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标题：Capacity Building for Geoinformatics in Africa - An ITC Perspective
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作者：Martien Molenaar
期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2002
卷号：XXXIV-6/W6
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：The development of Geoinformatics over the last two decades and with that the growing awareness of the role of GDI in civil society imply that professionals of different types are required by organisations involved in the production, dissemination and use of GI and with policy development with respect to the roles of the public and private sector in this field. This is a global development, but the different regions and individual countries of the world have to formulate their own ideas and concepts how to deal with this issue, because GDI's should be adapted to regional and local context. Several committees have been involved in shaping these ideas for Africa. In the last four years the ITC educational programmes have been revised so that they better connect to these developments. Furthermore ITC is developing a strategy to decentralise part of the educational programs. We intend to run them in cooperation with educational institutes, preferably universities in the home regions of our students. The objective is to adapt our programs more to the local needs, to create the opportunity for part-time education and reduce the time that our students should spend in The Netherlands far away from their families and jobs
关键词：Education; Geoinformatics; Decentralisation; Capacity Building; Institutional Strengthening