[OSGeo-Edu] FW: [SDI-Africa] Open GIS training opportunity in Nairobi, October-November

[Gavin Fleming]

Gavin

 

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From: sdi-africa-bounces at lists.gsdi.org
[mailto:sdi-africa-bounces at lists.gsdi.org] On Behalf Of Kate Lance
Sent: 21 September 2007 09:43 AM
To: Mick Wilson; sdi-ea at als.unep.org; tzgisug at habari.co.tz;
sdi-africa at lists.gsdi.org; skunkworks at my.co.ke
Subject: Re: [SDI-Africa] Open GIS training opportunity in
Nairobi,October-November

 

a few more details onto what Mick already highlighted....

 

Potential & Existing GIS users Training
Organized by: Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure (KNSDI) at
African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD).
Potential GIS Users: 
15TH October - 19TH October 2007 & 22ND October - 26TH October 2007
At a subsidised fee of K.Shs 2,000. 
The course has been designed to promote the application of GIS in
various organizations. It was developed after GIS user training needs
survey and assessment was done. From the survey it emerged that there
are many potential users who are trained in GIS but who have never had
opportunities to apply the expertise. The high cost of acquiring the GIS
software and the annual licenses was cited as an impediment; hence the
decision to train the participant on open source free GIS software. The
participants will be trained on Quantum open source GIS software.
The course will be delivered in practical atmosphere by qualified GIS
experts. 
 Existing GIS Users Course: 
29TH October - 2ND November 2007 & 5TH November - 9TH November 2007
At a subsidised fee of K.Shs 4,000.
The course has been designed for promoting optimal utilization of GIS
software. It was also developed to address the user needs as captured
during the assessment survey. It was noted that most users utilize less
than 10% of the functionalities available in the software. This course
is intended to expose the users to various functionalities in GIS open
source software, Arc GIS and Map-Info softwares. 
Qualifying participants will be Public & private organisations,
professional bodies, research organizations and interested individuals
from Kenya. Participants will have to meet their traveling and
accommodation costs. Lunch, 2 teas and transport from Nairobi city
centre will be provided. Applications should reach KNSDI Secretariat
P.O. Box 30046 - 00100, NAIROBI. E-mail:  knsdi_secretariat at yahoo.com,
before 30th September 2007, for application form visit: www.knsdi.go.ke


 

----- Original Message ----
From: Mick Wilson <Mick.Wilson at unep.org>
To: sdi-ea at als.unep.org; tzgisug at habari.co.tz;
sdi-africa at lists.gsdi.org; skunkworks at my.co.ke
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:34:10 AM
Subject: [SDI-Africa] Open GIS training opportunity in Nairobi,
October-November

Today's "Daily Nation" carries on page 19 an advertisement from Survey
of Kenya and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as
sponsors of upcoming training opportunities in open-source GIS. As I
understand it from announcements made at the KNSDI Standards Workshop in
June, this will involve qGIS, postgreSQL/postGIS and related goodies.
Two courses will be run at each of potential (19 and 26 Oct, at KSh
2000) and current GIS users (2 and 9 November at Ksh4000). Venue will be
AICAD out next to JKUAT.

Applications to the KNSDI secretariat by 30 Sep e-mail
knsdi_secretariat at yahoo.com

Mick Wilson
Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)
United Nations Environment Programme
PO Box 30552 - Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 7623436
Fax: +254 20 7624315
Email: mick.wilson at unep.org 
Web www.unep.net, www.unep.org

 

 

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