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Hi everyone,<br>
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First of all I would like to congratulate all Founding Members on
this very interesting initiative :-)<br>
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Just a few words about me... My educational background is physical
geography, with specialisation in hydrology and water management. In
additional I took part in the UNIGIS Postgraduate Studies. In 2008 I
started to work in UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre. Since then I moved a
little bit from typical science to education (environmental and
science education as well as geoeducation). I'm responsible for
coordinating educational activities of our Centre - those focused on
geoinformation (we are one of the ICA-OsGeo Labs) but also
environmental and science education (for example an international
GLOBE Program <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.globe.gov">www.globe.gov</a>). I'm a GI trainer and curriculum
developer. In 2014 I was elected as a vice-president of the EUROGEO
(European Association of Geographers) - international NGO widely
promoting use of geoinformation, in particular open data and open
source software, not only among geographers but also people involved
in related disciplines. <br>
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Best,<br>
Ela
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Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska<br>
Head of Education Unit<br>
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UNEP/GRID-Warsaw
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