázuriz 254, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile.
[email protected]
Teresa C. Calvete Maldonado
[email protected]
Ilse A. Smith Kubierschky
Errázuriz 254, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile. (Carola, incluye el número postal)
[email protected]
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YES,
Hydrographic and Oceanographic National Data Center (CENDHOC).
Head CENDHOC: Teresa Carolina Calvete Maldonado
[email protected]
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DIRECTEMAR Dirección General del Territorio Marítimo (Maritime Authority
http://www.directemar.cl/)
IFOP Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (Institute for fisheries promotion http://www.ifop.cl/)
INACH Instituto Antártico Chileno (Chilean Antarctic Institute
http://www.conicyt.cl/sistema/instituciones/inst-estado/antar.html)
INPESCA Instituto de Investigación Pesquera, Octava Región (Institute of fisheries research
http://www.inpesca.cv.cl/)
SERNAPESCA Servicio Nacional de Pesca (National fisheries service
http://www.sernapesca.cl/)
SUBPESCA Subsecretaria de Pesca (Marine Undersecretary http://www.subpesca.cl/)
UNIVERSIDADES (Universities, UDEC, UACH, UCN, PUCV, UDELMAR, UV, etc.)
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Time series of sea surface temperature (SST), sea level (SL), current and waves in specific
locations along the coast of Chile.
Digital Data Reports, available on line
Statistics of SST and SL, available on line.
Oceanographic Atlas, available on line
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Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH, Chilean Antarctic Institute)
Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP, Institute for fisheries promotion )
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile (SHOA, Hydrographic and
oceanographic Service of the chilean navy)
Universities:
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Valparaíso University, Oceanology Institut.
Catholic University of Valparaíso, Natural Research Faculty.
Antofagasta University.
Concepción University, EULA center.
Austral University of Chile.
Arturo Prat University.
Los Lagos University, Osorno.
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Chile University.
Scientific Publications, Books, Manuals, Library Catalogues
In December 1994, the Supreme Decree N° 475 established the ” Chilean Republic National
Policy for the coastal border use”. This Policy created the National and Regional Commission
on coastal boarder use.
The Chilean Defense Ministry (Navy Undersecretary) has the responsibility to control and
manage of “All the coast and marine territories of the Chilean Republic”.
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National Defence Ministry
Marine Undersecretaries
Regional Development Undersecretaries
Fisheries Undersecretaries
Planning Ministry
Urbanism and Housing Ministry
Transport and Telecommunications Ministry
Chilean Navy
National Tourism Service.
Hydrographic and oceanographic National Data Center (CENDHOC) of Hydrographic and
Oceanographic Service of the navy.
DATA POLICIES
Chile doesn’t have a specific policy for data management, nevertheless in 1975 the Supreme
Decree N°711 was passed establishing the mechanism which controls the scientific and
technological research that take place in the national marine jurisdiction.
NO
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YES
YES
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YES, three oceanographic ships:
AGOR Vidal Gormaz
R/V Abate Molina
B/I Carlos Porter

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Vidal Gormaz, SHOA, the data is available for research and academic work.
Abate Molina, IFOP, the data is available for research and academic work after data reception
from CENDHOC.
Carlos Porter, IFOP, the data is available for research and academic work after data reception
from CENDHOC.
details)
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Satellite Transmitting Data Collecting Platforms (DCP) for Sea Level, Sea Surface
Temperature, air temperature and atmospheric pressure.
Waves measuring buoys (Watchkeeper and Triaxys).
APEX Buoys (Autonomous Profiler Explorer)
for depth, temperature and salinity
measurements. ARGO Project
DART Buoys (Deep-Ocean Assessment and reporting of tsunamis).
Meteorological platforms (University of Chile, DIRECTEMAR)
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Satellite Transmitting Data Collecting Platforms (DCP) (SHOA manages this data and is
available in ASCII Format or through the website)
Waves measuring buoys (SHOA manages this data and is available in ASCII Format)
APEX Buoys (SHOA and Concepcion University manage this data and are available in
ASCII Format)
DART Buoys (SHOA manages this data and is available in ASCII Format)
Meteorological platforms (DIRECTEMAR)
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PROJECTS
CIMAR FIORDOS Project: This is a multidisciplinary project that involves oceanography,
meteorology, biodiversity and submarine morphology aspects in remote areas.
INFORMATION PRODUCTS: Data Reports distributed on Interactive CDs and
published at CENDHOC Web Page. This data is presented in tables and figures.
ARGO-Chile Project: This is a International project that involves the data acquisition of
pressure, temperature and salinity obtained with drifting buoys ARGOS in the Pacific Ocean.
In this project participated Concepción University and SHOA.
INFORMATION PRODUCTS: At this moment CENDHOC is working in the
transformation of all ARGO data at CENDHOC data format.
CPPS Regional cruises: These are physical and biological cruises whose objective is to obtain
a global view of Southeastern Pacific ocean. In this activities participated Colombia, Chile,
Equator and Peru. Since 2008, this project created a Working Group on Data Management on
this information
INFORMATION PRODUCTS: At this moment the Working Groups are working on a
common format for physical and biological data and which country is responsible for
his data. In the future the final product will be a scientific paper.
Joint Cruises between Chile, Equator and Peru Navys.: These are oceanographic cruises
whose objectives are to obtain many different oceanographic variables simultaneously and
develop a professional exchange on each cruise.
INFORMATION PRODUCTS: In this moment each country is working separately.
Meeting
Planning ODINCARSA Workshop.
First ODINCARSA training course in
marine Data Management.
First ODINCARSA training course in
marine information management.
Date
October 2001
May 2002
Country
Equator.
Equator.
Delegate
Ricardo Rojas
Yeni Guerrero
September
2002.
Mexico.
Alexandra
Smith
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Second ODINCARSA training course in
marine Data Management.
ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management,
training course.
ODINCARSA Marine Information
Management, training course.
Training course “GIS & Remote sensing
data”
Training course “IMIS and MapServer &
Open-Source web mapping tools”
October 2003
Colombia.
Yeni Guerrero
November
2005
November
2005
September
2006
December
2006
Belgium.
Danitza Guerra
Belgium.
Belgium.
Alexandra
Smith
Danitza Guerra
Belgium.
Danitza Guerra
Mainly in the training acquired on specialized software use.
Knowledge exchange between the different members of ODINCARSA.
As a National Data Center we were member of a Work Group on Management information of
the National Oceanographic Committee (CONA) involving all the institutions related with
marine sciences. In this Group all activities on data Management are promoted. Respecting
this promotion work, two training courses have been developed whose principal objective was
ODV software use.
1.- First introduction training course on Oceanographic Data Management. (4 and 5 of
November of 2004)
2.- Second training course about acquisition and CTD Data management.
(5 and 6 of
October of 2004)
4 years (2010-2013)
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Data format management. With the purpose to define a unique exchange standard format.
Quality control management for other oceanographic data: sea level, waves, current etc.
Concentrate in the development of useful products for scientific community. For example
develop an on line Global Catalogue for the oceanographic information management at the
different ODINCARSA Data Centers.
To continue with training courses.
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For Chile, to continue with training courses for data management, including other
oceanographic area.
Professional exchange of specialists among the involved ODINCARSA institution.
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None of them
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To work on the continuous update of the web page because it is the unique medium through
which we can inform the general public on the different activities.
As mentioned previously concentrate in the development of useful products for scientific
community. For example develop an on line Global Catalogue of the oceanographic
information management at the different ODINCARSA Data Center.
Further on line products such as data report, manuals, courses etc.
YES.
With other regional programmes such as ODINAFRICA, ODINCINDO etc.
COLOMBIA
CN. JULIAN AUGUSTO REYNA MORENO
Secretario Ejecutivo Comisión Colombiana del Océano
Address: Carrera 54 N° 26-50, Oficina 102, CAN, Bogotá, Colombia
Phone: +57 (1) 3158520 - (571) 3158214
Fax: +57 (1) 3158217
E-mail: [email protected]
DR. EFRAIN RODRIGUEZ RUBIO
Director Científico, Área de Oceanografía Operacional
Centro Control Contaminación del Pacifico-CCCP
Dirección General Marítima-DIMAR
Address: Via al Morro, Capitania de Puerto de Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia
Phone: +57 (2) 7272637 extensión 228
Fax: +57 (2) 7271180
MARTHA VILLA GORDILLO
Address: Cerro Punta Betin, Santa Marta, Colombia
Phone: +57 (5) 43808008 Ext: 210
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Name:
Centro Colombiano de Datos Oceanográficos (CECOLDO)
Address:
Centro Control Contaminación del Pacífico-CCCP
Via al Morro, Capitania de Puerto de Tumaco
San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia
Head CECOLDO: Efraín Rodríguez Rubio (Ph.D)
Head CCCP: CF. Rafael Ricardo Torres
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•
•
•
•
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín
Universidad EAFIT de Medellín
INVEMAR
Universidad del Valle
Escuela Naval de Cadetes Almirante Padilla (ENAP)
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM)
Inversión y servicios desarrollados
La Dirección General Marítima (DIMAR) ha invertido ciento cuarenta y un millones
ochocientos mil pesos ($141.800.000.oo) en las actividades de reactivación del Centro
Nacional de Datos Oceanográficos durante los últimos siete años (2003-2009). Las actividades
desarrolladas con el presupuesto asignado año tras año se pueden apreciar en la Tabla I, así
como las limitaciones que se han presentado durante la reactivación de CECOLDO.
Tabla I. Relación de actividades desarrolladas para la reactivación de CECOLDO
(2003-2009).
A
Año
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2003
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
2004
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Actividades
Asignación
presupuestal
Análisis
2
de las capacidades de Ocean
Data (CIOH) en el CCCP.
Análisis de los formatos de
almacenamiento de datos en el CCCP.
Recopilación de requerimientos para
nueva herramienta (open/Web).
$2.400.000
Diseño
2
de la arquitectura de
CENIMARC para el CCCP.
Desarrollo de un prototipo de
almacenamiento.
Definición de plantillas base para
$2.400.000
Pasantía de 1
estudiante
de
ingeniería
de
sistemas
Pasantía de 1
estudiante
de
ingeniería
de
Duración
D
Limitaciones
6
meses
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6
meses

Falencias en el
intercambio de
información con el
CIOH.
Falta recurso
humano.
Falta servidor de
aplicaciones.
Falta recurso
humano.
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
2005



2006


2007




2008





2009

organizar los datos existentes.
sistemas
Adaptación
2
de la arquitectura de
CENIMARC para los dos centros.
Recopilación de datos de prueba en
los dos centros.
Desarrollo de un segundo prototipo.
GRUINCO
DIMAR
2
oficializó CENIMARC como
repositorio de datos oceanográficos de
los centros.
El CCCP evaluó el estado del último
prototipo desarrollado y estableció los
estándares y formatos de intercambio
de datos y metadatos acorde con las
exigencias internacionales.
Arqueología
2
y recuperación de datos y
metadatos (2004-2007).
Integración de la BD de CENIMARC
al SIG-DIMAR.
Incorporación de formatos y
estándares recomendados por la COIIODE.
Adaptación del diccionario de datos
oceanográficos BODC.
Adaptación del catálogo de metadatos
geográfico (Geonetwork).
Implementación
2
de los siguientes
servicios:
$0
Catálogo de metadatos marino ISO
19115.
Inventario de cruceros oceanográficos
del Pacífico colombiano.
Servicio de carga de datos.
Diccionario de parámetros
oceanográficos.
Implementación
2
del portal web de
CECOLDO.
Control de calidad de los datos y
metadatos organizados para el periodo
2004-2008.
$10.000.000
6
meses

