Report on Pacific IslandsRegion: Current Issues and Suggested Future Directions
The following issues were reported to IODE XVIII by GE-MIM: - Pacific Islands Regional Group of IAMSLIC (PIRG) was re-established at 30th IAMSLIC Conference/GE-MIM VIII. - IOC Capacity survey clearly showed there is a major need for capacity building marine information and data management in the Pacific region. - Survey results have been passed on to PIRG, and GE-MIM requested PIRG develop a proposal for submission to donors. - Possible future capacity building activities in the Pacific region should be done in conjunction with/or build on any existing initiatives, such as the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Framework for Integrated Strategic Action (PIROF-ISA). - GE-MIM Chair was to liaise further with Pacific marine librarians. GE-MIM Chair attended 1st Meeting of the Pacific Regional Group of IAMSLIC, at Offices of Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia, in April 2006. (See Attachment 1 for full report). The meeting agreed to develop a proposal for request for an ODIN. Since then 5 out of 7 major instigators have left the Pacific Region, and their jobs have just been filled or are about to be filled by new staff. This has resulted in no proposal being developed. However, the MIM workers in that area continue to seek support and assistance, and the regional needs in MIM and DM remain unaddressed.
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UNESCO
2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2860 |
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