DBCP Task Team on Capacity Building (TT-CB)

Terms of Reference (as adopted at DBCP-XXXVIII)

(Discrepancy may occur due to migration from http://jcomm.info to http://goosocean.org. )

The DBCP Task Team on Capacity-Building shall:
  • 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.
(Last update: January 2023, contact Long Jiang)

Training Courses, Workshops and Documents

2023 - 1st DBCP Mediterranean Training Workshop (Part II)

2022 - 1st DBCP Mediterranean Training Workshop (Part I)

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.

Member Role Country
Qiu Jiang
National Center for Ocean Standards and Metrology
Chairperson China
Luca Centurioni
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
United States of America
Juliet Hermes
South African Environmental Observation Network, National Office
South Africa
Rick Lumpkin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
United States of America
Hamad Bin Mohammad ALGHILANI
Advanced Aquatic Environmental Research Services
Oman
M Ravichandran India
Shannon McArthur
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
United States of America
Kalpana Chaudhari
INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH, ISDR,India
India
Lucy Scott
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE
Belgium
John Mungai
Kenya Meteorological Department
Kenya
Adoté Blim Blivi
Faculté de Science de l’Université de Lomé –Togo (FDS/UL)
Togo
Ting Yu
National Marine Data and Information Service
China
Nelly Riama
BADAN METEOROLOGI, KLIMATOLOGI, DAN GEOFISIKA
Indonesia
Champika Gallage
World Meteorological Organization - Observing System and Information Department
Switzerland
Kwan-Chang Lim
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration
Republic of Korea
Byung-Gul Lee
Cheju National University, College of Ocean Science
Republic of Korea
Long Jiang
OceanOPS
Technical Coordinator, DBCP&OceanSITES France
Fan JIANG
国家海洋标准计量中心
China
Verena Hormann
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
United States of America
M. Arshid Javed
Pakistan Navy
Pakistan
Sang Kil Park
Pusan National University
Republic of Korea
Tania Daniels
South African Weather Service
South Africa
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