Pasantía de 2
estudiantes
de
ingeniería
de
sistemas
-

3
$57.000.000
meses


5
$70.000.000
meses

-
$0
-

Falencias en el
intercambio de
información con el
CIOH y el CCCP.
Falta recurso
humano.
No hubo
asignación
presupuestal.
Falta recurso
humano.
Limitación de
tiempo para la
ejecución del
contrato.
Falta servidor de
aplicaciones.
Falta recurso
humano.
Limitación de
tiempo para la
ejecución del
contrato.
Falta recurso
humano
No hubo
asignación
presupuestal.
Falta recurso
humano.
La DIMAR ha realizado un esfuerzo significativo para identificar los servicios que podrían prestarse a
la comunidad a través del portal de CECOLDO y que son susceptibles a sistematización. Inicialmente
se identificaron cuatro servicios de tecnología. Cada una de las interfaces de dichos servicios pueden
apreciarse en las figuras 1, 2, 3 y 4.
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Tabla II. Primeros servicios sistematizados en CECOLDO.
Servicio
Sistema de Carga de Datos Oceanográficos y de
Meteorología Marina
Catálogo del Perfil de Metadatos Marino ISO
19115
Inventario de Cruceros Oceanográficos
Diccionario de Parámetros Oceanográficos y de
Meteorología Marina
Consulta
Restringida
Pública
Pública
Pública
Los datos y metadatos de oceanografía y meteorología marina producidos por los Centros de
investigación de DIMAR han sido inventariados y separados por periodos para su normalización
conforme a los estándares internacionales. En la actualidad los datos de 2004-2008 vienen siendo
avalados por los expertos designados en cada uno de los Centros para asegurar la calidad de los datos
que serán públicos en CECOLDO.
Además, aunque históricamente a CECOLDO se le asocia la producción anual de datos proveniente de
los cruceros oceanográficos adelantados por el Centro Control Contaminación del Pacífico (CCCP)
para la cuenca Pacífica y el Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas (CIOH) para
el Caribe colombiano, en la actualidad, CECOLDO se encuentra reuniendo datos e información
oceanográfica y de meteorología marina no solo de los cruceros oceanográficos colombianos, sino
también de proyectos nacionales relacionados con calidad de aguas, aguas de lastre, dinámica costera,
mamíferos marinos, entre otros, y el número de instituciones contribuyentes va en aumento con el
aporte de datos de oceanografía biológica como el Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
(INVEMAR), el Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia
(IDEAM), la Universidad del Valle, Fundación Yubarta, Fundación Malpelo y la Universidad Militar
Nueva Granada.
Figura 1. Ejemplo de la visualización de un conjunto de datos georeferenciados cargados
mediante el Sistema de Carga de Datos Oceanográficos y de Meteorología Marina.
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Figura 2. Vista inicial del componente de consulta externa del Catálogo del Perfil de
Metadatos Marino ISO 19115.
Figura 3. Campos de filtro de una consulta avanzada al Inventario de Cruceros
Oceanográficos.
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Figura 4. Detalle de un parámetro específico obtenido desde una Consulta Avanzada al Diccionario de
Parámetros Oceanográficos y de Meteorología Marina.
•
•
•
Centro de Documentación del Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas
(CIOH)
Centro Nacional de Datos en Información Oceanográfica (DIMAR)
Centro de Documentación del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)
•
Centro de Documentación del Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas
(CIOH) y Centro Control Contaminación del Pacífico (CCCP)
OBJETIVO
Propiciar servicios de información y documentación especializados, que satisfagan las
necesidades de los usuarios y que sirvan de apoyo para el desarrollo de todas las actividades
de investigación básica y aplicada en las diferentes disciplinas de la Oceanografía e
Hidrografía y en general en las ciencias del mar.
FUNCIÓN
Administración y desarrollo de los recursos bibliográficos y documentales del centro con el fin
de ofrecer un eficiente servicio de información especializada sobre asuntos marinos a los
investigadores y entidades que lo requieran.
USUARIOS
Instituciones de investigación, educación superior, organizaciones y empresas que manejen las
áreas de interés en Ciencias del Mar
SERVICIOS
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El Centro de Documentación del CIOH y CCCP presta los siguientes servicios:
Servicios de circulación y préstamo
Por medio de éste servicio se pone a disposición del usuario la documentación del Centro de
Documentación, mediante tres modalidades:
El préstamo interno, se presta proporcionando al usuario el material documental solicitado,
para consultar dentro de la unidad de información.
Préstamo externo, el usuario accede al material y puede retirarlo del Centro de
Documentación, por un tiempo determinado, de acuerdo con el reglamento.
Préstamo inter-bibliotecario, este servicio consiste en poner a disposición de los usuarios del
Centro de Documentación del Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas y
CCCP, los recursos bibliográficos existentes en otras unidades de información, con quienes se
tengan convenios establecidos.
Servicios de Referencia
Mediante este servicio se brinda al usuario la ayuda en la búsqueda y recuperación de la
información existente sobre ciencias del mar, con el fin de solucionar necesidades de
información. Incluye la referencia especializada por medio de búsquedas en redes de
información, especialmente Internet.
Servicio de Extensión
Por medio de éste servicio se busca una comunicación con los usuarios y otras unidades de
información del sector, promoviendo así el Centro de Documentación, con el fin de
convertirlo en el eje central de las actividades que desarrolle el Centro de Investigaciones
Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas.
Servicio de Alerta
El servicio de alerta consiste en enviar a los usuarios internos las novedades de los nuevos
documentos que se reciben por canje, donación o se adquieren en el Centro de
Documentación, con el fin de mantenerlos al día sobre las novedades de información en su
área de interés.
Se ofrecen las siguientes modalidades: Circulación rápida y personalizada de documentos
recién adquiridos entre los usuarios que manifiesten con anterioridad su interés sobre un tema
determinado.
A través de las carteleras promover las actividades nacionales e internacionales sobre ciencias
del mar.
Servicio de bibliografía
Mediante una búsqueda exhaustiva de información sobre aspectos en ciencias del mar, ya sea
por solicitud del usuario, por que otras instituciones lo requieran o por iniciativa del Centro de
Documentación, se prestará éste servicio utilizando recursos propios y de las redes de
información, especialmente la Internet.
Seducación de usuarios
Mediante talleres, guías, cursos programados o cuando el usuario lo requiera, se brinda la
asesoría para el manejo y utilización de los recursos documentales y de información de que
dispone el Centro de documentación del Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e
hidrográficas. Puede darse por grupos o personalizada, de acuerdo con las solicitudes o
actividades programadas
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Centro de Documentación del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)
MISIÓN
Servir de eje articulador entre los usuarios y las diversas fuentes de información en el área de
las ciencias marinas, costeras y disciplinas afines, utilizando las herramientas más apropiadas
a fin de garantizar un servicio de alta calidad y eficiencia.
VISIÓN
Ser modelo de Unidad de Información especializada en las ciencias marinas y costeras,
reconocida a nivel nacional e internacional, por la calidad de sus servicios y el uso de
tecnologías actualizadas que le permitan disfrutar de la realidad virtual, la digitalización y la
consulta remota.
OBJETIVO
Satisfacer las necesidades de información originadas por la actividad laboral, investigativa y
educativa, del personal vinculado al Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, la
comunidad academica y del público en general
SERVICIOS
El Centro de Documentación "Iván Enrique Caycedo Lara", ofrece los servicios de consulta
y de préstamo interbibliotecario con instituciones regionales gubernamentales y ONG.
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


