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The National Data Centre (NDC) in Ghana is part of the global network under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The Data Centre has technical expertise in the monitoring and verification technologies of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and provides technical advice and support on issues pertaining to the verification of the Treaty. The main work of the data centre is collation of seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasound and radionuclide data for monitoring nuclear explosions. The Centre has access to certified data as well as transfer of technology and global communications systems from the CTBTO. Over the years, the Centre has benefited from training programs, workshops and conferences organized by the CTBTO around the globe. To impart the knowledge gained, the centre also periodically organizes local training programs to build and strengthen its human resource capacity. Our stakeholders have benefited immensely from our local training programs. Research students in the oceanography department in tertiary institutions are taught the benefits of the hydroacoustic technology. The Centre also provides information on earthquake safety measures to our stakeholders for earthquake disaster risk reduction using the data received from the International Data Centre.
