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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">We wish to remind you that we will be having the meeting to deliberate on the reactivation of the Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa
(ODINAFRICA) to support the development of the African regional node for Ocean Information Hub-OIH on Wednesday 9 March 2022 from 11h00-13h00 UTC.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">If you are yet to register, please use the following<b> Zoom link:</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jCXiqHlRRSGJ-cUUn4CYUQ"><span style="color:#954F72">https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jCXiqHlRRSGJ-cUUn4CYUQ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue">Simultaneous interpretation (English/French) will be available.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Background</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Ocean Information Hub project seeks to improve discoverability and access to global oceans information, data and knowledge products for management
and sustainable development. This builds on the earlier phases of the ODINAFRICA project which focused on the establishment and strengthening of a pan African network of National Oceanographic Data and Information Centre (NODCs) as a mechanism for application
of data, information and products in marine and coastal management in Africa. This included the provision of equipment and software, capacity development for ocean data and information management, and the development of targeted products and services for national
and regional end users. OIH will mainly focus on improving <u>discoverability and access to existing</u> ocean information, data and knowledge products. The initiative will be geared towards linking and anchor a network of national, regional and thematic nodes
that will improve online access to and synthesis of existing global, regional and national data, information and knowledge resources. The initial focus will be on data on: (i) experts and institutions/organizations, (ii) documents, (iii) Spatial data and maps,
(iv) research vessels, (v) education and training opportunities, (vi) marine related projects in the region.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Please see more details in the attached concept note and schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">We look forward to your presence in the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2F5496">John Ngatia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:#2F5496">Programme Assistant</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">IOC’s Sub Commission for Africa & the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Tel: +254 20 7622716<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://ioc.unesco.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">http://ioc.unesco.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0069B4"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0069B4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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