Catálogo General de Libros y Otros Documentos
Revistas o Publicaciones Seriadas
Catálogo especializado Bioprospección
UCA- Catálogo Bibliográfico del Pacífico Colombiano, Zona Costera y Marina
En este momento se está en el proceso de concertación del plan nacional de manejo costero
por intermedio de la Comisión Colombiana del Oceano (CCO).
Comisión Colombiana del Océano-CCO
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Dirección General Marítima-DIMAR
Centro Control Contaminación del Pacífico-CCCP
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras
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Mirar punto 10
only DIMAR management the information or oceanographic data exchange.
DATA POLICIES
La Dirección General Marítima-DIMAR desarrolló una política propia de intercambio de
datos para el Centro Colombiano de Datos Oceanográficos- CECOLDO, basada en las
políticas de la IODE.
Debido a que la DIMAR es la autoridad marítima de Colombia, y la cual realiza la mayor
actividad de investigación oceanográfica del País, y así mismo posee la base de datos más
grande del País en oceanografía, esta política se considera como la política nacional de
intercambio de datos oceanográficos.
La politica de intercambio de Colombia se basa en la de IOC con algunas consideraciones
nacionales.
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This point can be discussed in the CPPS framework.
In Colombia we have several research vessels located in the colombian Pacific and Caribbean
sea. The information about vessels can be looking in the following address:
1. ARC Providencia
(http://www.cioh.org.co/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=439&
amp;itemid=626&idcompany=42)
2. ARC Malpelo
3.
ARC Gorgona
4. ARC Quindio
The “Dirección General Marítima-DIMAR” national maritime authority of Colombia manages
the data using the CECOLDO repository and policy for data interchange.
details)
The DIMAR have several Directional Wave Buoys located in the Colombian Pacific ocean
and the Caribbean Sea. The data can be consulted in the page Web of the CCCP in real time.
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The DIMAR manage the data and show the real time variables in the CCCP Web page.
(http://www.cccp.org.co/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=224p)
On the other hand the data can be consulted in the NOAA National Data Buoy Center
(http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml ).
PROJECTS
El Estudio Regional del Fenómeno de El Niño (ERFEN), es un programa de la Comisión
Permanente del Pacífico del Sur (CPPS) en el cual Colombia participa con los cruceros
oceanográficos vinculando varias instituciones nacionales relacionandas al estudio de El Niño:
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•
•
•
•
Universidad del Valle
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
INVEMAR
Fundación Malpelo
Fundación Yubarta
Parques nacionales
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Los cruceros regionales conjuntos de la Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur-CPPS son
parte del estudio del fenómeno de El Niño en el cual participan científicos de Colombia, Chile,
Perú y Ecuador.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE DATA AND INFORMATION
SYSTEMS - IMDIS-2008, 31 March – 2 April 2008, Athens, Greece. Ruby Viviana Ortiz.
Martha ARANGO
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y
Costeras
ODINCARSA Marine Information
Management Training Course
2005
Julio BOHORQUEZ NARANJO
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y
Costeras
IODE/MarBEF Biodiversity Data
Management Course
2007
Andrea DEVIS-MORALES
PhD student
Universidad de Concepción
ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management
Training Course
2005
Second ODINCARSA Training Course in
Marine Data Management
2003
German ESCOBAR OLAYA
Colombian Navy School
2003
Juan GOMEZ LOPEZ
2003
Nelson MURILLO GOMEZ
2003
Carlos PARRA RAMOS
Centro de Investigaciones
Oceanograficas e Hidrograficas
Training Course
2005
Carlos PARRA LLANOS
System Engineer
Centro de Investigaciones
Oceanograficas e Hidrograficas
2003
First ODINCARSA Training Course in
2002
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Yuber PAUL
Fisheries Officer
Dirección General Marítima
2003
Jose PLAZAS
2003
Pedro PRADA
2003
Efrain RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO
Scientific Director
Centro Control Contaminacion del
Pacifico
Training Course
2005
Juan Gabriel RUEDA BAYONA
Scientific Investigator - Oceangraphic
Data Manager
Centro Control Contaminacion del
Pacifico
Young Scientist Training Course
2007
Cesar VARGAS
2003
The total participation of Colombia is located in the ODINCARSA coordinator report.
ODINCARSA en calidad de institución internacional reguladora y promotora de las fuentes de
información oceanográfica y marina y de construcción de capacidades puede contribuir al
desarrollo de éste campo en Colombia a través de:
• Disposición de Recursos para la Movilización de Información Oceanográfica
• Ayudar a la consolidación de CECOLDO en Colombia y a la base de datos de los cruceros
regionales de la CPPS.
• Contribuir capacidad para el control de calidad de datos oceanográficos en tiempo real.
• Contribuir con la capacitación de los centros de alerta de Tsunami de la región.
• Creación de un Sitio Web Geográfico
A través de los productos y servicios que ofrecerá CECOLDO al País basados en la
experiencia obtenida a través de los cursos de capacitación de la IODE y los documentos y
manuales desarrollados por IODE.
4 years (2010-2013)
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Control de calidad de datos oceanográficos ( físicos, químicos y biológicos) y
meteorológicos, especialmente en los obtenidos en tiempo real.
Contrucción de sistemas de observación en tiempo real a través de entornos Web.
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Desarrollo en capacidad de construir, instalar y usar boyas oceanográficas en coordinación con
OCEATLAN.
Capacitación en instalación, manejo y mantenimiento de estaciones mareográficas.
Capacitación en modelación numérica oceanica y atmosférica.
Will be discussed in the meeting.
Mejor discutirlo durante reunión con todos los países de la región.
CPPS y Alianza Regional del Pacífico Sudeste -GRASP, organización meteorological
mundial-OMM y JCOMM (Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission on Oceanography and
Marine Meteorology).
CUBA
Lic. Guillermo García Montero.
Dir. Acuario Nacional.
Ave. 1ª esq. A 60, Miramar, Playa,
Ciudad de La Habana,
Cuba.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
2. IODE national coordinator for data management Lic. Julieta Gutiérrez Hernández.
Instituto de Oceanología.
Ave. 1ª #18406 entre 184 y 186, Reparto Flores, Playa,
Ciudad de La Habana,
Cuba.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
3. IODE national coordinator for marine information management.
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4. Does your country operate an IODE national oceanographic data centre? If so then provide the full name and address as well as the name of the Head of that centre. No 5. List other national institutions that manage oceanographic data in your country  Instituto de Oceanología. Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.  Geocuba Estudios Marinos. Ministry of the Armed Forces. NATIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION PRODUCTS/SERVICES
6. Provide a list of data products and service currently provided by your IODE NODC (if existing) and other national ocean data centres. This period was characterized by a high mobility of human resources that were working in this activity and at a given time were moved to other functions of data recovery and storage. Example of the products obtained in this stage are: a. Tablas de Marea de las Costas de Cuba y Aviso a los Navegantes (Tidal Charts for Cuban Coasts and Notice to Navigators). Geocuba Estudios Marinos. b. Oceanographic products on sea level, marine currents, processing of satellite imagery. Instituto de Oceanología. Dr. Pedro Alcolado has recently initiated a new experience to obtain data and information on
coral reefs. This experience is based on the voluntary monitoring carried out by diver and
fishermen that received training through a manual elaborated for these aim. This manual
established the way in which they must send the information to Dr. Alcolado and a report is
prepared on the state of reefs at the end of the year, showing results in a map.
7. List of marine information centres (marine libraries) operating in your country  Biblioteca del Centro de Investigaciones Marinas. Universidad de La Habana. Ministerio de Educación Superior.  Biblioteca. Acuario Nacional de Cuba. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente.  Biblioteca del Insituto de Oceanología. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente.  Biblioteca del Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras. Ministerio de la Alimentación.  Biblioteca Geocuba Estudios Marinos. Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas.  Biblioteca del Centro de Bioactivos Marinos. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente.  Biblioteca del Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros de Cayo Coco. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente.  Biblioteca. Grupo Empresarial Bahía de La Habana. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente. IOC Workshop Report No. 225
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Internal and external loan, Preparation of Bibliographies, Search in Databases, Location of
documents, Bulletin of alert on new acquisitions, Edition of electronic serial publications;
Management of contents for Repositories, Intranets and Web pages.
9. Does your country have a national coastal management plan There is a National Group of Coasts that works at the central level of the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Environment, which is in charge of everything related to the coastal zone and
enforces the application of the Law of Coasts. It is also related to projects like the GEF/UNDP
Project for Sabana-Camaguey and that of Management of Bays, including Havana Bay.
There is a procedure for the declaration of areas under integrated coastal management. It was
elaborated by the Center of Information, Management, and Environmental Education under the
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment. Each proposed area must elaborate a
management plan to be approved by this dependency.
10. Provide information on any national body (structure) that coordinates oceanographic/coastal
research, observation and/or management in your country
No
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12. Provide information on any national body (structure) that coordinates oceanographic data and/or information exchange in your country No DATA POLICIES
13. Does your country have a national data management policy No, it doesn’t. At present, the Infrastructure for Spatial Data of the Republic of Cuba is being
created and, within it, work is already being carried out in the Infrastructure for Data of the
Environmental Agency, to which all the necessary information would be contributed.
Each institution applies the policies that have been approved by them. The national policy is
being prepared.
Not exactly. The institutions make use of their data according to their policies.
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At the metadata level.
17. Does your country operate research vessels (if so then provide information) Yes, it does. 18. If you answered positively to the previous question then what institution manages the data and how are the data made available  Instituto de Oceanología de Cuba  Geocuba Estudios Marinos 
Data are available only for national organizations and institutions. 19. Does your country operate data buoys or other observation systems (if so then provide
details)
There is the National Tidal Network that counts on 16 tide gauges, whose data are used in the preparation of the Tidal Charts. These data are managed by Geocuba Estudios Marinos, under the Ministry of the Armed Forces. This same institution has a network of buoys whose data are used to prepare the Notice to Navigators. These data have recently started to be included in the Infrastructure of Spatial Data of the Republic of Cuba. (http://www.iderc.co.cu). There are also data coming from observation buoys, but pertaining to collaboration projects
between 2 or more countries, which report these data.
and how are the data made available.
Geocuba Estudios Marinos
PROJECTS
In Cuba, the information for the projects is managed by the libraries and information centres
of the institutions where the projects are prepared, as well as the project’s progress reports and
publications. It doesn’t happen likewise with data that are collected by investigators and only
two institutions have data centres.
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Yes, in fact, Cuba was one of the countries that proposed its creation in the 2001 and has
participated, according to data until the November 25 of the present, in:
a. Portal Ocean with a total of 239 items published. On this tool, we must say that it has provided
us with the following facilities:
Tool of free information for investigators as well as librarians and for any user.
It includes the information of the region which does not have another place to be
reflected in a rapid and integrating way.
Indefinite conservation of the information that is uploaded there.
It has already included very valuable resources selected by experts.
It is not obligatory to give the full text.
Each country, each institution and author decide what to disclose.
It has a great diversity of information sources.
Free spreading of different resources.
It allows knowing the potentialities and development of the region.
It unifies the existing data and information in the country on any subject because it
counts on a variety of resources.
It includes sources that otherwise do not have a space in Internet, independently of
their will.
It has a friendly platform already designed.
It constitutes a network of knowledge and people properly identified, which
propitiate integration and collaboration.
Bonds through URL of the Portal with OceanDocs.
Disadvantage of the Portal:
It does not have a service of Selective Dissemination of Information.
b. Participation has also been achieved in the OceanDocs project with an amount of 111
documents published.
c. The Ocean Expert was updated.
d. The Ocean Teacher is used (CD edition) as complement for the training of the university
graduates that are incorporated to our institutions.
e. On the qualification of the human resources, Cuba has participated in approximately 11
courses, most of which have been replicated.
f. IOC has paid our membership to the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Sciences
Libraries and Information Centers.
