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GENERAL STRUCTURE

The Yellow Pages databases of IOCARIBE comprise the following:

COUNTRY PROFILES (Includes National Projects)
REGIONAL PROJECTS
  

COUNTRY PROFILES  ­    ¯

Contain information regarding the marine research and education capacity of countries in the region, including their national marine policies and plans, and their domestic institutional structure for internal communication, coordination and promotion of marine and coastal sciences.

The Country Profile collects the information required to make decisions on the development of marine and coastal sciences and related services.

The country profiles focus on the following questions:

• What capacity does the country possess to conduct research at national level and for its own needs?"
• What are the real needs and questions to be answered for each country's marine affairs?
• What assistance does the country need to carry out its necessary research?
• What role does marine science play within the national priorities of each country?
• Which is the best way for each country to fulfill its requirements for marine science capacity?

The Country Profiles includes the national projects of size and subject relevant to regional problems and interests.

For further information on Country Profiles or the profile of a specific country in the IOCARIBE region, please go to "The Region", the 1st level menu.

Projects are the "productions units" for the creation of knowledge. This is the vehicle for the development of national capacities.  This occurs through the active participation  of  Member States, institutions and experts, concerted under the auspices of IOCARIBE.

The regional projects are the basic operational elements that enable IOCARIBE to achieve its twin goals of:

• regional contribution to global programmes of IOC; and,
• fulfilling the interests and needs of the countries in the region.

Each regional project implies the creation of a Cooperative Implementation Network (CIN). Each project is a singular operational unit and has its own budget, administered by the Regional Secretariat under the guidance of the Steering Group of Experts (SGE) and the Regional Project Coordinator (RPC) as leader and manager of the project.

Following the postulate of decentralization and separate management, these projects are all in different stage of maturity and at different degrees of implementation and financing.

For a listing of Regional Projects or further information on any IOCARIBE Regional Project, please go to "Projects" in the 1st level menu.