OceanSAfrica Summary Sept2012

OceanSAfrica is a multi-­‐institutional initiative that will develop operational oceanography capabilities in South Africa and Africa. Conceived at the first African Operational Oceanography Meeting held in Cape Town in July 2009 under the auspices of the African Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS), the first phase of the initiative has made significant national advances. It will now enter a second phase designed to build and showcase substantial national, regional and African capabilities as explicit components of international marine operational programmes.