g. Participation in national events presenting the activity of marine libraries, with special
emphasis on the Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras and the Acuario Nacional.
h. In the events Marcuba, Information Sciences and COLACMARCUBA 09, which was held in
October this year in our country, it has been shown the alliances made by Marine Libraries
under ODINCARSA project, their affiliation to IAMSLIC, thanks to the same project, as well
as the use of the different tools that IOC has put in our hands, ranging from Ocean Data View
and databases from World Data Centers to the Ocean Portal or OceanDocs.
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24. If you answered positively to the previous question then how would you assess the usefulness of
ODINCARSA
ODINCARSA opened new horizons to us as far as a culture of marine data and information
management. It has made available to us products that we did not have, and we have worked
enthusiastically.
Workshops have been carried out on the Ocean Portal where a conference on ODINCARSA
was presented, in addition to participation in events like MARCUBAs, where a round table on
data was made in 2004, and in 2006 a panel was made on “Management of information and
knowledge in Cuban marine information centers: National and international perspective”,
where the project has been reported and promoted. Promotion has also been carried out in the
courses offered on data and the workshops on marine information management. In
Information Sciences events, our libraries always participate as Marine Libraries, joined with
IAMSLIC, under ODINCARSA.
26. According to your country what should be the focus areas of ODINCARSA during the next 4
years (2010-2013)
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It must be maintained the capacity building, Ocean Docs, metadata inventory at regional
level.
Establish alliances or narrow bonds and exchanges among the data centers in the region.
Maintain Marine Information Management seeking to help those countries that do not have
access to international databases.
27. What are the national capacity building requirements that should be addressed by ODINCARSA
during the next 4 years?
Data Management:
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It includes from the most basic levels (metadata, standards, quality control) to the
preparation of products and services from the databases.
GIS
Modelling
Marine Information Management:
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Digitizing of documents
Management and assessment of electronic document
Bibliographical Handlers
ISIS family Databases.
Management of information projects and management of projects to encourage the
management of knowledge in one organization.
Informational literacy (Programs to implement this)
Assessment of Information services (Information Audit)
Courses on Marketing in information organizations
It depends fundamentally on the availability of funds.
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29. What new products/services should be developed by ODINCARSA during the next 4 years.
Data Management
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Capacity building
Continue the work of awareness on the necessity of a correct use, conservation and
interpretation of data.
Development of work protocols that allow the standardization of information and data.
Web visualization of oceanographic services and products.
Visualization in 3D of oceanographic processes and export it into Web format.
Marine Information Management
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Access to full text databases, including Scopus, because access to the Web of Science or to
any ISI Thompson product is denied to Cuba.
Arrange with FAO the possibility that the developing countries in the region have access to
the on-line database. (Discs that are distributed do not contain all the information and updating
is much delayed)
Maintenance of the affiliations to IAMSLIC.
Not in this stage.
ECUADOR
Captain Patricio Goyes Arroyo
Head of the Oceanographic Naval Institution – INOCAR
[email protected]
Av 25 de Julio, Vía Pto. Marítimo
INOCAR- Base Naval Sur
Guayaquil – Ecuador
Lieutenant Luis F. Morales Auz
Head of the National Oceanographic Data Center -CENDO
[email protected]
Lieutenant Giorgio De la Torre Morales
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Head of the Department of Marine Sciences – INOCAR
[email protected]
YES,
Centro Ecuatoriano de Datos Marino-Costeros – CENDO
Lieutenant Luis F. Morales Auz
Head of the National Oceanographic Data Center -CENDO
[email protected]
Guayaquil - Ecuador
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Instituto Nacional de Pesca – INP
Escuela Politécnica del Litoral – ESPOL
CENDO:
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Oceanographic Data Provider for researchers at INOCAR and University
Students ( Thesis / Dissertations).
Oceanographic Data Storage and Backup.
Support for Data Management for the Ecuadorian Tsunami Warning Center.
INOCAR library
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Publication of “Acta Oceanográfica del Pacífico” - INOCAR
Publication of Scientific Papers (Biology) - INP
YES, that coastal management plan is in charge of the Ministry of Environmental Affairs.
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Nowadays INOCAR Coordinates almost 80% of the Oceanographic and Coastal research
and observation in our country, 15% is covered by INP and 5% by ESPOL.
INOCAR
CENDO - INOCAR
DATA POLICIES
Not at this time, but the National Planning and Development Secretariat (SENPLADES) is
working on a National Law for Geo-information Management, INOCAR is part of the
working group for this Law.
Yes INOCAR has a data policy that is derived from the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange
Policy
Yes
Yes
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BAE Orión
LAE Rigel
Tohalí
Data from Orión and Rigel is managed by CENDO and INOCAR and is available at request
for researchers and university students.
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Data from Tohalí is managed by INP and is available as well at request for researchers and
university students.
details)
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Data from Oceanor Buoys from almost 20 months, not continuous from 2004 to 2006.
Data from Three Argo Profilers deployed on 2007
Data from 7 tidal and meteorological coastal stations ( 2010 all will be replaced with
automatic stations)
 Oceanographic Data from two coastal stations 10 miles off the coast.
 Oceanographic Data from Periodical Regional Cruises
20. If you answered positively to the previous question then what institution manages the data and
how are the data made available
INOCAR, data is available at request for researchers and university students.
PROJECTS
*Regional Cruises
INOCAR -National Universities
This project include data and information management plan
Oceanographic Data for climatological evaluation.
*Characterization of Marine and Coastal Areas
INOCAR
Oceanographic Data for climatological evaluation.
ENSO Monitoring
INOCAR
Reports for decision / policy makers.
*SPINCAM
Coastal Management policies
*Regional Oceanographic Cruises CPPS
ENSO regional oceanographic evaluation
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*GRASP
Development of a regional observation net
Yes, Ecuador had participated in the capacity building program, receiving the following
courses:
Katiusca BRIONES ESTÉBANEZ – CIIFEN
2005 - Combined Modeling and Data Management Training Workshop (Jamboree-I)
2005 - ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management Training Course
2003 - Second ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management
2002 - First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management
Johnny JGUZMAN - CENDO
2007 - Training on the management of the End to End data Management (E2EDM)
prototype system
2002 - First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management
Rodney MARTÍNEZ – CIIFEN
2002
- First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Information Management
César Arias MORAN - TAMU
2005
- ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management Training Course
Juan NIETO - CIIFEN
2005 - ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management Training Course
Marco SANTOS CASTANEDA – INOCAR
2006 - JOINT IODE/IOI TRAINING COURSE ON REMOTE SENSING & GIS
Maria Elena TAPIA B. - INOCAR
2006 - MarBEF/IODE/VLIZ Training Course on Marine Biodiversity Data Management
Leonor VERA S. - INOCAR
2005 - ODINCARSA Marine Information Management Training Course
ODINCARSA has been really positive for our country in capacity building, giving to the
people that works for national institutions better knowledge for their work.
INOCAR organized workshops for institutions working in ocean research to teach what
their researchers had learn from ODINCARSA capacity building program.
4 years (2010-2013)
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Development of products for operational oceanography
Ocean Modeling for Marine Warnings
Data and Information management using open source software
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Open source Databases managers.
Open source software for Oceanographic Information Systems
Data mining and quality flags
Statistics to establish a regional / national climatology
NONE
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Oceanographic Data / Information Consults
Regional Marine Climatology
Yes, with DBCP Argo Project Office (JCOMMOPS) because this project generates important
oceanographic data that can be exchanged, and with HAB to develop a regional net to
exchange information about these kind of events.
MEXICO
your IOC national contact (also known as IOC action address).
Biól. Francisco Brizuela Venegas, Director.
Dirección General de Educación en Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar, S.E.P
(52) 55 78 57 63 / (52) 55 78 55 68
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
José Luis Frías Salazar
Jefe del Departamento de Oceanografía, INEGI-SPP
Departamento de Oceanografia INEGI-SPP
Insurgentes Sur 795 – 4º piso. Col. Nápoles, C.P. 03810.
México D.F.
[email protected]
Tel: 55 98 99 46
Fax: 56 15 00 57
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Catalina López, Professor UABC, Ensenada, B.C.N., México.
Director of Library Services. Interamerican College. National City, Ca. USA.
[email protected]
CONACIO (National Coordinator Commission of Oceanographic Research)
The CONACIO’s council is formed by the following Ministries: Marine Secretary (SEMAR),
Secretary of State (SEGOB),
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (
SEMARNAT), Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food
(SAGARPA), Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE), Secretary of Public Education (SEP),
National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT), and the Chancellor of National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
http://www.semar.gob.mx/conacio/principal.html
http://www.semar.gob.mx/conacio
Coordinadora Intersecretarial de Investigación Oceanográfica (CIIO).
Cap. Nav. C.G. DEM. Flavio del Angel García.
Teléfono: 56246500 ext. 7227 y 7282
5. List other national institutions that manage oceanographic data in your country.
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Dirección de Oceanografía y Biología de la Secretaria de Marina. Armada de México
(SEMAR), México, D.F.
Instituto Oceanográfico de Manzanillo, Secretaría de Marina.
Instituto Oceanográfico El Salado, Ver., Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Ensenada, Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Progreso, Yuc., Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica Campeche, Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Veracruz, Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Tampico, Tamps, Secretaría de Marina.
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), I.P.N.,
México.
Centro de Investigaciones Científica y Educación, Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). Ensenada,
Baja California, México.
Centro EPOMEX Universidad Autónoma de Campeche. Campeche, México.
Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, México, D.F.
Instituto de Biología, UNAM. México, D.F.
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, U.N.A.M. México, D.F.
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Red de Varamientos de Yucatán (REVAY). Yucatán, Mérida, México.
Facultad de Ciencias, U.N.A.M.; México, D.F.
Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, U.A.S.; Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México. CETMAR, SEP, ITMAR,
SEP.
 Instituto Tecnológico del Mar (ITMAR)- Unidad Guaymas. Guaymas, Sonora.
 Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR, S.C.), La Paz, B.C.S.
 Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR), I.P.N., La Paz, B.C.S.
 SEMARNAP, INE. México, D.F.
 Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, UABC, Ensenada, B.C.N.
 Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, UABC, Ensenada, B.C.N.
 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S.
 Universidad del Mar. Oaxaca, México.
 Facultad de Ciencias Marinas (FACIMAR), Universidad de Colima. Manzanillo, Colima,
México.
 Investigación y Conservación de Mamíferos Marinos de Ensenada (ICMME) Ensenada,
B.C.N.
 Instituto Nacional de la Pesca (INP). México, D.F.
 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM)-Xochimilco. México, D.F.
 Universidad del Noreste (UNE).
 Instituto de Ecología y Alimentos (Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas), Tamaulipas,
México.
 Comunidad y Biodversidad, A.C.
 Instituto Oceanográfico del Pacífico. Manzanillo, Colima, México.
 CETAC. Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos en Aguas Continentales.
 CET MAR. Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar
 CIGG. Centro de Investigación y Graduados de Guaymas.
 CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la Biodiversidad
 SEMARNAP.
 CONACYT DFC
 CRIP ENSENADA. Centro Regional de Investigaciones pesqueras. INP.
 CRIP GUAYMAS
 CRIP LA PAZ
 CRIP TAMPICO
 ESEM UAG (Escuela Superior de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero).
 INEGI
 PEMEX EP CAMPECHE
 PEMEX EP TABASCO
 PEMEX GAS
 SCT MM Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Marina Mercante
 SEMARNAP INE Instituto Nacional de Ecología Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, Recursos
Naturales y Pesca http://www.ine.gob.mx
 SEMARNAP INP
 SEP UECyTM
 SSG CENAPRED
existing) and other national ocean data centres.
SECRETARIA DE MARINA
http://www.semar.gob.mx/sitio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=373&Itemid=
219
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RED MAREOGRÁFICA NACIONAL
MONITOREOS DE CALIDAD DEL AGUA MARINA COSTERA DE LA REPUBLICA
MEXICANA
SISTEMA DE INFORMACIÓN OCEANOGRÁFICA
Datos Oceanográficos
