General
The JB GIS can appoint ad hoc committees for certain projects
and important topics. Normally these committees shall have clear goals and are
normally appointed for a limited time period.
Each interested member of the JB GIS is allowed to appoint a
member to the ad hoc committee of its interest.
JB GIS ad hoc Committee on Capacity Building in Africa
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The Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS) comprising
ISPRS, FIG, ICA, IAG, IHO, ISCGM and IMTA, has set up a committee to advise
the Board on capacity building activities in Africa.
The mission of the committee is: "To co-ordinate the capacity building
activities in Africa of the members of the Joint Board and to advise the Joint
Board on policy issues relating to education in Africa."
As part of our activities we have compiled a
list of capacity building organisations in
Africa. I will be very pleased to receive any comments on, or corrections
to, this list. We are also planning to compile a list of universities
concerned with Geospatial Information in Africa, and a list of activities.
Although for the latter I hope that we can build on the newsletters from GSDI,
EIS Africa and UN OOSA.
The Joint Board met in Vienna on 11th July and decided to push forward our
initiatives on capacity building in Africa and to look for collaboration with
organisations such as ITC and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. We will
be organizing a session on Capacity Building at the Map World Forum [GE1]in
Hyderabad in January 2007.
Ian Dowman (ISPRS), Chair
idowman@ge.ucl.ac.uk
Members
Mission
To co-ordinate the capacity building activities in Africa of the members of
the Joint Board and to advise the Joint Board on policy issues relating to
education in Africa.
Terms of Reference
- Collect and maintain information of meetings on capacity building in the
geospatial area in Africa held by any organisation.
- Review the information and advise members of the Joint Board of
opportunities for collaboration and for organisation of events and of
potential duplication of effort.
- Establish and maintain an email network of interested individuals and
organisations who can contribute to information on activities and any
problems.
- Advise the Joint Board on any problems or potential problems which could
be reduced by members of the Board.
Action Plan
- Agree terms of reference and action plan. April 2005
- Set up network. May 2005
- Collect information on activities July 2005
Publications and information
Ian Dowman
9 February 2006 - revised 8 August 2006
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