GEOSS Support for Decision-Making in the Coastal Zone: Managing and Mitigating the Impacts of Human Activities and Natural Hazards in the Coastal Zone

A workshop series organized by the GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice

AFRICA WORKSHOP
Decision-Making Support For Coastal Zone Management, Water Resources & Climate Change In Africa

Sub-Theme 1: Strengthening Observing Systems Capacity for Managing and Mitigating the Impacts of Human Activities and Coastal Inundation in the African Region
Sub-Theme 2: Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Africa

February 15-18, 2010, Cotonou, Benin

The CZCP Regional Workshop in West Africa is integrated into a broader Workshop jointly organized by UNESCO-IOC-GOOS-Africa-IHP, AARSE, GEO, and the Coastal Zone Community of Practice. The program of Sub-Theme 1 of the Workshop is organized by the CZCP.


DETAILED WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Sunday 14 February 2010

12:00 - 18:00Arrival & Registration
18:00 - 20:00LOC & SC Informal Meeting

Monday 15 February 2010

0800-0900Arrival & Registration
0900-1000Opening Session.
0900-1000 1 - Mot de bienvenu de l´Ambassadeur Délégué permanent du Bénin auprès de l´UNESCO, Prof YAÏ Olabiyi Joseph
2 - Allocution de la Directrice du Bureau Multipays de l´UNESCO à Accra, Madame Elisabeth MOUNDO
3 - Allocution de la Sous-directrice générale de l´UNESCO, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission océanographique intergouvernementale de l´UNESCO et Représentant la Directrice générale de l´UNESCO, Madame Wendy Watson-Wright
4 - Allocution de la Coordinatrice Résidente des Nations Unies et Représentante Résidente du Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement, Madame Nardos Bekele-Thomas
5 - Allocution du Commissaire chargé des Sciences et techniques et des Ressources humaines de la Commission d l´Union Africaine le Professeur Jean Pierre EZIN
6 - Allocation d´ouverture du Ministre de l´environnement et de la Protection de la Nature de la République du Bénin, Excellence Monsieur Justin Sossou ADANMAYI
1000-1030Coffee Break
1030-1300Joint Plenary Session 1: Keynote Presentations
1030-1040Objectif de la Réunion
1 - Mots de bienvenue du Vice Président du Comité local d´Organisation du Bénin le Professeur Abel AFOUDA
2 - Objectifs et résultats attendus de l´atelier par Messieurs Justin AHANHANZO, Coordinateur de GOOS-AFRICA & Jimmy Adegoke, Workshop Co-chair (pdf)
3 - Introduction par le Secrétariat de GEO, Douglas Cripe
4 - Introduction par le Secrétariat du PNUE, Joana Akrofi
1040-1050 Climate change and its impacts in Africa: IPCC Africa Chapter 2007 by Prof. Michel BOKO, lead coordinator IPCC Africa chapter 2007
1050-1110Climate change and coastal zones in Africa: Perspective for African-led Capacity Building framework by Prof. Chidi Ibe, Chancellor and Chairman, University Governing Council, Imo State University, Nigeria
1110-1130Social and Economic Issues in Water Management in Africa  by, Abel AFOUDA and Abou AMANI
1130-1150Earth Observations Applications for Decision Making Support and capacity building for Coastal Zone Management, Water Resources & Climate Change in Africa by Prof. Sias Moster, University of Stellenbosh and Space Commercial Services, South Africa
1150-1210The Global Climate Services Framework by the Representative of WMO
1210-1230The Copenhagen COP 15/UNFCCC: Outputs and Africa: Representative of the African Negotiators Group/AMCEN Secretariat Representative
1230-1300Discussion/Q&A
1300-1430Lunch
Sub-Theme 1 (PTS1) Strengthening Observing Systems Capacity for Managing and Mitigating the Impacts of Human Activities and Coastal Inundation in the African Region (Conveners: J. Ahanhanzo – IOC/UNESCO/GOOS-Africa & J. Adegoke – GEO/AARSE) Sub-Theme 2 (PTS2) Climate change and water resources management and related issues in Africa (Conveners: A. Afouda – IHP-Benin and A. AMANI – IHP/UNESCO)
Session 1 PARADIGMS & CHALLENGES OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA
SETTING THE SCENE, HIGHLIGHTING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Session Chair: Dr. Magnus Ngoile, Policy and Governance Coordinator, ASCLME
Session Rapporteur: Dr. Isabelle Nyang Diop, ACCC Coordinator, UNESCO Dakar
Session 1 séminaire technique sur les changements climatiques et la gestion des ressources en eau et les questions connexes
1430-1500THE CHALLENGES OF VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL CHANGE ALONG THE COAST OF AFRICA Panel discussions on climate change impacts along the coast of Africa: tropical cyclones, sea level rise, coastal erosion, coral reefs led by Charles Magori, Regina Folorunsho, Niang Isabelle
1500-1530African efforts and success stories in Capacity Building with a special emphasis on national and regional scientific infrastructures and expertise including High Performance Computing towards building African operational oceanographic Systems for Coastal Zone Management, Water Resources and Climate Change in Africa: Panel Discussions by Jeff Chen, CHPC/South Africa, Neville Sweijd, ACCESS/South Africa, Deputy Director, IMS, Zanzibar, Jimmy Adegoke, Univ. of Misouri Kansas-City (Chen, pdf, Sweijd, pdf)
1540-1540Session Brief & Charge to Breakout Session – Session Chair
1540-1700Breakout Session A (Day 1)
1700-1730Breakout Sessions Regroup for Rapporteurs Report, Synthesis & Summary
1430-1450Gestion des ressources en eau dans le contexte des changements climatiques en Afrique: enjeux et approches nouvelles, Abou AMANI
1450-1510Analyse Multidisciplinaire de la Mousson Africaine (AMMA) par Harouna KARAMBIRI et al
1510-1530Le changement climatique et les eaux souterraines en Afrique: défis et les actions nécessaires, par Alexandros et al
1530-1600Présentation PHI Allemand
1600-1630la gestion des Hydro-catastrophes (inondations) en Afrique, par ABOU AMANI
1630-1700outils de contrôle de la sécheresse pour l'Afrique, Siegfried DEMUTH
1700-1730Le changement climatique et la conception et gestion des infrastructures hydrauliques en Afrique, par Harouna KARAMBIRI et Abou AMANI
1730-1800Coffee Break
Session 2
LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS IN AFRICA: CONCEPT, IMPLEMENTATION, CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES & FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Session Chair: Brad Brown, former Director, NOAA South East Fisheries Center, USA
Session Rapporteur: Jacques Abe, GCLME
 