Batitermográficos:
Batitermográfos XBT:
Corrientes Superficiales:
Físico - Químicos:
Sedimentológicos:
Zooplancton:
Peces:
Colección Biológica
PUBLICACIONES OCEANOGRÁFICAS
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Catálogo de especies en veda.
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Catálogo de especies bajo protección especial y en peligro de extinción, en ambos litorales
mexicanos.
Glosario de Términos Técnicos relacionados con la ecología, protección ambiental y el ámbito
marino
Atlas de Dinámica Costera de la República Mexicana.
Atlas de Contaminación Marina.
INEGI, Departamento de Oceanografía:
http://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/geografia/espanol/prodyserv/oceanografia/oceano23.cfm
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7. List of marine information centres (marine libraries) operating in your country.
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Biblioteca. Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C.-Unidad Culiacán,
Sinaloa.
Biblioteca. CIBNOR Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.
Biblioteca “Dr. Reuben Lasker”. CICIMAR-IPN.
Biblioteca. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Mérida.
Biblioteca. CICESE.
Biblioteca. CIBNOR,S.C.
Biblioteca Digital UNAM (BIDIUNAM).
Biblioteca Conjunta de Ciencias de la Tierra (BCCT), U.N.A.M.
Biblioteca "Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Munoz", Unidad Académica Mazatlán de ICML, U.N.A.M.
Biblioteca Unidad Puerto Morelos del ICML, U.N.A.M.
Biblioteca. Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad de Colima.
Biblioteca. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, U.A.S.
Biblioteca. Universidad del Mar, Puerto Ángel.
Biblioteca. Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, U.A.B.C.
Biblioteca. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas.
Biblioteca. Area Interdisciplinaria en Ciencias del Mar, U.A.B.C.S.
Biblioteca. U.A.B.C.
Biblioteca. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur.
Biblioteca. Instituto de Biología, U.N.A.M.
Biblioteca. Programa de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX).
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Biblioteca. Escuela de Ingeniería Pesquera, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit.
Biblioteca de la Diisión Académica de Ciencias Biológicas “Dr. Juan José Beauregard Cruz”.
Biblioteca Institut de Ecología y Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.
Biblioteca “Don Rdolfo Sandoval Alvarez”, Universidad del Noroeste, A.C.
Biblioteca. Univeridad Veracruzana, USBI, Xalapa.
Biblioteca ¨Centro de Ecología Costera¨, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de
Guadalajara.
Biblioteca “Centro de Investigaciones en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD)”.
Biblioteca “Centro Universitario de la Costa”, Universidad de Guadalajara.
Biblioteca “CICTUS”, Universidad de Sonora.
Biblioteca “Instituto Tecnológico de Los Mochis”
Biblioteca “I.T.E.S.M.” Campus Guaymas.
Biblioteca “Escuela Superior de Biología”, Univ. Juárez del Estado de Durango.
Biblioteca “CRIP, I.N.P.”, Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
Biblioteca “C.R.I.P.” Manzanillo, Colima.
Biblioteca “C.R.I.P.” La Paz, B.C.S.
Biblioteca “Universidad del Mar”, Oaxaca.
Biblioteca. Dirección de Oceanografía y Biología de la Secretaría de Marina. Armada de
México (SEMAR), México, D.F.
Biblioteca. Instituto Oceanográfico de Manzanillo, Secretaría de Marina.
Biblioteca. Instituto Oceanográfico El Salado, Ver., Secretaría de Marina.
Biblioteca. Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Secretaría de
Marina.
Biblioteca. Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Ensenada, Secretaría de Marina.
Biblioteca. Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Secretaría de
Marina.
Biblioteca. Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Progreso, Yuc., Secretaría de Marina.
Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica Campeche, Secretaría de Biblioteca. Marina.
Biblioteca. Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Veracruz, Secretaría de Marina.
Biblioteca. Estación de Investigación Oceanográfica de Tampico, Tamps, Secretaría de
Marina.
national marine libraries.
Latin American Union List of Marine and Aquatic Serials of the Latin American Regional
Group of IAMSLIC, is giving the Interlibrary Loan Network, providing free scientific
documents to its members through IAMSLIC Z39.50 Distributed Library.
http://library.csumb.edu/iamslic/latinoamericano/unionlist/index.php
BIDIUNAM: http://bidi.unam.mx
BIDITESIS, CICIMAR, I.P.N.:
http://www.biblioteca.cicimar.ipn.mx/oacis/tesiscapturarbusqueda.php
CYBERTESIS, CIBNOR, S.C.: http://cybertesis.cibnor.mx:8080/sdx/cibnor/index.shtm
The National Development Plan 2007-2012 envisages making the coordination and integration
of inter-agency efforts to integrate the various sectors of government to achieve measurable
results and conduct scientific research with a social commitment to invest to achieve that with
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the same human resources achieve greater productivity, assessing the implementation of
public resources in the training of high quality human resources, in order to guide the priority
areas that require greater social and economic impact.
Its objective is to analyze, propose and coordinate actions and activities of departments and
agencies of the Federal Public Administration, as well as Universities and Institutions of
Higher Education engaged in oceanographic research in marine areas of the country.
CONACIO:
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Presidente de CONACIO: Almirante Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, Secretaría de
Marina.
Secretaría de Gobernación. Licenciado Fernando Francisco Gómez Mont.
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Embajadora Patricia Espinosa Cantellano.
Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Ingeniero Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada.
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación. Ingeniero
Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez.
Secretaría de Educación Pública. M. en C. Alonso Lujambio Irazábal.
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. Maestro Juan Carlos Romero Hicks.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Doctor José Narro Robles.
The CONACIO’s council is formed by the following Ministries: Marine Secretary
(SEMAR), Secretary of State (SEGOB), Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
(SEMARNAT), Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food
(SAGARPA), Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE), Secretary of Public Education (SEP),
National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT), and the Chancellor of National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). http://www.semar.gob.mx/conacio/index.php
DATA POLICIES
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Secretaría de Marina. 6 vessels
U.N.A.M. R/V “El Puma”, R/V “El Justo Sierra”
CICESE One vessels. http://oceanografia.cicese.mx/fcoulloa/
Buque Oceanográfico “Francisco de Ulloa”.
INP, SEMARNAP. The National Fisheries Institute, has a fleet of research vessels (BIP)
consists of eleven vessels.
SEP Ship Columbia.
The Ministry of Education also has a sizeable fleet of training boats that belong to the
Department of Science and Technology of the Sea and are used for research, among them is
the B / M Columbia 3 / 82 is a trawler for up to 15 researchers, autonomy of 30 days, length of
20.30 meters and beam of 6.0, speed 12 knots, equipped with inertial navigator, her home port
is Mazatlan, Sinaloa.
Ministry of Communications and Transport: The Ministry of Communications and Transport
has the B / E Marine Mexico, to train merchant marine officers can carry 14 instructors, their
autonomy is 48 days, 150.5 and 21.0 meters wide, speed of 18 knots and equipped with
satellite navigation, radar, Loran and echo sounders and bottom surface.
Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) :
http://www.semar.gob.mx/sitio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=373&Itemid=
219
U.N.A.M.: http://www.icmyl.unam.mx/servicios_academicos_boyas_oceanograficas.html
CICESE: http://oceanografia.cicese.mx
I.N.P., SEMARNAP: http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/informacionambiental/Pages/indexsniarn.aspx
details)
Pacific Oceanographic Buoy.
The ICML has an oceanographic buoy off the coast of Isla Socorro, Revillagigedo
Archipelago, in the Mexican Pacific Ocean, as part of the Pacific Oceanographic Monitoring
by telemetry. It has systematic oceanographic information to understand different aspects such
as climate variability, global climate change, changes in fisheries, and so on Oceanographic
Buoy (Dr. David Salas de Leon)
The buoy was placed on the shores of Isla Socorro (18 ° 46 '49 "N, 110 ° 56'44" W),
Revillagigedo Archipelago in the Mexican Pacific, transmitted via satellite to Ciudad
Universitaria, oceanographic and meteorological information in real time.
Data from open conditions in real time to assimilate them into predictive models of ocean
heat flow, depth of the layer of mescal, which allow us to predict sea conditions, track and
intensity of hurricanes and fluctuations in the major fisheries.
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Buoy in the Caribbean Sea Currently the buoy receives preventive maintenance and will be
placed during the month of September compared to the Academic Unit Puerto Morelos reef
systems. Measured meteorological variables: such as atmospheric pressure, wind speed and
direction, temperature and relative humidity and sea surface temperature and salinity and
current profile (with a doppler profiler) from the bottom (20 m) to the surface.
http://www.icmyl.unam.mx/servicios_academicos_boyas_oceanograficas.html
National Oceanographic Service:
The Oceanographic Service, UNAM gauges, documents and analyzes oceanographic
information over 50 years of measurements in 30 locations, and keeps monitoring the sea level
in several places in the country. The measurement of sea level at UNAM is one of the most
important pioneering efforts and monitoring of environmental variables in operational in
Mexico.
http://www.mareografico.unam.mx/Mareografico
Mexican National Seismological Service:
The main objective of the National Seismological Service (SSN) is to provide timely
information on the occurrence of earthquakes in the country and determine its main parameters
such as the magnitude and epicenter. Similarly, the SSN is responsible for providing the
information to improve our ability to assess and prevent seismic and volcanic risk to the
nation.
http://www.ssn.unam.mx
Teoloyucan Magnetic Observatory:
Three calibrations have been done in Teoloyucan for the classic equipment. The first one was
in 1954 when the variographers were sent to the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (now the U.
S. Defense Mapping Agency), for the instalation of temperature compensating magnets.
During 1971 and 1972 a second calibration was carried out in the observatory with
instruments from Inter-American Geodetic Survey (IAGS, that doesn't exist anymore). And
the last one was in 1991 helped by the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History
(PAIGH) with equipment of the Observatório Nacional do Brasil.
The Geophysics Institute has published since 1950 the values for the magnetic components D,
H, and Z in Teoloyucan, they were interrupted during 1978 because the change of observatory
site. The publication of values since that date is in processing now, and it will be ready about
next months. It is available in ftp the table with yearly mean values 1914-1994, the monthly
mean values 1923-1990, as well as published years 1978 to 1990.
http://132.248.6.186/OMTeoloyucanIN.html
UNAM, ICML. Dr. David Alberto Salas de León. Investigador Titular B.
Unidad Académica: Geología Marina y Ambiental.
Teléfono: (55) 56 22 58 27
México, D.F.
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Dr. Jorge Zavala Hidalgo, Jefe del Servicio Mareográfico de la U.N.A.M.
Instituto de Geofísica
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F.
Teléfono: (01) 562-24104, 562-24105
E-mail:[email protected]
http://www.mareografico.unam.mx/Mareografico
Carlos M. Valdés González, Chief of the Mexican National Seismological Service.
E-mail:[email protected]
http://www.ssn.unam.mx
http://132.248.6.186
PROJECTS
Portal Oceanico. Clara Ramírez participed as Editor. It was compiled more than 330
knowledge objects related with marine libraries, congress and many other information
material.
The portal was promoted by e-mail to more than 3,000 national and international institutions.
Special posters were also exhibited in different national and international congresses and
meetings. It was given a training course for new editors for local people.
2005 Oostend, Belgium. Participants: Clara Ramirez and Catalina Lopez in the Second
ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Information Management. One of the main
outcomes of the training was the agreement of the group to draft the Project for the
ODINCARSA Marine Sciences Digital Repository (OceanDocs)
2008. Catalina Lopez. IV Training Course in OCEANDOCS: Digital
Repository of Marine Publications was held in the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in
Panama.
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usefulness of ODINCARSA.
For The Latin American Marine information Management Group is very important
ODINCARSA. We have been working together in some products with the Latin American
marine information and we would like to continue with its great collaboration and support.
25. If you answered yes to question 22 then how did you promote ODINCARSA in your
country.
With posters and brochures in national and international institutions. We sent posters and
brochures to different national and international congresses and meetings. We mentioned it in
the IAMSLIC Annual Conferences.
4 years (2010-2013)
Activities in the marine management information for the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Trainning and Capture in the E-Repository/Ocean Docs for Latin America, Portal Oceanic and
other new products To invite personnel that involves directly in the activities.
We consider that all the activities are important to continue and try to get better.
29. What new products/services should be developed by ODINCARSA during the next 4 years.
They will be operational programs. Also It will be necessary to get the involving of the heads
of institutions.
Yes, it will be linked to IOC Programmes.
PANAMA
11. IOC CONTACT POINT:
Dr. Alfredo Soler, Professor
University of Panama,
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
Address: Campus Octavio Mendez Pereira
Email: [email protected]
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To be nominated
To be nominated
No
5.
