UNEP.Net Relevant Geoinformation Developments at ECA

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UNEP.Net Relevant Geoinformation Developments
at ECA

• Kick-Off Workshop of UNEP.Net Africa Portal
• 9-10 November 2001

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Our Vision
The vision is for all staff of ECA engaged in
socio-economic analyses and decision making to
have easy and transparent access to relevant
geoinformation resources in a timely and useable
manner
with simple spatial tools, right from their
desktops
including data and tools sourced from
collaborating organizations
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Objectives

• Facilitating use by ECA staff of appropriate
  geoinformation tools and incorporation of
  relevant spatial data into ECAs socio-economic
  analyses and decision-making
• Empower ECA staff to do as much as possible on
  their own
• Facilitating ECAs access to relevant outside
  geoinformation analytical tools and data sets
• Sharing ECAs analytical tools and techniques
  with partners and collaborators
• Disseminating ECAs spatial information and
  knowledge to member states and the world at large
  in appropriate formats and in a timely manner

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Data Typology A User-centric viewof a virtual
database
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A new geoinformation architecture
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Activities
ezigbalike.uneca_at_un.org