1800-1900Introduction by Brad Brown, former Director, NOAA SouthEast Fisheries Center, USA
The Guinea Current LME(GCLME) – Dr. Jacques Abe, GCLME Environmental Expert (pptx)
The Agulhas & Somali Currents LME (ASCLME): Dr. Magnus Ngoile, Policy and Governance Coordinator and Lucy Scott, ASLME, BCC, by Neville Sweijd (pdf)
1900-1930Discussion/Q&A
1800-1830discussion générale et recommandations
1930 End of Day 1 Sessions

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Session 3
TOWARDS AN END TO END EARTH OBSERVATION NETWORK IN AFRICA: PRESENT CAPACITY AND FUTURE NEEDS
Session Chair: Regina Folorunsho (PHD) Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
Session Rapporteur: Fidel Kilanda, Namibe Oceanographic Center, Angola
3rd Meeting of Sub-Saharan Africa IHP National Committees
Président:
Rapporteur:
0800-0815GOOS-AFRICA and Role of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment, UNESCO, GOOS AFRICA Remote Sensing Group Leader & Workshop co-Chair. Dr. Justin Ahanhanzo, UNESCO/OIC, Paris, France
0815-0830The GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice (CZCP): Vision & Implementation Strategy for Building Networks to Advance Coastal Science & Management – Dr. Jimmy Adegoke, GEO-CZCP Africa Initiative Lead & Workshop co-Chair (pdf)
0830-0845ASSIMILATION, MODELLING AND FORECASTING: TOWARDS OCEAN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN AFRICA Modelling in ACCESS – Dr. Neville Sweijd, CSIR, South Africa (pptx)
0845-0900OBSERVATIONS and MEASUREMENTS in AFRICAN COASTAL OCEANS: Effective Strategies for Building & Sustaining Networks Julius Francis, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
0900-0915Integrated data and information products and services for the Management of oceans and coasts in Africa, ODINAFRICA IV: 2009 – 2012 Dr. Mika Odido, UNESCO/IOC9 - Represented by Dr Roger Djiman (Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanographiques du Benin) (pdf)
0915-0930AN AFRICAN COASTAL Observing NETWORK for the IGOS Coastal Theme Chair GOOS-Africa - Prof. Geoff Brundrit, University of Cape Town, South Africa – Represented by GOOS-AFRICA Cordinator, Justin Ahanhanzo
0800-0930
  1. Opening ceremony
  2. Introduction of IHP focal points
  3. Establishment of the bureau
    • a.Chair and vice – chairs
    • b.Rapporteurs
  4. Adoption of the agenda
  5. Adoption of the report of 2nd meeting (Cape Town)
0930-1000Coffee Break
1000-1150Breakout Sessions B - Day 2
Discussions should focus on an observing and decision-support systems required to address regional applications and high-priority gaps identified in breakout sessions on Monday in all relevant areas, including:
  1. Observing systems
  2. Data management, modeling, and integration
  3. Prediction, scenarios, and decision-support
These issues should be addressed in three Regional Breakout Groups with separate group focusing on The Atlantic Coast /West Africa, the Indian Ocean/East Africa and the Benguela Current Region/Southern Africa, respectively.
1150-1215Breakout Sessions Regroup for Rapporteurs Report, Synthesis & Summary
1000-1215 6.Presentation of IHP VII with focused on Africa (activities implemented and planned IHP VII)
  • a. Report from IHP secretariat (global presentation on IHP VII)
  • b. Report on regional activities in Africa by regional office
  • c. Reports by cluster offices (Accra, Addis, Bamako, Dakar, Dar Es Salam, Harare, Nairobi, Windhoek and Yaoundé)
  • d. Discussion
1215-1330Lunch
1330-1430Joint Coastal Zone and Water Sub-Themes Poster Session
1330-14307. National reports by IHP focal points
JOINT COASTAL ZONE & WATER JOINT TECHNICAL Session COASTAL ZONE PARALLEL SESSION (PTS1) CLIMATE IMPACTS ON WATER AND COASTAL RESOURCES
Session Co-Chairs: Chair African IHP Committee & CZCP Co-Chair
Session Rapporteur: Dr Appollonia Okhimamhe Associate Professor of Geography (Remote Sensing Applications), DIRECTOR, Centre for Climate Change and Freshwater Resources (CCCFR)
 