List other national institutions that manage oceanographic data in your country.
a. Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP)
Mr. Roberto Linares, Administrator
Roberto Vallarino, Sea People Director
Joaquín Carrasquedo, Ports and Marine Industries Director
Address: PanCanal Plaza, Albrook
Tel.: (507) 501-5100 / (507) 501-5227
Fax: (507) 501-5405
P.O. Box 0843-0533 Balboa, Ancón
Republic of Panama
The Maritime Authority of Panama is the supreme, autonomous, state entity in charge of the
maritime sector of the country. It administrates, promotes, regulates, designs and executes
strategies, norms, plans, and programs related to the functioning and development of the
marine sector. Link: http://www.amp.gob.pa/newsite/spanish/home.html
b. Authority on Aquatic Resources of Panama (ARAP)
Engineer Diana Araúz
General Administrator of ARAP
Address: Vía Transistmica overpass, beside Café Durán
P.O. Box 0819-05850
Panama, Republic of Panama
Tel: (507) 511-6000
The Authority on Aquatic Resources of Panama (ARAP) is a governing entity of the state that
ensures the application of laws and the elaboration of programs for the coordination of aquatic
resources. It is the technical institution specialized in the development of scientific projects to
guarantee the sustainable use of fishing and agriculture.
c. Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
Mr. Alberto Alemán Zubieta, General Director
Balboa-Ancón, República de Panamá (local)
P.O. Box 526725
Miami, FL 33152-6725
U.S.A. (international)
(Only mailing address)
Corporate Communication Office: 272-7602
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Engineer Carlos Vargas, Executive Director
Department of the Environment, Water and Energy
Central Phone: (507)272-1111
Direct Phone: (507) 272-4667
Orlando Acosta Patiño
Political and Program Unit
Tel: (507) 276-2120
Fax: (507) 276-2435
Jorge Espinosa
Meteorological & Hydrological Branch
Tel.: (507) 272-1729
The Panama Canal Authority is the entity of the government of Panama established under the
title XVI of the national constitution with exclusive charge of the operation, administration,
management, preservation, maintenance, and modernization of the canal, as well as its
activities and related services, pursuant to legal and constitutional regulations in force, so that
the canal may operate in a safe, continuous, efficient and profitable manner. Link:
http://www.pancanal.com/index.html
d. Maritime Chamber of Panama
Director: Engineer Marvin Castillo
Address: Miguel Brostella St.,
Shopping Center Camino de Cruces, Office 601
P.O. Box 0819-03005
Tel: (507)360-2165 / 66 - 360-2351
The Maritime Chamber of Panama is comprised of over a hundred agencies including to the
top shipping companies in the world. It is the principle body of an extensive network of
companies related to sea port activities. Link: http://www.camaramaritima.org.pa/
e. University of Panama
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Panamá Canal Institute
Director: Pablo Armuelles
Tel: (507) 523-7416 / 523-7418 / 523-7420 / 523-7421
Address: University Campus Harmodio Arias Madrid,
Curundu, Panama, Republic of Panama
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Vice- Precidency of Reaserch and Post-grade
Betty Ann de Catsambanis
Vice-president
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Phone: 523-5314
Gloria Batista de Vega
Scientific Researcher
Tel: (507) 523-5330 / Cel: 6613-7844
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
The Panama Canal Institute and International Studies was created for the development
of activities of a scientific nature with the compromise to make significant
contributions for sustainable human development. Since its creation, this
investigative and academic unit has accomplished a vital role for orienting and
awakening citizens' conscious in the Panamanian and international community, in
respect to great challenges such as the transfer of the Panama Canal and its
neighboring parts. Its activities involve education, training, research, consultancy and
policy planning and its projects include reforestation of the watershed, especially the
watershed of the Panama Canal.
Link:http://www.up.ac.pa/PortalUp/PrincipalUnidades.aspx?area=38&idUnidad=1
f.
Company of Electric Transmission, S.A. (ETESA)
General Manager:
Engineer Rene E. Rivera C.
Hydro-Meteorology Manager:
Engineer Luz Graciela de Calzadilla
Address: Plaza Sun Tower
Ricardo J. Alfaro Ave. 3rd floor
Tel: (507) 501-3800/ 3849
Fax: (507) 501-3992
A Panamanian state-owned power transmission company that operates under public
corporation rules. ETESA aims to ship and transport electric power, ensure quality and
continuous supply of electric service and develop new business opportunities in order to
contribute the country's development. The Department of Meteorology is in charge of
processing and registering the information generated in the network of meteorological stations
in the country, and of planning, coordinating and projecting national research on meteorology
and to prepare the prognostics. The Department of Hydrology is responsible for the planning,
coordinating, and launching of national research relating to inventory, quality, and utilization
of the hydro resources of the country. Link: http://www.hidromet.com.pa/
g. National Environmental Authority (ANAM)
Executive Director
Lic. Javier Arias
Tel.: (507) 500 0855
Sub. Administration: (507) 500 0911
Direct Phone: (507) 500 085
Leslie Marín
Climate Change and Desertification Unit
P.O. Box 0843-00793
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Panama, Republic of Panam
Tel: (507) 500-0822 ext.448
Fax: (507) 500-0860
Silvano Vergara
Head of the Direction of Integrated Management of Watersheds
P.O. Box 0843-00793
Panamá, República de Panamá
Tel: (507) 500-0866 ext. 6867
Fax: (507) 500-0860
The National Environmental Authority (ANAM) is an autonomous state entity responsible for
the environment and its natural resources and to insure the implementation and execution of
laws, regulations and national politics concerning the environment.
Link: http://www.anam.gob.pa/joomla/
6.
Provide a list of data products and service currently provided by your IODE NODC (if
existing) and other national ocean data centers
NO
7.
List of marine information centers (marine libraries) operating in your country
There are no specific marine libraries, but we can obtain marine information from the following
list:
Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
Technical Resource Center
Address: Balboa Ancon, Panama
Mailing Address: Unit 2300 APO AA 34011,
Panama
Tel: (507) 272-8938
Fax: (507) 272- 8110
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Address: Roosevelt Ave. Tupper Bldg. 401
Balboa Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama
Tel: (507) 212- 8000
Fax: +507 212-8147
International Maritime University, Panama
Maritime Information and Training Center
Address: La Boca, Bldg. 911
Mailing Address: PO BOX 0843-03561
Main Phone: (507) 314-3700
Telefax: (507) 314- 3701
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National Library of Panama, Ernesto J. Castillero R.
Address: Parque Omar, Via Porras
Mailing Address: PO BOX 0830-00547, Zone 9
Tel: (507) 221-8360
(507) 224- 9466
Fax: (507) 224-9988
University of Panama Library System (SIBIUP)
University of Panama, Simon Bolivar Library
Address: University Campus Octavio Mendez Pereira
Via Simon Bolivar
Tel.: (507) 523-5366
Licenciada Yolanda López
Director
National Library of Health
Ocean doc portal at the university of Panama : http://iodeweb1.vliz.be/odin/handle/1834/2833
Panamá Canal Institute Library
Address: University Campus Harmodio Arias Madrid
Curundu, Panama, Republic of Panama
Technological University of Panama Library
Address: University Campus Victor Levi Sasso, Ave. Universidad Technological de
Panama. Building #3
Web: web.unvi.utp.ac.pa
8.
Provide a list of information products and service currently provided by your and other
national marine libraries.
Panama Canal Authority Library (ACP)
General business, maritime, engineering, science, safety books. Plus a specialized historical
collection specifically related to the Panama Canal, including: books, photographs, maps and
over 2,200 museum items.
Books: 90,000
Electronic Data Collection System (ACP)
The Electronic Data Collection System (EDCS) provides the electronic means to submit all
required pre-arrival information to visit and/or transit the Panama Canal. The EDCS’ primary
goal is to provide the highest level of security and service to all our customers; it allows the
execution of an on-line risk assessment matrix to properly comply with international security
regulations, and to safeguard the Panama Canal and our customers’ assets.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has an online database where one can find all
scientific investigations and dissertations related to marine studies conducted primarily in
Panama. Link: http://www.stri.org/english/research/bibliography/results.php?keyword=marine
International Maritime University, Panama
Navigational Collection: Comprised of a total of 771 of geographic maps and navigational
charts.
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Technical Collection: 1500 exemplary books on navigation, maritime commerce and
intermodal transport
National Library of Panama, Ernesto J. Castillero R. provides an online catalog on marine
studies. Link: http://biblos.binal.ac.pa/cgi-bin/abnetcl/O7015/ID69164c6b/NT1.
University of Panama Library System (SIBIUP) has an extensive online catalog and several
databases including e-libraries. Link: http://www.sibiup.up.ac.pa/enlinea_apoyoinv.html
9.
Does your country have a national coastal management plan.
NO
Nevertheless, since 2006... The Authority on Aquatic Resources of Panama (ARAP) has
indicated special zones for coastal management such as the archipelago Las Perlas, the zone
south of the province of Veraguas, and Matumbal in the province of Bocas del Toro. With the
support of the inhabitants of the costal regions specified, a successful administration of the
ocean’s wealth can be achieved. ARAP has organized a team that is responsible for the
development of a group of indicators that will at the same time, permit other member nations
to use these indicators for the development of a central group of indicators to be used at the
regional level, focusing on the environmental and social economic conditions within the
agreement on sustainable development and management of the integrated coastal area.
In addition, the General Director of Organization and Integral Management of the Aquatic
Resources of Panama Authority (ARAP) has a program for the organization, management and
conservation of the areas of coastal marine wetlands, particularly the mangroves. Its goal is to
protect them from indiscriminative devastation so that other sustainable activities related to
this resource can be continued, such as fishing and ecotourism, which are vital economic
activities that the fragile populations of the region depend on.
The Marine Authority of Panama (AMP),
With the support of the Finance and Economic Ministry (MEF), the Marine Authority of
Panama has been financed by the Inter-American Development Bank for costs on the
Management Marine Coastline National Program which is a subprogram of the Sustainable
Development Program at Darien. This program is for the development of the Gulf of San
Miguel and the adjacent areas. It establishes the fast characterization of marine-coastal
ecosystems of the San Miguel Gulf and the surrounding areas.
10.
Provide information to any national body (structure) that coordinates
oceanographic/coastal research, observation and/or management in your country.
NO
Some activities at the: Authority on Aquatic Resources of Panama (ARAP) has developed
a workshop on the “Methodological Reference Point for the Development of Indicators for the
Management of Coastal Integration on the National Level” But it was only an institutional
workshop.
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Even though there does exist instances of inter-institutional coordination for the
general management of renewable data, the results have been very limited even up to the present
day.
and/or information exchange in your country´
NO
ACEMOC, Association of Caribbean Coastal Monitoring Center provides an
oceanographic coastal web data. Waverider Buoy Colon, panama
http://w3k.gkss.de/data/panama_boje.html
DATA POLICIES
The activities in the coastal zone of Panama are regulated by many direct laws and decrees,
many of them indirectly, including ordinances and regulations. Until 1995 there was not a solid
and integral context which regulates the activities and natural resources, even less the marine
and coastal resources. Problems have been detected in the institutional capacity of application
and in the coastal/marine resources management legislation.
NO
NO
There is a need to participate and to implement efforts to integrate the concept.
NO
However, since 2007 ARAP, has had a MOU with the AECI to allow a Miguel Oliver Vessel
in Panamanian ocean waters.
The program does not incorporate oceanographic data. There is no inter-governmental
collaboration for data management.
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The oceanographic and fisheries research vessel Miguel Oliver, property of the Ministry of
Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) of Spain, initiated its third survey
Wednesday on fisheries resources of Panama.
Under the scientific direction of the Spanish Oceanography Institute (IEO), studies on the
physical and chemical geology of the marine medium and distribution surveys of captured
marine species will be undertaken.
“This campaign will serve to strengthen the results obtained in the 2007 and 2008 studies, in
an effort to improve, among its main objectives, the knowledge of the demersal fauna between
100 and 500 meters in depth in the Pacific zone and to evaluate the presence of species of
commercial interest like the horned octopus,” MARM indicated.
The General Secretariat of Marine Affairs, a dependency of this ministry, supports this
campaign within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding on Fisheries and
Aquaculture Cooperation signed in September 2007 with the Authority on Aquatic Resources
of Panama (ARAP).
No Institutions management Oceanographic data.
details)
ACEMOC,
Asociation of Caribbean Coastal Monitoring Center
oceanographic coastal web data service Waverider Buoy Colon:
provides an
and how are the data made available.
panamahttp://w3k.gkss.de/data/panama_boje.html
Under a MOU betweem the Civil Association of the Province of Colón and the University of
Panama.
PROJECTS
NO
and information management plan. For each of the projects please list the expected data and
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NO
SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES IN PANAMA SINCE 2001
Summary of Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

