This is also nice thing to put up as a news item on the osgeo blog. -- Jody Garnett
On 17 November 2016 at 03:03, Suchith Anand <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Maria, Maxi for this excellent initiative and updates. > > Nikos - Please have this report added to our next month newsletter with > few photos etc of the event (Maria, Maxi - please send this to Nikos when > you get time). > > Happy PostGIS Day :-) > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > ________________________________________ > From: GeoForAll <[email protected]> on behalf of Maria > Antonia Brovelli <[email protected]> > Sent: 17 November 2016 7:14 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [Geo4All] Updates on UN Open GIS Initiative > > Dear All > > I'm just back from the 2nd Workshop of UN Open GIS Initiative, which was > organized within a more general Symposium about Technology in Peacekeeping. > This choice was excellent because gave the possibility of presenting OSGeo > and GeoForAll to a broader audience. > > UN Open GIS proceeds speedily and some pieces of solution were presented > both by the Korean and Boundless teams. > > Moreover Sanghee Shin, one of our Directors, has been nominated Chair of > the Technical Advisory Group. > > In few words, the Workshop was intense, tiring but very positive. > > We concluded with a webinar which will be available within the GeoForAll > Series (thanks to Rafael Moreno and David Alvarez from ASPRS). > > Below a more detailed report. > > Regards, > > Maria > > > > Updates on UN Open GIS Initiative > From 7 to 11 November 2016 the Third International Partnership for > Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium, hosted by the United Nations > Department of Field Support (DFS) in cooperation with the Seoul > Metropolitan Government, was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea at the > Seoul City Hall. > The Symposium brought together a wide range of actors to explore > collaborative partnerships and projects to enhance information and > communications technology (ICT) efforts in the following targeted areas: > * Geospatial Information and Situational Awareness > * Protection Technologies: Sensors, Surveillance and Reconnaissance > * Innovation in Information and Communications Technologies > > OSGeo was invited to the Symposium as one of the partners of the project > UN Open GIS. Maria Brovelli attended the meeting on behalf both of the > OSGeo UN Committee and GeoForAll (Educational outreach of OSGeo). > > UN Open GIS Initiative is a project aiming at identifying and developing > open source geospatial software and services that meets the requirements > of UN operations, taking full advantage of the expertise of mission > partners including partner nations, technology developed by contributing > countries, international organizations, academia, NGO’s, private sector. > > The members of the UN Open GIS Initiative are composed of: > > * Contributors: any organization who agrees with the objectives of > the UN Open GIS and actively contributes to the UN Open GIS Initiative > in terms of financial, materials, solutions, technologies, or human > resources. The Contributor membership shall be decided by the Strategic > Board. > * Observers: any individual person or organization who agree with > the objectives of the UN Open GIS and participate in the UN Open GIS > Initiative activity. The Observer membership shall be granted by the > Strategic Board. > > The governance structure of the UN Open GIS Initiative comprises of: > > * Strategic Board, consisting of representatives from each > contributor where each contributor nominates one representative to the > Strategic Board. OSGeo and GeoForAll are part of the Strategic Board. > Maria Brovelli represents there GeoForAll, OSGeo Educational Outreach > and Massimiliano Cannata the OSGeo UN Committee. > * The Strategic Board is responsible for deciding goals, strategic > planning, creation of new Working Groups, called “Spirals”, election of > co-chairs, appointment of technical advisory group members, requirement > advisory group members, and assessment team members. > * Three Co-Chairs (one appointed by UN and two elected among the > Strategic Board members: ) and Secretariats > * Technical Advisory Group (TAG) > * Requirement Advisory Group (RAG) > * Assessment Team (AT) > > - The Spirals, i.e. the Working Groups, which at the moment are the > following: > > * Spiral 1 – UN Open Geo-Portal (started March 11, 2016) led by > Anthony Calamito (Boundless) > * Spiral 2 – Capacity Building (started May, 2016) led by Maria > Brovelli (OSGeo and GeoForAll) > * Spiral 3 – Geo-Analysis (started March 11, 2016) led by Hae Kyong > Kang (Republic of Korea) > * Spiral 4 – Data Acquisition (started March 11, 2016) led by > Ki-Joune Li (Republic of Korea) > > OSGeo and GeoForAll have been contributing to several aspects of the > projects. The main contribution for sure has been that related to > Capacity Building. > Up to now people of OSGeo and GeoForAll have helped in selecting and > revising already existing training courses about the basic geospatial > tools of interest for the UN Staff supporting the peacekeeping mission, > who are the staff we are in contact with. A survey provided to the UN > staff showed that they are primarily interested in QGIS, PostGIS, > GeoNode, Geoserver and Openlayers. > We are therefore organising self-paced training courses, assisted by > tutors of OSGeo, GeoForAll and other entities, like GeoAcademy and > Boundless, and offered using the e-learning platform of Politecnico di > Milano. > We have been planned 4 editions of QGIS GeoAcademy (we are currently at > the second edition) and 2 editions of PostGIS Boundless (starting from > January, 9 2017). > Totally around 80 staff of UN will be trained in using QGIS and around > 30 in PostGIS. Next year we will go ahead with the other software. > Spreading the usage of Open Source software also within organisation as > UN is one important point for OSGeo and that is the reason why the Board > has chosen to put a so great effort on this initiative. > Apart from the Capacity Building OSGeo will willingly work for > incubating the software that will be available under the umbrella of UN > Open GIS. This will ensure its quality and will give sustainability to > the project itself. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli > Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor > Politecnico di Milano > > ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"; OSGeo; > ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET > Sol Katz Award 2015 > > Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY) > Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321 > e-mail1: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > e-mail2: [email protected] > > > > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. 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