Mandate

GOOS AFRICA aims to provide Ocean & Coastal Services to Africa. For this purpose GOOS-AFRICA works towards:

• Effective management of coastal environments
• Controlling pollution and safeguarding human health
• Supporting expansion of economic activities in the coastal and offshore areas
• Protection of the growing coastal populations, especially in the Great Harbour Cities of Africa
• Effective management of living marine resources
• Mitigation of natural disasters and extreme events and the impacts of climate change.
• Promoting operational oceanography with a multi-modular mechanism including stand alone and interconnected work packages.
• In-situ observing stations in the coastal areas
• Satellite remote sensing of marine and coastal environments
• Ocean data assimilation, modelling & forecasting
• End-to-end communications & information delivery systems
• Strategic Business and Industry Partnerships
• Project management integration and coordination