FIRST PLANNING ODINCARSA WORKSHOP (GUAYAQUIL-ECUADOR,
October 2001): Panama attended by Gloria Batista de Vega
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Guayaquil, May 22-31, 2002: The engineer Arnulfo Sanchez from the Department
of Marine Resources was selected by Alfredo Soler, Representative of the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of Panama (COI/UNESCO) and
nominated by Gloria Batista de Vega, Representative of Panama for
ODINCARSA/COI/UNESCO, to assist the first workshop on the introduction of
Oceanographic systems of COI and UNESCO. The training he received was on the
introduction to the PC for Oceanic data and information management and basic
concepts of data, information and metadata.
•
On May 20, 2002, Alfredo Soler invited Arnulfo to a reunion at the University of
Panama to go over the presentation and other pertinent tasks for the effective
participation of Panama. They provided him with supportive documents and it was
concurred that whatever technical necessity or equipment will be supplied in order to
accomplish the resulting requirements learned from the workshops and to be applied
in Panama.
COMMENTS: Arnulfo Sanchez, did not fulfill his task nor asked for
assistance from the representatives of COI and ODINCARSA. On June 17,
2003, we sent the results of the workshop to Mr. Jerry Salazar, the General
Director of the Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP).
•
Mazatlán, Mexico, September 30- October 5 2002: Engineer Miguel Toriz
participated in the “First Course on the Training for the Management of Marine
Information.” Thirteen countries from the Caribbean and South America participated
for the exchange of marine information and to interconnect the libraries of the region.
The participants came to accordance on a work plan with regional action points for
each country.
COMMENTS: We tried to locate Ivan Florez, the Department of Marine
Resources of the Maritime Authority of Panama, to assist the workshop. Ivan
Florez was ill but I communicated with him over the phone to keep him
interested and informed on the project, because I believe he is an important
figure to be integrated to the team. I suggested Miguel Toriz, a member of the
monitoring project of the coastal zones in real time, for his ability to transmit
and diffuse the information to the other institutions. Miguel gave me the
results of the workshop that he attended. The necessity to organize an
ODINCARSA reunion in Panama for 2003, following the established
schedule for workshops in the region, was confirmed.
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Panama 2003: An ODINCARSA workshop was planned in Panama. For the
planning of the workshop we recruited professional assistance from advisors of
COI/UNESCO projects who established a meeting in Cartagena with Cesar Toro, the
Secretary General of IOCARIBE/UNESCO. We travelled to Cartagena to coordinate
the workshop. Mr. Toro promised to support the conference and asked for various
tasks to be accomplished as preliminary steps for the conference. On the return to
Panama, we quickly acquired all the necessary support including National high tech
teams and equipment.
COMMENTS: There were neither excuses nor explanations from the
representative of COI nor ODINCARSA for not having attended the reunion
in Panama.
ODINCARSA AND IAMSLIC PANAMA 2008
The results of the 2008 conference surpassed our expectations. It has been and will
always be a unique and unforgettable experience.
In just one week, we had the opportunity to know in detail the important achievements of
libraries in Panama, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados
and Cuba. We learned from each other.
The organization for the Training of OceanDocs and the meeting for the creation of the
Caribbean Group of IAMSLIC which occurred prior to the conference, were
accomplished with great success, thanks to the efficient coordination of Vielka Chang and
her team and the representatives of ODINCARSA/COI of UNESCO, Rodney Martinez
and Peter Pissierssens. Thanks to everyone.
For the Cuban representative, it was a particularly emotional experience to have been
with the librarians and specialists dedicated to the management of marine information and
the protection of the flora, fauna and the general environment.
To Panama, the most important feat is to have the results grow and multiply with the
continual alliance and joint projects of the developed nations with the developing nations
so that the libraries with fewer resources can reach the level of progress of those that are
more advanced in a more viable way.
ODINCARSA Training Course in Ocean Docs
The Fourth ODINCARSA Training Course in OceanDocs: Digital
The conference on Marine Publications was held in the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute in Panama City, Panama from April 12-13th, 2008. The Training Course was
attended by 11 participants from 4 countries including Barbados, Cuba, Panama and
Trinidad & Tobago. Resource person included Mrs. Catalina Lopez, from Mexico. The
course included theoretical lectures and applications on Information Management. The
main objective was to introduce the participants to OCEANDOCS and its metadata and
submitting procedures.
It covered some planning issues on marine information, such as OCEANDOC, a
component of ODINCARSA, and the need to appoint a Regional IAMSLIC
Coordinator for the Caribbean.
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24. If you answered positively to the previous question then how would you assess the usefulness
of ODINCARSA
Panama needs to start from the beginning with all ODINCARSA support and effort. It is
important to establish a realistic program that can be accomplished.
25. If you answered yes to question 22 then how did you promote ODINCARSA in your country.
Summary of Seminars, Workshops and Conferences to promote ODINCARSA in
Panama 2001 -2008.
Four conferences on the subject of “High Tech Integrative Environmental Monitoring of the
Costal Zones of the Panamanian Caribbean” and the use of the data system Metadata. The
conferences were directed by Paul Geeder, an expert on the Management of Oceanographic
and Coastal Zones data, on the 16 and 17 of October 2001, November 2003 and September
2004.
Approximately 15 Intergovernmental workshops between 2001 and 2005, as a result of the
Project on the Integrative Monitoring of the Caribbean coastal zones, which focused on the
integration of real time data of the coastal zones, were accomplished. The conferences
involved the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Maritime Authority of Panama
(AMP), the National Environmental Authority (ANAM), the City of Knowledge, the
University of Panama and various experts on numeric models from the Institution of Coastal
Investigations GKSS, Germany and the Danish Hydraulics Institute, Denmark (DHI
The Impact of ODINACARSA in Panama: The work and effort of the National Coordinator
of ODINCARSA, Gloria Batista de Vega, has been a catalyst for drawing in the various
institutions related to the ocean in Panama (University of Panama, Maritime Authority of
Panama, Panama Canal Authority, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) and having them
cooperate together on activities related to the integrated management of coasts.
26. According to your country what should be the focus areas of ODINCARSA during the next 4
years (2010-2013)
To establish a program that strengthens the representatives of each country for a better
communication between the national representatives with the focal point of the representatives
of UNESCO in Paris.
To promote periodic meetings with the representatives of each country that forms part of
ODINCARSA in continuation of the joint projects that have been agreed upon at the meetings.
To establish systems that permits the monitoring and execution of the activities proposed by the
projects.
To propose realistic projects that focuses on the needs of each country.
Based on the questions answered, Panama has the capability to build on the necessities of the
ODINCARSA project; however this will depend on the conclusion on this year’s conference
and what the other nations have agreed upon.
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The workshops that do not end without a “how and where” the results can be applied should be
terminated. The application of the results needs to be regulated by law. The training obtained
from the workshops should not be used for individual gain and private purposes.
28. What new products/services should be developed by ODINCARSA during the next 4 years?
This will depend on the conclusion on this year’s conference and what the other nations agree
upon.
29. Should ODINCARSA be linked to other IOC programs? If yes then provide.
Yes
PERU
Jefe Técnico Capitán de Navío Jorge PAZ Acosta
Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación – Jirón Roca S/N con Avenida Gamarra 500. Chucuito
Callao.
[email protected]
Jefe del Departamento de Oceanografía Capitán de Corbeta Carlos HOLGUÍN Valdivia
Callao.
[email protected]
Jefe de la División de Oceanografía Física Alférez de Fragata Luz CANO Zapata
Callao.
[email protected]
The Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation is currently in an implementation phase of the
National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC).
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National Oceanographic Data Centre – Capitán de Corbeta Carlos HOLGUÍN Valdivia - Jirón
Roca S/N con Avenida Gamarra 500.
Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE)
Perú through the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation participate in a variety of
workshops which are working together in reach an efficient and effective coastal management
plan. Also with the support of the CPPS.
Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación – Jirón Roca S/N con Avenida Gamarra 500 Chucuito
Callao – www.dhn.mil.pe
a. Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación – Jirón Roca S/N con Avenida Gamarra 500
Chucuito Callao – www.dhn.mil.pe
b. Instituto del Mar del Perú IMARPE – Esquina Gamarra y General Valle S/N Chucuito
Callao – www.imarpe.pe
Instituto del Mar del Perú IMARPE – Esquina Gamarra y General Valle S/N Chucuito Callao
– www.imarpe.pe
DATA POLICIES
No
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No
Yes
Yes
a. Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation:
i. B.A.P. Carrasco
ii. B.A.P. Carrillo
iii. B.A.P. Melo
iv. AEH. Macha
b. Instituto del Mar del Perú:
i. B.I.C. Humboldt
ii. B.I.C. Olaya
iii. SNP-2
Directorate of Hydorgraphy and Navigation (planning to be available through website
however it can be order)
Instituto del Mar del Perú (it can be order by email)
details)
Naylamp Project from the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation
Buoy 1: Virgen del Carmen V
Temperature, Salinity, oxygen, Win speed, atmospheric pressure and Mean sea level
Instituto del Mar del Perú
Balsa San Gabriel II
Temperature, Salinity, oxygen, Win speed, atmospheric pressure and Mean sea level
Both institutions has the data available through its website
PROJECTS
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a. Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation:
Manage Naylamp Project which consist in an observation network composed of ten
(10) oceanographic stations along the coast, also includes a four (4) buoys system,
from which is only one working currently in the north of Peru. The data is available
for free in the naylamp website.
In addition, this institution has routine and non-programmable oceanographic cruises
in order to collect more data and information from the ocean for the research of
natural phenomena. This kind of information in not currently easily available but
people can get it if they ask for it.
Both DHN and IMARPE participate as members of oceanographic and biological components
for the ERFEN from the CPPS, and this information is available in both websites.
No
4 years (2010-2013)
The focus areas of ODINCARSA are the following:
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To support the implementation of the NODC’s this is by assessment and other that
countries might ask.
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Organizing more workshops in order to give rise to the missions of NODC’s, and to reach
uniformity between all together.
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Set a list of objectives which every member will be able to reach when the 4 year period
has been completed.
Every country has to have free access to this building.
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Assessment for countries which has not completed the NODC implementation.
Maybe ODINCARSA should be link with the Tsunami warning and mitigation program.
URUGUAY
1. IOC CONTACT POINT
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura. Comisión Uruguaya de Oceanografía. DEC. N° 353/009 Poder
Ejecutivo, approved August 3, 2009. (http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2009/08/1300.pdf)
This decree is clearly intended to recreate the former “Comision Nacional de Oceanologia”, and rename
it as “Comisión Uruguaya de Oceanografía”. This commission was not operative for many years and
this made not possible for the country to participate in IOC activities.
Not designated.
Not designated.
4. IODE national oceanographic data centre
There is no IODE national oceanographic data center.
5. National institutions that manage oceanographic data
SOHMA: Oceanographic, Hydrographic and Meteorological Service of the Army /
Servicio de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología de la Armada
Service pertaining to the Ministry of Defense. This Service carries out oceanographic surveys,
has observational oceanographic stations, process and preserves the information obtained.
SOHMA publishes oceanographic documents of interest for navigation (tidal tables, currents,
etc.) and data and information of its research results.
IAU: Uruguayan Antarctic Institute / Instituto Antártico Uruguayo
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It is an Institute pertaining to the Ministry of Defense. This institute carries out observational
studies in the Antarctica together with SOHMA: studies on tidal levels, temporal series of
salinity, temperature, chemical and physical factors.
PCMYA: Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Program / Programa de Ciencias del Mar y
de la Atmósfera
The Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Program (PCMYA) is an academic unit of research and
education located at the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), State
University of Uruguay. Its objectives are the promotion, planning, coordination and execution
of research and educational programs in the fields of aquatic, atmospheric, solid earth and
environmental sciences, with an interdisciplinary approach.
DINARA: National Direction of Aquatic Resources/ Dirección Nacional de Recursos
Acuáticos
It is a National Direction pertaining to the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries.
This Direction is in charge of regulation and control of fisheries activities in Uruguay. It is the
sanitary authority with competencies in the fishery industry at a national level. DINARA
defines and implements the fishery policy of the national government.
IIP: Fisheries Research Institute / Instituto de Investigaciones Pesqueras - Facultad de
Veterinaria, Universidad de la República
It is an Institute pertaining to the Universidad de la República (UdelaR), State University of
Uruguay. The academic, scientific and technological activities that our Institute develop
involve complementary disciplines like Marine biology, Fisheries biology, Oceanography,
Ecology, Aquatic environment, Environmental impact, Inland fishery resources, Freshwater
and Marine fishery resources. Also we are concerned with activities related to Artisanal
fisheries, Aquaculture, Ichthyopatology, Fisheries management, Fishery technology, Fishing
gears, Fishery processing technologies, development of new fishery products, Quality
assurance and Marketing of aquatic products of animal origin. The IIP has three Departments:
Marine Sciences, Aquaculture and Science and Technology of Fishery Products.
6. Data products and services currently provided by other national ocean data centers
The Information Node of the Marine and Atmospherics Sciences Program (PCMYA) is
constructed on the basis of the Glaucus Program, initiated in 1993 in order to provide data and
information products needed for the development of some research projects.
IAU and SOHMA products: oceanographic documents of interest for navigation (tidal tables,
currents, etc.) and data and information of its research results, data on tidal levels, temporal
series of salinity, temperature, chemical and physical factors.
DINARA products: Fishery statistics series
7. Marine information centers (marine libraries) in Uruguay
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Centro de Documentación y Biblioteca del Instituto de Investigaciones Pesqueras (IIP),
Universidad de la República
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Centro de Documentación y Biblioteca de la Dirección Nacional de Recursos
Acuáticos (Cedybi –DINARA), Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
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Other libraries with some collection areas in marine sciences:
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Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República
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Biblioteca de la Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente (DINAMA), Ministerio de
Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente
