GRID Nairobi has been acting as an active advisor formulating a project strategy. GRID Nairobi has responsibility for the co-ordination, edition and publication of the chapters dealing with data management. GRID Nairobi has, in addition, written a section on these chapters. Publication is estimated to be to the end of 1995. As a joint effort between GRID Geneva and GRID Nairobi, negotiations to establish a GRID compatible center in the Mediterranean area were successfully completed.
Current agreement is under signature.
The Plan Bleu, a regional component of the Mediterranean Action Plan, is the new member of the GRID co-operating centers. Le Plan Bleu has broad experience in establishing national environmental data acquisition and dissemination centers in the Mediterranean. Requests for further information may be forwarded to the Facility Manager, GRID-Nairobi . Go to the UNEP Home Page .