The visiting World Bank Mission for the DMADD project meets with officials Maldives Marine Research Institute officials of the Maldives Marine Research Institute. Mr. Jerome Bezzina, the Senior Digital Development Specia Mr Jerome Bezzina, the Senior Digital Development Specialist and Task Team leader and Ms Anna Metz, Digital Development Specialist, along with DMADD Project Manager Dr Ibrahim Waheed, Mr Ahmed Haleem (Communications Specialist) and Ms lis and Task Team leader and Ms. Anna Metz, Digital Development Specialist, along with DMADD Project Manager Dr. Ibrahim Waheed, Mr. Ahmed Haleem (Communications Specialist) and Ms. Fathimath Shafa (Project Officer) participated in the meeting.

MMRI was represented by Ms. Shafiya Naeem (Director General), Ms. Khadheeja Ali (Senior Research Officer). The subject of discussion was mainly focused on building the Climate Data Platform and how the MMRI can contribute to the platform. the MMRI team was briefed about the Passive Acoustic Monitoring pilot the DMADD project was conceptualising.

At the outset of the meeting, MMRI agreed to follow up on the request by the World Bank to explore a partnership to train an AI model using oceanic data from the Maldives focused on protecting the reef systems.