Thanks for the update Eugene. Looking forward to what will happen next.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > This is quite delayed, but I would like to provide a short report of what > happened during the DSWD forum. I was able to attend the afternoon session > (the morning session was reserved for government agencies). > > Basically, the idea of the forum is to provide a venue for government > agencies and international humanitarian/aid organizations to talk about the > problem of sharing (mostly geospatial) data sets related to disaster risk > reduction, mitigation, response, and management. There has been a lot of > activity surroung relied efforts for Typhoon Haiyan but these are usually > uncoordinated leading to duplication of effort and missed opportunities. > > There were attendees from various government agencies: DBM, DSWD, DOH, > DPWH, DOTC, PNP, CAAP, OCD, PAGASA, and NFA. There was a representative > from DILG who attended the morning session; unfortunately the > representative couldn't attend in the afternoon. Sadly, there was no > representative from NAMRIA. > > Aside from the local OpenStreetMap community (represented by me and > Julius), we also had attendees from the the international humanitarian/aid > organizations: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian > Affairs (UN OCHA), World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan > International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the International Organization > for Migration (IOM). > > During the morning session, the following points were drawn up in order to > address the main issue: > > 1. Data accessibility needs to be addressed, possibly through another > workshop. This includes the use of open machine-readable formats (not just > PDFs, or worse, scanned documents) and open licenses. > > 2. Availability and completeness of data, especially the fundamental data > sets, needs to be tackled. One possible solution is to turn to > crowd-sourcing to help complete missing data. Furthermore, it was pointed > out that many data sets are maintained by the LGUs (example, administrative > boundaries) so the cooperation of DILG is vital. > > 3. There is the issue of a lack of geospatial data specifications and > standards. NAMRIA is the lead agency in charge of this item, and an > inter-governmental workshop may be needed. > > 4. A policy for data sharing needs to be formulated. The NDRRMC is the > body assigned for this item. > > 5. There is a need to promote and standardize the use of PSGC for > referring to LGUs in all of the data sets. > > The afternoon session was basically a discussion of other points related > to the ones listed above. > > I am not aware of any next steps yet, but I do hope this would lead to > good things, and especially, a lot of open data sets. > > ~Eugene > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:08 AM, maning sambale < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> Dear Everyone, >> >> With permission from the organizers, OSM-PH community is invited to this >> event. >> They alloted 2-3 slots for OSM-PH. >> >> Program details and other documents here: >> >> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-2WZQ1DwK_xWHFHd1p6dGJQMG8&usp=sharing >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Steeve Ebener <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:28 AM >> Subject: Invitation to an inter-agency meeting to discuss availability, >> quality and accessibility of common and fundamental operational datasets in >> the Philippines (June 16th, 2014) >> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> While waiting for the official invitation to reach you from DSWD, and >> apologizing in advance for such a short notice, I already wanted to share >> with you attached the agenda and paper for next week's meeting to discuss >> the availability, quality and accessibility of common and fundamental >> operational datasets to support disaster risk reduction and emergency >> management in the Philippines. >> >> >> >> This meeting, jointly organized by DSWD and the Strengthening Information >> Infrastructure for Emergency Management (SIIEM) project, will take place at >> the UP Asian Center. >> >> >> >> As per the attached agenda, the morning session will allow for >> Governmental institutions to comment on the attached paper and share their >> own data related experience and challenges faced during the response to >> typhoon Yolanda with the objectives to identify activities and resources >> that would be needed in order to unlock the main barriers to availability, >> quality and accessibility of these datasets. >> >> >> >> In the afternoon, the international community (donors, United Nations, >> Open Data Community,...) are invited to join the Governmental institutions >> to discuss how the activities and needs for resources identified during the >> morning could be covered. >> >> >> >> The morning session being limited to Governmental institutions, we would >> appreciate your confirmation of participation to the afternoon session by >> tomorrow COB. Please contact Mr. Lawrence Anthony S. Dimailig ( >> [email protected]) or Ms. Vanity Joy B. Estremera ( >> [email protected]) at 931-8085 in this regards or for any other >> enquiries you might have. >> >> >> >> Looking forward to your Agency’s full support and active participation >> during this event. >> >> >> >> Sincerely Yours, >> >> >> >> Steeve Ebener >> >> >> >> *Steeve Ebener, Ph.D.* >> CEO Gaia GeoSystems >> >> P.O. Box 795 – P.C. 114, Muscat - Oman >> cell: +968 952 57 526 >> email: [email protected] >> >> web: www.gaia-geosystems.org >> >> Twitter: @GaiaGeosystems >> >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener >> >> >> >> [image: logo_emails_72]*One Planet, One System* >> >> >> >> *P* *Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Thank you* >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> cheers, >> maning >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------
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