Within the 7th Framework Programme, the Joint Research Centre is building the observation, monitoring, modelling and analytical capacity of an ‘ACP (African, Caribbean, Pacific) Observatory for Sustainable Development’. The system will provide ready-to-use information on environment, food security and crisis issues on which to base appropriate policy responses. The implementation of such Observatory will involve both European based activities as well as direct capacity building in ACP countries. Accordingly, through its Action “Monitoring Natural resources for Development Co-operation” (MONDE), the Global Environment Monitoring Unit (GEM) of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) is offering a training course on "Methods and Applications of Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in African Coastal and Regional Seas".
The course will be organised jointly by the JRC-GEM Unit and the Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI)

Please visit: http://amis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/oc2007africa.php
There you will find the web announcement and the application form to register.