This blog aims to highlight a kaleidoscope of ongoing multi-facetted research activities at or near the Cape Verde Archipelago off West Africa More info
Preparations for the scientific operation of GEOMAR research station started After two and a half years of construction, the new GEOMAR research station in Mindelo, Cape Verde, has been completed. Now the preparations for the scientific operation of the Ocean Science Center Mindelo have begun. The project is a cooperation of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre […]
(English version below) 2017 ist ein ganz besonderes Jahr für die Deutsch-Kapverdische Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem GEOMAR und dem Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas (INDP). In Mindelo soll dieses Jahr das Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM) eröffnet werden. Die Kapverdischen Inseln sind schon lange ein wichtiger Standort für die Forschung und durch die enge Kooperation […]
Shell for new Marine Scientific Basis in Cabo Verde has been completed After 20 months of construction, the cooperation partners GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas in Mindelo (INDP), together with the Cabo Verdean planning office SPL/DARQ and the construction company SGL have reason for a […]
After nearly two years of planning and coordination work, the construction of the “Ocean Science Centre Mindelo” (OSCM), a scientific platform for marine and atmospheric research off West Africa, can finally start. The building was planned in partnership between the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Cape Verdean Institute for Fisheries Development […]
After a long phase of finalizing the detailed planning, the call for tenders for construction of the OSCM started on 7 February 2014. A month later, on 7 March, 13 companies interested in this project were invited to visit the future premises of the Centre in direct neighborhood to the INDP. The deadline for submitting proposals […]