[OSGeo Africa] Earth Observation and Spatial Analysis Refresher Course, UGANDA 03-14 August

[Byron A. O. Anangwe]

Earth Observation and Spatial Analysis for Enhanced Climate and Disaster
Risk Management for Societal Benefit in Africa, UGANDA 03-14 August

 

Application Deadline - 03 Jun 2014

 

Website for Application - http://www.itc.nl/C15-WRS-RC-01 

 

The thrust of the course is to improve the management of climate and
disaster risk by harnessing contemporary earth observation technology to
contribute to resilient and sustainable systems and societies. Upon
completion of the course the participants:

-Have insight in recent earth observation developments crucial and tailored
to climatic and disaster risk management;

-Are capacitated and have refreshed their skills to manage earth observation
systems, extract and process imagery data using free and open source Geo(IT)
tools to derive climate and disaster products valuable for their
organizations and nations;

-Built a network of users and champions of earth observation systems for
climate and disaster risks.

 

This course targets alumni from Dutch institutions especially from
University of Twente, Faculty ITC in the fields of Geo-information Science
and Earth Observation. The refresher course is related to the following
programmes: Climate Studies, Disaster and Risk Management, Earth Observation
Science (EOS), Earth Systems Analysis (ESA), Geo-Information Processing
(GIP), Natural Resources Management (NRM) and Water Resources Management
(WREM). Non alumnus applicants working in organizations which do have alumni
from Dutch institutions especially ITC will also be considered.

 

Applicants should preferably be NFP alumni, having completed a relevant
NFP-funded training or education course at least two years prior to the
planned starting date of the refresher course and should not have attended a
refresher course in the last 2 years. General requirements are proficiency
in the English language as well as basic skills in GIS and remote sensing.

Preference in the selection of participants will be given but not limited to
candidates who are:

-Alumni of NFP courses Climate Studies, Disaster and Risk Management, Earth
Observation Science (EOS), Earth Systems Analysis (ESA), Geo-Information
Processing (GIP), Natural Resources Management (NRM) and Water Resources
Management (WREM) (intake before 2013)

-From one of the following countries: Sub-Sahara Eastern African countries
like Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia.

 

Qualifying female candidates and those coming from organizations in which
the value of the proposed training is higher and likely to have a greater
impact and uptake of the skills and information obtained from the training.

 

Byron A. Okubasu Anangwe, Product Development Executive -  RCMRD

Tel: +254-20-2680722/2680748 Cell:+254-722-357528, +254-735-981098 Fax: +254
20 2780747 
E-Mail:  <mailto:banangwe at rcmrd.org> banangwe at rcmrd.org ;
<mailto:baokubasu at yahoo.co.uk> byron.anangwe at gmail.com Website:
<http://www.rcmrd.org/> http://www.rcmrd.org

 

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