Mika Odido is joining the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium on 6 August 2009. Mika was born in Kenya in 1958. Mika is married and has 5 children.
He started his professional career in 1981 when he joined the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI). It is there that he became involved in international work: first as the GLOSS regional coordinator for the IOCWIO region and later as the Scientific Manager and Local coordinator for the RECOSCIX-WIO project. Since the year 2000 Mika was fully employed by IOC/IODE as the ODINAFRICA project coordinator, first in Mombasa and as from 2004 in Nairobi.
At the Project Office Mika will be in charge of coordination and implementation of the ODINAFRICA project (4th phase) but his skills will also be used to coordinate other IODE regional programmes (ODINs).
Mika can be reached on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as from 6 August 2009.
The International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS 2010) will be held in the Grand Amphitheatre at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) in Paris, France) between Monday 29 March t o Wednesday 31 March 2010.
The IMDIS cycle of conferences has the aim of providing an overview
of the existing information systems to serve different users in ocean
science. It also shows the progresses on development of efficient:
infrastructures for managing large and diverse data sets, standards,
interoperable information systems, services and tools for education.
The Conference will present different systems for on-line
access to data, meta-data and products, communication standards and
adapted technology to ensure platforms interoperability. Sessions will
focus on infrastructures, technologies and services for different
users: environmental authorities, research, schools, universities, etc.
The Conference is organized jointly by IFREMER (Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer), jointly with SeaDataNet and IOC/IODE.
The 25th Session of the Assembly adopted a Resolution on IODE (responding to the report and recommendations of IODE-XX) as well as on the cooperation between IOC and OBIS.
In the Resolution on IODE the Assembly adopted the Report of IODE-XX and the recommendations included therein. Special reference was made to the Ocean Data Standards
Pilot Project, the IODE Ocean Data Portal project and the close cooperation in JCOMM. The Assembly also requested all IOC programmes to actively collaborate with, and make use of, the
Ocean Data and Information Networks (ODINs) as a common platform for
capacity development in developing regions, as well as with the
OceanTeacher Academy project which aims at providing a comprehensive
curriculum of training courses related to ocean data and information
management for all IOC Member States.
Regarding the cooperation with OBIS, the Assembly decided to accept OBIS within the IODE Programme. It requested the IOC Executive Secretary to undertake the administrative arrangements necessary for OBIS
activities to continue under the auspices of IOC and its IODE Programme, to set up a multi-source fund within the IOC Trust Fund, to investigate and establish cooperation with, and support from
relevant research organizations, marine research stations, networks and
other stakeholders, to take the necessary actions for the creation of an extra-budgetary OBIS Programme Officer position, to explore a formal agreement for the hosting of an IOC Programme
Office for OBIS with the current host institution of the OBIS
Secretariat at Rutgers University, NJ, USA, to draft terms of
reference for an OBIS Group of Experts, to be established under IODE as well as revise the terms of reference of IODE, and to report on progress on these matters to the next Session of the IOC Executive Council in 2010. The Assembly further urged Member States to contribute to the OBIS multi-source fund within the IOC Trust Fund, to consider other financial and/or in-kind support for OBIS to assist with its technical and research activities, and to facilitate the collaboration of RONs and other OBIS data
providers in the intergovernmental framework of IOC and its IODE
Programme.
The online Portal of the Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System (PIMRIS) has been launched on http://www.pimrisportal.org .The Pacific Islands Marine Portal project is a collaborative project
between the Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System
(PIMRIS) and the UNESCO IOC/IODE Project Office (Oostende, Belgium) to
improve access to Pacific marine information for the Pacific Islands
community.
The mission statement of the Pacific Islands Marine Resources Portal is "To improve access to Pacific marine information for the Pacific islands community". The portal contains news, articles and directories of websites
relevant to Pacific fisheries and to the coastal and marine environment
of the Pacific.
The FIRST IOC/WESTPAC TRAINING COURSE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL IODE OCEAN DATA PORTAL NODES will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea between 31 August – 4 September 2009, kindly co-sponsored and hosted by the Republic of Korea.
IOC Circular Letter No. 2305, inviting nominations for participants in the course has been sent out today to Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Russian Federation, Thailand, USA and Vietnam. Responses are due by 30 June 2009. Circular Letter can be downloaded HERE
20-May-2009: INFORMATICS EXPERT, IOC PROJECT OFFICE FOR IODE, OOSTENDE, BELGIUM
ALD Post Title: Informatics Expert
Organizational unit: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Duty station: IODE Project Office, Oostende, Belgium
Grade: P-1 (Appointment of Limited Duration)
Closing Date: 5 June 2009
Main responsibilities: (i) Assist with the development, documenting and maintenance of
web-based IODE data and information products, hosted by the IOC Project
Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium; (ii) Manage the OceanTeacher distance learning system based upon Semantic Media Wiki (SMW) and Moodle; (iii) Assist the system administrator with the general management of the Project Office IT environment.
Mika Odido is joining the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium on 6 August 2009. Mika was born in Kenya in 1958. Mika is married and has 5 children.
The International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS 2010) will be held in the Grand Amphitheatre at the 
The 25th Session of the Assembly adopted a Resolution on IODE (responding to the report and recommendations of IODE-XX) as well as on the cooperation between IOC and OBIS.
Programme. It requested the IOC Executive Secretary to undertake the administrative arrangements necessary for OBIS
activities to continue under the auspices of IOC and its IODE Programme, to set up a multi-source fund within the IOC Trust Fund, to investigate and establish cooperation with, and support from
relevant research organizations, marine research stations, networks and
other stakeholders, to take the necessary actions for the creation of an extra-budgetary OBIS Programme Officer position, to explore a formal agreement for the hosting of an IOC Programme
Office for OBIS with the current host institution of the OBIS
Secretariat at Rutgers University, NJ, USA, to draft terms of
reference for an OBIS Group of Experts, to be established under IODE as well as revise the terms of reference of IODE, and to report on progress on these matters to the next Session of the IOC Executive Council in 2010. The Assembly further urged Member States to contribute to the OBIS multi-source fund within the IOC Trust Fund, to consider other financial and/or in-kind support for OBIS to assist with its technical and research activities, and to facilitate the collaboration of RONs and other OBIS data
providers in the intergovernmental framework of IOC and its IODE
Programme.
