Six french partners (CNES, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, SHOM and Universités Marines) are collaborating on a new website for getting access to ocean data : http://www.odatis-ocean.fr. Search for data on http://www.odatis-ocean.fr/en/acces-aux-donnees/ . Note that the interface is currently in French only but you should be able to find your way using your favorite online translator.
The OceanTeacher Global Academy closed its 2017 training calendar last week with 2 training courses (one in Belgium and another one in Malaysia). The week before another 2 training courses also took place (in Colombia and Belgium). Thanks to the Regional Training Centres, 27 courses were organised and/ or supported by the OTGA around the world in 4 different languages, involving over 650 people.
The OTGA course calendar for 2018 is being finalised and the topics covered will be expanded. The OTGA calendar for 2018 should include no less than 25 courses and will be published soon on the IOC (http://www.ioc-unesco.org, see Meetings calendar) and IOC Capacity Development (www.ioc-cd.org) websites.
During five days (27 Nov - 1 Dec 2017), 22 OBIS node data managers from 17 countries gathered at the IOC Project Office for IODE, which hosts the OBIS secretariat, to get training in the application of ratified Darwin Core terms, using the new OBIS-ENV-DATA standard, which combines sampling events and species occurrences with abiotic/biotic measurements and sampling facts, as well as training in using the new OBIS data access and QC tools (based on OBIS R packages and WoRMS/LifeWatch tools). All the training course material (in English) is publicly available via the OBIS Nodes Training Course (2017) on the OceanTeacher e-learning platform.
The Recommendation to Adopt ISO 8601 as the standard for the representation of dates and times in Oceanographic Data Exchange has now been published. The representation of date and time is an important element for the management and exchange of oceanographic data. A standardized, unambiguous way of representing date and time is essential to ensure exchanged data is correctly interpreted. A standard notation helps to avoid confusion in international data exchange caused by different national formats. The Standard can be downloaded through http://www.iode.org/mg54_2
Dr Claudia Delgado joined the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende on 17 January 2011. Claudia will be responsible for coordinating the training activities held at the Project Office and will also manage OceanTeacher and OceanTeacher Academy.
Claudia has the Portuguese nationality. She obtained a university degree on Aquatic Environment Sciences from Porto University in 1998 and her PhD at the University of Madeira in April 2008. During the past 11 years Claudia developed her professional career mainly in Madeira dealing with marine turtle research and conservation as well as with marine biodiversity issues. More recently she was the regional focal point of the ERA-Net (European Research Area) project Net-Biome (NETworking tropical and subtropical BIodiversity research in OuterMost regions and territories of Europe in support of sustainable development) at Madeira Island.
Claudia speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Claudia can be contacted at the Project Office through the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Susana Macanawai took up the position of PIMRIS Coordinator on 8 November 2010. She holds the Bachelor of Agriculture, Post-Graduate Certification in Education, and Diploma in Library & Information Studies from USP; and the Graduate Diploma in Applied Science [Lib/Info. Management] and Master in Applied Science [Lib/Info. Management] from Charles Sturt University, NSW. Susana will also coordinate the IODE ODIN-PIMRIS project (see http://www.iode.org/odinpimris).
She comes to PIMRIS with vast experience in the education and information fields. She was the Crop Development Officer in the Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry in Samoa before taking up teaching positions in Fiji and Samoa. From 2001 to 2003, she worked at USP-IRETA (Alafua Campus) as the Information Assistant/Acting ALO Coordinator and Manager, Information Networking Department. From 2003 to 2007, she worked as a Library Assistant at USP Laucala Campus. She was located at the PIMRIS Library for some time during this period. She was appointed to a Librarian position at USP Library in 2007 but resigned in 2008 to join her husband on his Training Leave in Australia. Whilst in Australia, she worked as a Reference Librarian at the Queensland University of Technology and Project Officer for the Excellence in Research for Australia Progam at the University of Queensland.
CoastGIS 2011 is organized by the Coastal & Marine Union/EUCC (www.eucc.net), and CORILA – Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System, based in Venice, Italy (www.corila.it). CoastGIS 2011 will be hosted in Oostende, Belgium, between 5-8 September by the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Programme of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), situated in the new InnovOcean site on the quayside of Oostende harbour. The Conference is endorsed by the IGU's Commission on Coastal Systems, the ICA Commission on Marine Cartography, the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), EurOcean – the European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology, and CSIR – the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa. The main theme of this Conference is "Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning".
The call for abstracts is now open and will close on 30 April 2011. More information on the Conference, abstract submission and practical information are available on the web site http://www.coastgis.info/
Six french partners (CNES, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, SHOM and Universités Marines) are collaborating on a new website for getting access to ocean data : 
During five days (27 Nov - 1 Dec 2017), 
The Recommendation to Adopt ISO 8601 as the standard for the representation of dates and times in Oceanographic Data Exchange has now
Dr Claudia Delgado joined the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende on 17 January 2011. Claudia will be responsible for coordinating the training activities held at the Project Office and will also manage OceanTeacher and OceanTeacher Academy.
Susana Macanawai took up the position of 
CoastGIS 2011 is organized by the Coastal & Marine Union/EUCC (