The International Workshop on Forecasting and Data Assimilation in the Benguela and Comparable Systems will take place at the Breakwater Lodge in Cape Town from 8 to 11 November 2004.

The Workshop is being sponsored by the BCLME Programme, IAPSO, IUGG, IOC/GOOS, IRD(France), BENEFIT, the University of Cape Town, CSIR, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and ICSU’s Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR). The Workshop is a crucial step in the development of a viable observing and forecasting system for the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, for fast-tracking GOOS-Africa, and for implementing a key strategy of IAPSO.