[SDI-Africa] SDI-Africa Digest, Vol 22, Issue 12
Godwin Yeboah
kojob2 at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 25 10:50:52 EDT 2006
Dear members,
I am quite new in terms of submissions to this august
group but long time reader of submissions here.
The contributions coming in has prompted me to
participate.
I think we have to see the universities as one of the
stakeholders. Ofcourse there are other interested
entities like the private partners(private firms),
survey departments, NGOs, etc.
In Ghana for instance, such a group is under Ghana
Institution of Surveyors(GhIS).
Is there an African Instution of Surveyors? If there
is, then all national institutions could come under
such a body.
Regards,
Godwin.
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> 1. Re: RE : SDI-Africa Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7
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> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kate Lance <klance_remote at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [SDI-Africa] RE : SDI-Africa Digest,
> Vol 22, Issue 7
> To: Sewelo Sewelo <sewelosewelo at yahoo.com>
> Cc: sdi-africa at lists.gsdi.org
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> Sewelo... in answer to your question whether
> Universities and/or Colleges should be the leaders
> in this.... (a little long-winded, but bear with
> me....)
> If DFID's new Development Partnerships in Higher
> Education (DELPHE,
>
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/pressreleases/pr-15m-higher-education.asp)
> initiative is any indication.... then yes....
> universities have a central role to play in
> stimulating research, faciltating dialogue,
> promoting science and technology..... "Universities
> across Africa and Asia are the engine rooms of the
> fight against global poverty."
> Also, Calestous Juma argues that addressing
> Africa's development challenges requires the
> creation of a new generation of universities that
> focuses on solving community problems,
>
http://www.scidev.net/opinions/index.cfm?fuseaction=printarticle&itemid=397&language=1
>
> ISNAR did some interesting work some years back on
> the role of universities...
> "In an increasingly competitive world,
> universities cannot afford to be seen as purely
> academic institutions only; they are also expected
> to organize their considerable human and material
> resources in order to contribute materially to
> national research and development objectives."
>
>
http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/publications/briefing/bp59.htm
>
> This isn't to say that universities should be the
> leaders of GIS associations.... there are any number
> of leadership/coordination/communication options....
> but universities/colleges could do a lot more
> towards building more cohesion amongst their local
> geospatial community members. For instance, fairly
> recently, Makerere University initiated an effort to
> form a GIS association in Uganda, 7 June 2006 (see
> SDI-Africa, Vol. 5, No. 7).
>
>
http://www.gsdi.org/SDIA/docs2006/jul06links/nat_sdi_uganda.html.
> In
> And the Polytechnic of Namibia hosted the 1st
> Namibian GIS User Conference, 14 October 2005 (see
> SDI-Africa, Vol. 4, No. 11). The organizers
> anticipated that the conference would rekindle the
> Namibian GIS User group, but I can't comment on
> whether they were successful.
>
> I'd like to think there are more examples out
> there... but just came to mind (since I included
> something about these in the SDI-Africa
> newsletters).
>
>
> Sewelo Sewelo <sewelosewelo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I agree that things seem one sided here and it
> is unfortunate because there are so many people on
> this list. The idea of forming associations is
> great. Should the Universities and/or Colleges be
> the leaders in this?
>
> Sewelo
>
> Kate Lance <klance_remote at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Heinz, thanks for the words of
> encouragement... it's nice to hear that the
> information is valued / appreciated.
>
> This list does tend to seem like a one-sided
> affair... with me sending message.... with hardly
> any inputs from others.
>
> More than just serving as a medium for job
> information... I really like to see this list as a
> forum for some dialogue about SDI issues in Africa.
>
> Robert, what is your reaction to the idea of a GIS
> association in your country.... is there one.... and
> what role does it play... and if there isn't one,
> what do you think of the possibility of forming
> one... and sustaining it?
>
> Regards,
> Kate
>
>
> Heinz Ruther <heinz.ruther at ebe.uct.ac.za> wrote:
> Dear Kate For what it is worth, I just want you
> to know that I believe that. you are doing a really
> great job regarding information about employment
> opportunities and that your initiative is extremely
> valuable , please keep tit up. Thank you for the
> effort best wishes heinz ruther
> Professor for Geomatics Kate Lance wrote:
> Robert,I just pass on what I come across online, on
> the web. And these tend to be jobs for 'experts'.
> I am sure there are more junior positions out there,
> but the question is how to find out about them.
> Ideally, your country would have an association of
> GIS users, and this association would help circulate
> information about potential opportunties. Or the
> local university or center providing GIS training in
> your area, too, would provide announcements of
> opportunties. There needs to be some local focal
> point that servers as an outlet for circulating job
> information. If this does not exist in your
> country, then I hope you and colleagues can help
> create such a facility. It may take time, but you
> then you help pave the way for a better career
> environment for yourself and others. Of course,
> whenever I do hear about opportunties, I pass them
> on. I also include news of training opportunities,
> especially those that provide
> a scholarship or support of some kind to
> applicants. Most are included in the SDI-Africa
> newsletters, http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp.
> Or if the deadline comes before the next monthly
> newsletters is to be published, I sent the details
> to the SDI-Africa list. If you are not reading the
> SDI-Africa newsletters, I encourage you to do so.
