AMESD IGAD Newsletter Issue#8
This 1 231 000 € grant from the European Union will allow the MOI, which acts as the AMESD regional implementation center for the IOC region (including: Madagascar, Seychelles, Comores, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique), to implement the AMESD regional activities for the 3 next years.
Signing of AMESD Grant on 7/09/09 at the MOI premises (Quatre-Bornes - Maurtius)
From left to right: Etienne Kaisin (AMESD Technical Assistance Team Leader), Almami Dampha (African Union), Mitrasen Bhikajee (MOI Director) and Arun Ramduny (European Union)
The corresponding forthcoming activities will aim to:
- Develop new products and operational services using earth observation data (satellite imagery) for the management of fishery resources, the monitoring of fishing activities and the ocean observation (to assess climate change...)
- improve the regional access to satellite Earth and Ocean Observation data through the installation of AMESD satellite thematic receiving stations and the dissemination of products and services.
- strengthen the capacities of MOI and regional technical partners in the processing and analysis of spatial observation data coming from earth observation satellites
These activities will be undertaken by the Mauritius Oceanography Institute (MOI) in collaboration with several regional partners: fisheries Ministries and "Fisheries Monitoring centers" of Madagascar, Mauritius and Comoros; fisheries research institutes from Seychelles, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, etc.
