Stakeholder Meeting towards the development of a Caribbean Marine Atlas

08 - 10 October 2007,

UNDP House, Barbados
Barbados

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP
2 NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2.1 Barbados
2.2 Cuba
2.3 Grenada
2.4 Jamaica
2.5 Saint Lucia
2.6 Trinidad & Tobago
2.7 Turks and Caicos
3 SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES: CHARACTERISTICS, COASTAL/MARINE ISSUES AND APPROACHES
4 THE MARINE ATLAS
4.1 Demonstration of the African Marine Atlas
4.2 Atlas Development
4.2.1 The conceptual model
4.2.2 Defining the purpose and needs
4.2.3 Atlas Features
4.2.4 Atlas examples
4.2.5 Atlas Development Steps
4.2.6 Atlas data themes
5 ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY ISSUES IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION
5.1 Analysis of issues and availability of data by country
5.2 Data availability matrix for common priority issues
6 REQUIRED RESOURCES TO DEVELOP A MARINE ATLAS
6.1 Training
6.1.1 OceanTeacher
6.1.2 Training provided to the region by IODE
6.2 Scale of Data Layers
6.3 Data Mining
6.4 Bringing it all together: Data Mining and Assembly Workshop
6.5 Computer Systems
6.6 Ongoing Maintenance
7 TECHNICAL AND RESOURCES ISSUES RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MARINE ATLAS: THE CURRENT STATUS AND REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Assessment of existing data management resources and needs
7.2 Formal country participation in the IODE programme
7.3 National training requirements
8 WORKPLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN MARINE ATLAS PILOT PROJECT
9 CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS