[Board] Fw: [geoforall-ab] GeoForAll expanding collaborations with IGU colleagues

[Suchith Anand]

Dear All,

I have now got email from Yukio Himiyama (President, International Geographical Union) exploring ideas for expanding our collaborations for the future. I have emailed that i will get him in contact with OSGeo Board so we can plan a MoU (similar to ISPRS, ICA).

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
Sent: 13 March 2017 5:07 PM
To: Anand Suchith; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; geoforall-ab at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [geoforall-ab] GeoForAll expanding collaborations with IGU colleagues

Sounds very promising. congratulations Suchith for your tireless work!


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

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De: GeoForAll-ab <geoforall-ab-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Enviado: lunes, 13 de marzo de 2017 13:52
Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; geoforall-ab at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: [geoforall-ab] GeoForAll expanding collaborations with IGU colleagues

Dear colleagues,

I was invited to deliver a keynote for the  EuroGeo 2017 conference "Key Challenges in Geographical Education"[1] in Amsterdam last week and had the opportunity to meet and discuss ideas with some amazing colleagues from the International Geographical Union (IGU) in the sidelines.

IGU is an international , non-governmental, professional organization devoted to the development of the discipline of Geography. Their details are at http://igu-online.org


They are a very active community doing many important work and closely following GeoForAll developments. They missed the early move advantage that ICA, ISPRS and others did on Open Principles in Education but i believe they are a key community to collaborate for the future. So i have now reached out to IGU colleagues globally and we will start ideas for expanding our collaborating with them. I will keep you all updated.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] http://www.eurogeography.eu/conference-2017-presentations/







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