> But I am only one person..... and I don't see many
> others 'out there' trying to help pass on
> information about opportunities. Perhaps if more
> people made an effort, you would have a better
> chance of finding an opportunity that suited your
> needs/expertise. Best of luck. Kate robert wanie
> <wanieroberto at yahoo.fr> wrote: i only want to
> why all these jobs anonced are only concerned
> experts? isn't there opotunity to get access to any
> formation project; because i whould like to be one
> environmental expert.
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> From: "John Walkey" <jawalkey at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SDI-Africa] RE : SDI-Africa Digest,
> Vol 22, Issue 7
> To: lancekt at aya.yale.edu, sdi-africa at lists.gsdi.org
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> Kate, et al,
>
> In regards to the question of Universities taking a
> lead in the promotion of
> SDI and general Geospatial tech use/knowledge in
> Africa, I was wondering if
> you (or anyone else on the list) knew of any lessons
> to be learned from
> experiences in Latin America, Asia, or other regions
> where spatial
> technologies are developing under somewhat similar
> conditions.
>
> Secondly, it seems to me, from the perspective of
> someone in the U.S. with
> no real first-hand GIS experience in Africa, that
> the development of the
> spatial technology "community" in Africa might be
> characterized as
> concentrated in centralized universities, national
> government agencies,
> international research centres, UN bodies and the
> like. Obviously the
> scarcity of resources (human and financial) and
> realistic priorities are
> part of this. Over the years, local government
> (state and town-level) has
> been quite critical in places like the U.S. and
> Canada for developing and
> populating the spatial "community" as well as
> creating the private sector
> demand for commerical aspects of this all. Are
> there projects promoting
> the use of the technology at a more grass-roots or
> local level in Africa?
> It would be nice to hear some of them recount their
> experiences, lessons
> learned, etc., here on the list.
>
> Thanks,
> ~John
>
> P.S. I'll also add my congratulations on your
> (nearly single-handedly)
> maintaining a very good list.
>
> John Walkey
> Boston, MA
>
> >From: Kate Lance <klance_remote at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: lancekt at aya.yale.edu
> >To: Sewelo Sewelo <sewelosewelo at yahoo.com>
> >CC: sdi-africa at lists.gsdi.org
> >Subject: Re: [SDI-Africa] RE : SDI-Africa Digest,
> Vol 22, Issue 7
> >Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Sewelo... in answer to your question whether
> Universities and/or Colleges
> >should be the leaders in this.... (a little
> long-winded, but bear with
> >me....)
> > If DFID's new Development Partnerships in Higher
> Education (DELPHE,
>
>http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/pressreleases/pr-15m-higher-education.asp)
>
> >initiative is any indication.... then yes....
> universities have a central
> >role to play in stimulating research, faciltating
> dialogue, promoting
> >science and technology..... "Universities across
> Africa and Asia are the
> >engine rooms of the fight against global poverty."
> > Also, Calestous Juma argues that addressing
> Africa's development
> >challenges requires the creation of a new
> generation of universities that
> >focuses on solving community problems,
>
>http://www.scidev.net/opinions/index.cfm?fuseaction=printarticle&itemid=397&language=1
> >
> > ISNAR did some interesting work some years back
> on the role of
> >universities...
> > "In an increasingly competitive world,
> universities cannot afford to be
> >seen as purely academic institutions only; they are
> also expected to
> >organize their considerable human and material
> resources in order to
> >contribute materially to national research and
> development objectives."
> >
>
http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/publications/briefing/bp59.htm
> >
> > This isn't to say that universities should be
> the leaders of GIS
> >associations.... there are any number of
> >leadership/coordination/communication options....
> but universities/colleges
> >could do a lot more towards building more cohesion
> amongst their local
> >geospatial community members. For instance, fairly
> recently, Makerere
> >University initiated an effort to form a GIS
> association in Uganda, 7 June
> >2006 (see SDI-Africa, Vol. 5, No. 7).
> >
>
http://www.gsdi.org/SDIA/docs2006/jul06links/nat_sdi_uganda.html.
> In
> > And the Polytechnic of Namibia hosted the 1st
> Namibian GIS User
> >Conference, 14 October 2005 (see SDI-Africa, Vol.
> 4, No. 11). The
> >organizers anticipated that the conference would
> rekindle the Namibian GIS
> >User group, but I can't comment on whether they
> were successful.
> >
> > I'd like to think there are more examples out
> there... but just came to
> >mind (since I included something about these in the
> SDI-Africa
> >newsletters).
> >
> >
> >Sewelo Sewelo <sewelosewelo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I agree that things seem one sided here and it
> is unfortunate because
> >there are so many people on this list. The idea of
> forming associations is
> >great. Should the Universities and/or Colleges be
> the leaders in this?
> >
> > Sewelo
> >
> >Kate Lance <klance_remote at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi Heinz, thanks for the words of
> encouragement... it's nice to hear
> >that the information is valued / appreciated.
> >
> > This list does tend to seem like a one-sided
> affair... with me sending
> >message.... with hardly any inputs from others.
> >
> > More than just serving as a medium for job
> information... I really like
> >to see this list as a forum for some dialogue about
> SDI issues in Africa.
> >
> > Robert, what is your reaction to the idea of a
> GIS association in your
> >country.... is there one.... and what role does it
> play... and if there
> >isn't one, what do you think of the possibility of
> forming one... and
> >sustaining it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kate
>
>
>
>
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