Comprehensive assessment of environmental and resource variability in the Benguela and comparable systems and of latest developments and applications of modelling and data assimilation

Evaluation of those aspects of variability which are amenable to forecasting of value

Specification of minimum data, modelling and human capacity requirements for a viable early warning system, and its implementation

Technology transfer and capacity building

Establishment of closer links (and possible future partnerships) between the BCLME Programme and international and intergovernmental organisations

Definitive peer-reviewed book and CD-ROM on observing systems and forecasting in the BCLME, entitled "Benguela: Predicting a Large Marine Ecosystem".