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Events Supported by GISD in 2003

January:

• January 28
  Workshop and post-WSSD Planning meeting at the National Academy of Sciences. Note: Report on the workshop available from Lisa Vandermark (NAS/NRC)

February

• Symposium - AAAS Annual Meetings, Denver, Colorado - February 13-18:
  Down to Earth: A Different Earthly Perspective: Geographic Information for Sustainable Development (session February 14 - 8:30-11:30 am)

  Presentations available online at USAID Geo-IT Portal For further information contact: Robert E. Ford = rford@usaid.gov

  * Geo-information as a Development Tool: A Future whose Time has Come. Robert Ford (for Emmy Simmons), Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC

  * Spatial Information for Improved Coastal Management in Tanzania, Jeremiah Daffa, National Environment Management Council

  * Improving Land Use in the Upper Niger Basin, Patrice Sanou, Centre SIG et Télédétection Adjaratou, Burkina Faso

  * Wildlife Counts in North West Namibia, Jo Tagg, Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Directorate of Environmental Affairs

  * A Livestock Early Warning System for Food Security, Laban Macopiyo, Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program (GL-CRSP) and Texas A & M University

  * Supporting the Building of Spatial Data Infrastructure in Africa, Elizabeth Gavin, Environmental Information Systems - Africa (EIS-Africa), South Africa

March:

April:

• April 28 - May 7
   
  

  April 29 - Showcase reception on US government WSSD partnerships with Under-Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, UN Ambassador Negroponte and over 250 distinguished guests at the CSD-11 (Commission on Sustainable Development) New York City

  GISD was one of five featured "WSSD Partnerships" --see more at US State Department Partnerships and Initiatives and CSD-11 websites.

  State/OES link = http://www.state.gov/g/oes/sus/pr/

  GISD partnerhsip information sheet = http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/fs/2002/15618.htm

  CSD-11 Page at UN Division for Sustainable Development = http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd11/CSD11.htm

May:

• May 7
  

  Jointly-managed event by USAID/NOAA on behalf of CEOS, GISD, ISCGM Partnership Fair Event as part of State Department/OES delegation efforts at CSD-11, New York City, New York USA

  This was a three-hour open forum featuring presentations and planning for all participants at CSD-11. Major presentations were provided by the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM), Geographical Information for Sustainable Development (GISD) and Committee for Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). The goal was to discuss future opportunities for collaboration in Africa for capacity building in the space science and geospatial arena.

  Other partners provided material or sent observers at both the April 29 and May 7 events including: the OpenGIS Consortium (OGC), UN Cartographic Committee and UN Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG), several country delegations, World Resources Institute (WRI), Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI, Inc.) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Interior (DOI) and USGS-EROS Data Center, NASA, the Association of American Geographers (AAG), the My Community, Our Earth alliance (MyCOE) and others.

  For further information contact Robert E. Ford, USAID E-mail: rford@usaid.gov or Michael Hales, NOAA E-mail: Michael.Hales@noaa.gov

  CSD-11 website for more information = http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd11/CSD11.htm

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