8. Information products and services currently provided by Uruguayan marine libraries
Database of national bibliography in aquatic sciences: monograph and serials are monitored for ASFA
and we offer the service of searches in ASFA database to other institutions in our country (IIP is the
ASFA National Partner in Uruguay).
OceanDocs repository: 2 Uruguayan Marine libraries have collections in the repository which
guarantees access to marine science documents full text: IIP Library and DINARA Library.
Bibliolatino: Serial Holdings in the frame of IAMSLIC association.
9. National coastal management plan
The management of aquatic resources of the coastal zone are ruled by a group of laws that
deals with territorial, environmental and sustainability issues. The recent approved law of
Regulation and Sustainable Territorial Development (passed in 2008) is a national instrument
that delegates to local governments the assessment of use, occupancy, and management of the
territory. In its article n° 10 a generation of National Directives of Coastal Zones (DNEC) are
recommended. The DNEC are currently in process of elaboration and inter-sectorial
discussion. These directives will constitute the general instrument of the public policy in
coastal management and its goals will be the definition of the main national strategic
objectives, territorial structure and the ways of use and management of natural resources.
10. National body (structure) that coordinates oceanographic/coastal research, observation
and/or management in Uruguay
There will be a National Commission coordinating oceanographic research: the Uruguayan
Oceanographic Commission. At present time there are national and local bodies involved with
oceanographic/coastal research, observation and/or management in Uruguay: four Ministries, six local
governments, and the State University of Uruguay (Universidad de la República, UdelaR). The
university research centers concentrate the major part of information and research generated in our
country.
11. Member institutions of national body/structure
Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medioambiente
- Dirección Nacional de Ordenamiento Territorial
- Dirección Nacional de Medioambiente
- Dirección Nacional de Saneamiento y Agua
Ministerio de Ganadería Agricultura y Pesca
- Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional
- Servicio de Hidrografía, Oceanografía y Meteorología de la Armada
- Prefectura Nacional Naval
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Ministerio de Turismo y Deporte
Local governments: Municipality of Colonia, Municipality of San José, Municipality of
Montevideo, Municipality of Canelones, Municipality of Maldonado and Municipality of Rocha.
Universidad de la República (UdelaR).
12. National body (structure) that coordinates oceanographic data and/or information
exchange in Uruguay
There is no specific body at national level that coordinates oceanographic data and/or information
exchange. The cooperation amongst institutions and data or information exchange is archived through
specific programs/projects and the coordination responsibilities could go either to a Ministry, Local
government, University or to the program itself.
DATA POLICIES
13. National data management policy
There is no specific national oceanographic data exchange policy or other policy that covers the
exchange of oceanographic data.
There is law, approved in October 17, 2008 which gives a general frame on information access: “Ley de
Acceso a la Información Pública (Ley 18.381)”. The main objective of this law is to promote the
transparency of public organisms administration, and to guarantee the right of the people to access
public information.
14. Institutional data policy
The institutional policy is not different from the national policy, and the information generated
in academic research is unrestricted.
Other Colleges within our University specifies particular data policies in their programs. For
example, data resulting of PCMYA program (UdelaR, Facultad de Ciencias) has two kinds of
data available:
“Type A - Unrestricted: Most of this information consist on regional subsets extracted from
global data, which are available at several places in the world. Most of these places are also on
the WWW. Other products have been prepared by our group.
Type B - Restricted: Information restricted to the research teams involved in specific research
programs. In these cases, you need to contact the PCMYA for permissions and instructions. ”
15. IOC data policy implementation
SOHMA GLOSS station implements IOC data policy. No information available about the
implementation of IOC data policy by other programs/institutions in Uruguay.
16. Sharing of oceanographic data globally: IODE Ocean Data Portal project
It is important to share oceanographic data globally by participating in international projects like IODE
Ocean Data Portal project to facilitate full and open access to quality ocean data for research programs.
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17. Research vessels
The research vessel “Oyarvide”, belongs to the Oceanographic, Hydrographic and
Meteorological Service of the Army (SOHMA). It has the purpose of study and outlining the
continental shell. Within the expected results is the re-definition of the limits which could
represent approximately twice the present size of the marine exclusive zone of Uruguay, up to
200.000 km².
The research vessel “Aldebarán”, belongs to the National Direction of Aquatic Resources
(DINARA). It has the purpose of doing fishery resources assessment, exploratory fishing,
meteorological and oceanographic observations and other related activities.
18. Data management and availability
Each institution manages its own data, but they cooperate in several inter-institutional projects
which involve the use of these data by many others at national and regional level.
19. Data buoys and other observation systems
Estación Mareográfica de Montevideo (GLOSS station Nº 300 located in the ESESP Pier).
This station is operated by SOHMA and is part of the Global Sea Level Observing System
COI/UNESCO.
20. Observation systems: data management and availability
In the case of Estación Mareográfica de Montevideo, the responsible for data management are
SOHMA and GLOSS.
PROJECTS
21. List of national ocean research/observation/management in which multiple national
institutions are involved
Ecoplata Program: Integrated management of coastal zone. This program is based on an
inter-institutional agreement amongst the Housing, Territorial and Environment Ministry, the
Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, the Defense Ministry, the State University
UdelaR, the National Direction of Water and Drainage, the National Direction of Renewable
Resources, the National Naval Prefecture, and the Municipalities of Colonia, San José,
Montevideo, Canelones, Maldonado and Rocha.
Ecoplata Program has compiled existing information on coastal management and is
developing an integrated system of environmental information of coastal zone inserted in the
web platform of the National Direction of Environment (DINAMA).
22. List of regional ocean research/observation/management in which one or more of national
institutions are involved
Freplata Project: Environmental Protection of the Rio de la Plata and Marine Front /
Proyecto Protección Ambiental del Río de la Plata y su Frente Marítimo. It is a jointly Project
between Argentina and Uruguay, executed by CARP (*) and CTMFM (**)
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(*)CARP: Comisión Administradora del Rio de la Plata. International organism integrated by
members of Argentina and Uruguay. Its purpose is to negotiate in aspects of common interest
in the Rio de la Plata zone.
(**)CTMFM: Comisión Técnica Mixta del Frente Marítimo. International organism located in
Montevideo. The Commission is integrated by representatives of Argentina and Uruguay. Its
objectives are to carry out studies and to adopt and coordinate plans related to preservation
and rational exploitation of live resources and marine environment protection in the common
interest zone.
Freplata data and information products: the Freplata Project developed databases to support
environmental management of the Rio de la Plata and Marine Front. There are databases
containing information about organisms and projects, bibliographic database, legal
instruments database, databases on activities, documents and technical reports generated by
the Project, cartographic database, satellite image database.
23. Participation in ODINCARSA between 2001 and 2009
IIP has been participating in ODINCARSA since 2005, supporting ODINCARSA activities in Uruguay
and the region. We provide and edit information for Portal Oceánico, participate in OdinPubCARSA
project and then OceanDocs project and conducted training courses in OceanDocs methodology to
colleagues in Latin America. Currently I am in charge of OceanDocs Latin America administration and
my activities are mainly related to the repository, at national and regional level.
24. Usefulness of ODINCARSA
ODINCARSA network has enabled and encouraged the progress and development of the Marine
information and data management in Latin America during those years. It also provides opportunities of
training and possibilities to interact with other colleagues, and support for funding IAMSLIC
memberships to Caribbean and Latin American Libraries.
25. Promotion of ODINCARSA in Uruguay
To increase the communication with oceanographic institutions to get them know the services and
products of ODINCARSA.
To organize promotional campaigns amongst researchers, scholars and general public about the services
provided by ODINCARSA centers.
26. Uruguay: focus areas of ODINCARSA during the next 4 years (2010-2013)
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Nomination of national IODE coordinators (information management and data management).
Promotion of ODINCARSA activities and products in the marine science community.
Promotion and organization of training courses on digital repositories.
Updating information on centers that handle marine data and information.
Improvement of our existent information products and services and development of new ones according
to the development of data and information in our region.
27. National capacity building requirements to be addressed by ODINCARSA during the next 4
years
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It will be necessary to carry out a survey in order to determinate requirements, according to
projects/products planned.
28. ODINCARSA past activities
No one of past ODINCARSA activities should be terminated.
29. ODINCARSA new products/services for the next 4 years
There is a growing interest about open access to scientific and technical publications. This
could lead to a potential growth in the number of digital publications in OceanDocs and also
to the development of local repositories. There is a project for the implementation of “A
federated network of repositories for Institutional Scientific Documentation in Latin America”
with the participation of Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Chile, with support of the
IDB Inter-American Development Bank and Scientific and Technical Governmental
Agencies. The development of future ODINCARSA products/services should take in account
these new developments.
30. ODINCARSA linked to other IOC programs
The cooperation amongst related programs has always positive results and mutual benefits. It
should be advisable that the ODINCARSA coordinators take the responsibility to determine
with which IOC programs should ODINCARSA interact, based on shared areas of interest.
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ANNEX IV
OPENING SPEECHES
OPENING SPEECH OF MR PETER PISSIERSSENS, IOC SECRETARIAT
On behalf of the IOC Executive Secretary and the IODE Co-Chairpersons I wish to thank Mexico for
hosting the Strategic Planning Meeting of the Latin America sub-region of the Ocean Data and
Information Network for the Caribbean and South America (ODINCARSA) region here in Ensenada.
The history of ODINCARSA goes back to October 2001 when Latin American as well as Caribbean
island states met in Guayaquil, Ecuador to discuss the possibility of creating a regional network
focusing on the exchange of oceanographic data and information. ODINCARSA was thus established
as “a mechanism for assessing the current and potential state of development of national data and
information centers and to create the means for mutual capacity building in South America and the
Caribbean. It further aimed at developing a cooperation network for managing and exchanging
oceanographic data and information within these regions.”
Oceanography is the science and understanding of the marine world and has been carried out for close
to 150 years contributing to the understanding of life in the oceans but also the contribution of the
oceans to the world’s climate and its ecosystems. Today’s oceanography uses satellites, research
vessels, robotic and floating instruments to obtain data. These data can then be used, together with
computer models to generate products and services such as ocean forecasts.
An important link in the chain between ocean observations and products is data management. It is
often not realized or appreciated that the highest level of professionalism in the quality control, storage
and quick dissemination of data can make all the difference to sound decision-making based upon
reliable data. The professionals assuring this highest level of quality are oceanographic data managers.
Scientific progress is based upon adding one’s own research findings to the published results of
predecessors. For centuries these results have been published in research journals or reports. The body
of knowledge now available on oceanography includes hundreds of journals and millions of books and
reports. To this we now need to add knowledge made available through the WWW. Easy and efficient
access, and maybe even more importantly separating quality from dubious materials is now, more than
ever of crucial importance for researchers. The professional providing this vital service is the marine
librarian.
These professionals cannot function in isolation dealing only the their own institution. They need to be
able to share the knowledge, expertise and the resources they manage. The international framework
that makes this possible is the IOC’s International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
(IODE).
The IODE Programme was created in 1961, just one year after the IOC was established within
UNESCO illustrating the importance given, even then, to data management and exchange.
The purpose of the IODE is to enhance marine research, exploitation and development, by facilitating
the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States, and by
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meeting the needs of users for data and information products. This mission statement was valid in
1961 and it is still valid today.
In terms of data management the core players at the national level are the IODE National
Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs). Today we have 80 of these centres. They have an important
technical role in the quality control, storage and dissemination of data but they also play an important
coordination role at the national level sharing their expertise with other national institutions that have a
data management role.
At the international level the NODCs work together to develop and utilize standards and methods,
quality control procedures, and to develop advanced mechanisms to make data available freely and
openly. In this regard I must mention the IODE’s OceanDataPortal which will, in the next 5-10 years,
provide seamless access to data catalogues and data held by not only the IODE data centres but
possibly by hundreds of other ocean and meteorology data sources.
At the information management side we must note the paradigm change in the publishing world: from
paper based journals published by commercial publishers, the scientific world is moving towards a
paperless e-journals model. IODE is participating in this evolution through the development of the
OceanDocs e-repository.
In order to facilitate this international cooperation IODE has also promoted the development of
regional networks, the so-called ODINs (Ocean Data and Information Networks). They focus on the
IODE mission but give special attention to capacity development.
A cornerstone of the IODE programme is to ensure that all IOC Member States can participate at an
equitable basis in its programmes and projects. The ODIN networks therefore invest considerable
resources in training and other capacity development activities. The ODINs also aim at promoting
close working relationships between data centres and marine libraries in a given region, across
language or political barriers.
During the past 8 years ODINCARSA has accomplished a number of achievements which we will
review this week. But we will also need to address the problems. These include frequent staff changes,
the need for effective national coordination and the agreement to make data widely and freely
available. We will also need to assess the need for further capacity development as well as for new
ocean data and information products and services.
Together with the IODE Chairpersons I look forward to a successful meeting and to the development
of an ambitious work plan that will be implemented by a dynamic team of ocean data and information
managers and which will deliver products and services that will serve scientists as well as decisionmakers.
Thank you for your attention

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