Description/achievement of initiative
To assist governments and citizens to gather and use data point-based data to visualize their community using geospatial information and geodsign
Implementation methodologies
1. Conduct a needs assessment to determine needs for GIS data, staff, software, and hardware and use this to create as the base for a GIS Strategic Plan. Through multi-sectoral involvement, all activities in each country will be done under the supervision and direction of the Ministry of Planning, or the closest associated agency, in the government;
2. Collect raw GIS data at the local level, organizing it and making it quick and easy to access. To build capacity, we will work alongside employees of government agencies to allow their participation in all stages of the project. Hands-on technical training will ensure the GIS system will continue to develop even after our project is delivered;
3. Collect high priority SDG data at a local level. This can be taken from either existing datasets or streamlining collection methods to allow cost-effective maintenance of data. Using Participatory GIS (PGIS), an innovative approach increasingly being used by governments to support its data collection and management operations will be introduced for consideration, evaluation, and adoption. Given that some governments lack the resources to collect the data required to support operations, some data sets do exist in the private sector and with citizens and with all parties working together to the mutual benefit of the sustainable development of the country;
4. Using Participatory Geodesign we will involve all parties with a stake in the sustainable development and growth of an area to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard and all have a hand in the design and construction of the future.
5. Open Source and methods promote universal access and redistribution via low or no-cost licensing for software to accomplish routine, distributed tasks within the workflow. This avoids massive costs associated with licensing advanced commercial software to every workstation where GIS tasks are carried out.
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Through multi-sectoral involvement, all activities in each country will be done under the supervision and direction of the Ministry of Planning, or the closest associated agency, in the government;
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
Partner(s)
The Institute for Conscious Global Change (ICGC); Regional Center for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD)
12/30/2019