1430-1445Potential Impacts of Harmattan/Saharan Dust Aerosol on Regional Precipitation in West Africa Vernon R. Morris, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) Howard University, Washington, USA
1445-1500Droughts in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Nigeria: Implications for Agriculture and Water Resources Development Dr. Ojonigu F. Ati, Department of Geography, Ahmadu Bello University
1500-1515Large Marine Ecosystems Assessment Methodology for the World's Coastal Zones During Climate Change K. Sherman NOAA, NMFS, Narragansett Laboratory, USA presented by Bradford E. Brown (pdf
1515-1530Natural & Anthropogenic Drivers of Environmental Degradation in Coastal and Lake Ecosystems: Case Studies of the Niger Delta & Lake Chad Basin Dr. Jimmy Adegoke, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
1545-1600GEO Water Cycle Community of Practice: Capacity Building & Water Resource Initiatives in Africa Dr. Douglas Cripe, GEO Secretariat (pdf)
1600-1630
1445-1500Discussion/Q&A
1430-1630 8. Overview of the questionnaire outcomes
9. general discussion
1630-1700Coffee Break
Session 4
The application to Human benefit areas vital to the coastal zone of Africa National & Regional Demonstration projects
Session Chair: Brad BOWN, Former Director NOAA SE Fisheries Center, Miami
Session Rapporteur: Michel Boko, Professor of Climatology University of Benin
 
1700-1715Adaptation to Climate Change and Coastal Change (ACCC) Global Ecological Fund (GEF) Project Dr. Niang Isabelle, Département de Géologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal (pptx)
1715-1730Ecosystem services, Resource management, food security: Land-based activities, biological resources, fisheries Dr. George Wiafe, University of Ghana, Accra Ghana (pdf)
1730-1745Satellite –based assessment of natural and human-induced environmental change in Lake Ecosystems Dr Appollonia Okhimamhe, Centre for Climate Change and Freshwater Resources (CCCFR) Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria (pdf)
1745-1800Coastal Impact and Environmental Change along the West African Coastline: Ulrike Sturm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany (pdf)
1800-1815Mangrove & Ecosystem Dynamics of the Niger Delta Dr Peter Nwilo, University of Lagos, Nigeria
1815-1830 The Lagos Megacity Coastal Project. Adeniran Akanni Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Nigeria
1830-1900Discussion/Q&A
1700-1830 10. Identification of priorities and programs to be strengthened and/or initiated
11. Role of IHP national committees and Discussions on making IHP national Committees Effective

Improving impacts of IHP at national, sub-regional and regional levels and kind of partnership with AMCOW, GWP, RECs water units,.;)

1930 End of Day 2 Sessions

Wednesday 17 February 2010

0900-1000COASTAL ZONE WRAP UP SESSION: The future needs for formal partnerships and linkages in the African coastal zone community of practice.
0800-1000 12. Priority areas for IHP VIII
13. IHP Council (July 2010)
1000-1030Coffee Break
1030-1200COASTAL ZONE WRAP UP SESSION: The future needs for formal partnerships and linkages in the African coastal zone community of practice.
1030-1200 14. Resolutions
15. Any other matters
16. report recommandations
1200-1300Lunch
1300-1800JOINT GOVERNANCE SESSION: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES & THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT In AFRICA
1300- 1430First Seminar of African Union and African Scientific Institute on the Contribution of the African Diaspora in Earth Sciences and Technologies for Africa´s Renaissance towards Sustainable Development
1430- 1800Political Forum: Co-chairs: Hon. Ezeuike Ubani, Chairman Committee on Climate Change, House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja, Nigeria & Madame Wendy Watson-Wright, Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission océanographique intergouvernementale de l´UNESCO et Représentant la Directrice générale de l´UNESCO.
1800Formal closing of the Workshop
1800-2100CONFERENCE DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Water/IHP National Committee Meeting

Field Trip "Coping with coastal erosion in Benin: Zone des Ambassadeurs"

Slave Route in Ouidah Joint Benin – UNESCO Initiative


Side collaborative meetings upon invitation only (18-22 February 2010)