Terms of Reference (as adopted at DBCP-XXXVIII)

• Initiate, plan and coordinate the implementation of the Training and Capacity-Building work programme including, in particular, the regular Training Course on Buoy Programme Implementation and Data Management;  

• Keep under review existing training material (paper and electronic) and advise on updating as well as for the development of new material;  

• Review and assess national, regional, and global requirements for capacity-building and develop / improve programmes as appropriate;  

• Liaise with other capacity-building programmes in relevant areas to develop and implement integrated activities, to explore potential synergies and opportunities for efficiently using resources available; liaise in particular with the GOOS OCG cross-cutting Team on Capacity-Building;  

• Endeavour to mobilize the resources required for DBCP capacity-building, including those needed for the implementation of the Training Courses;  

• Make recommendations to the DBCP Executive Board and / or the DBCP for addressing the issues above; and  

• TT-CB works with WMO Global campus and CD activities, IOC/IODE Ocean Teacher Global Academy, and OCG CD activities, incl. information sharing and notification, with marine services, regional fora (WMO Regional Alliances, IOC regional commissions), SIDS, role of Regional Marine Instrument Centres etc. Synergy and prioritization needed  

• TT-CB set up dialogue with WMO ETR, and other stakeholders  

• Report to the DBCP Executive Board and the DBCP at its Sessions.

Training Courses, Workshops and Documents

2021 - 5th DBCP Pacific Islands Training Workshop

2019 - 4th DBCP Pacific Islands Training Workshop

2018 - 3rd DBCP Pacific Islands Training Workshop

2017 - 5th Capacity Building Workshop for the North Pacific and its Marginal Seas

2016 - 2nd DBCP Pacific Islands Training Workshop

2015 - 1st DBCP Pacific Islands Training Workshop

2015 - 4th Capacity Building Workshop for the North Pacific and its Marginal Seas (NPOMS-4)

2014 - 5th Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop

2014 - 3rd Typhoon Workshop for the North Pacific Ocean and Marginal Seas (NPOMS-3)

2013 - 4th Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop

2013 - 2nd Typhoon Workshop for the North Pacific Ocean and Marginal Seas (NPOMS-2)

2012 - 3rd Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop

2012 - 1st In-Region Capacity Building Workshop for Asian Countries

2011 - 2nd Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop

2010 - 1st Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop

2010 - Training Course on data buoy programs and ocean modelling 

2007 - A Training Course on Buoy Programme Implementation and Data Management

Online Resources

AOML training CD

Task Team report at DBCP-35

Membership

The membership is decided at Panel Sessions and open to all Panel members.