CB 08 01: Recognition of cross-border Capacity Building in Earth Observation
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• Short Background and objective
• Milestones achieved to date
• Expected milestones for 2008
• Extent of Participation/Recommendations for additional participants
• Coordination points with other GEO work plan tasks
• Potential risks that may impede completion of task
• Gaps that have been identified that need to be addressed independently
• Potential Contributions to the CB portal /GEO Portal
• Expected products & date of completion of task
• Expectations of task lead from CBC
Short background and objectives• Special issue in CB-07-01b task – 2007 work plan• Issue of increasing importance in int’l education
provision, also in EO and Geo-information GI sectors, professional orgs. (ISPRS, ABET, etc.)
• Drivers: globalization, ICT developments, e-learning, global environmental issues,..
• In EU e.g. Bologna process (in higher edu)• Practical example: decentralized joint education delivery
process (e.g. in Africa by ITC & partner institutions).. Course accreditation, certification of diploma??
• ..
Milestones to date• Executive Seminar ITC GEO ISPRS
Nov,1-2 2007, ITC, Enschede, NL
• Goal / aim:– Bring together education providers, experts in
recognition (accreditation), governance (quality assurance), professionals (GI sector)
– Jointly analyze problems, formulate potential solutions and set out pathway to initiate process -> internationally acceptable solutions
Executive seminar
Recognition of cross-border capacity building in Earth
Observation
1-2 November 2007ITC Enschede, the Netherlands
Executive seminar• Countries / regions (small but global sample):
– Netherlands, Finland, Belgium– India(3), Thailand, Indonesia, Iran, China– Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco– Mexico, Brasil, (cancellation ABET, USA)
• Orgs: universities, AIT, ITC, UNOOSA, ISPRS, NVAO, UNESCO/OECD, AIU,…
• Pls. See report available here (and CD)
Proposed workplan 2008 -..• Side event (expert meeting), ISPRS
Congress, (Comm.VI), Beijing, July 2008• For discussion CBC7
• ..
• ISPRS ITC 2010 ?
Extend for participation, contributors
• Executive seminar (sample) to be extended with:• Int’l higher education providers, universities,…• Accreditation experts / advisors in e.g.:
– Professional organizations (e.g. NVAO, ABET, ISPRS,….
– Int’l organizations (e.g. UN system,…)
• Governance for quality assurance (national or int’l e.g. EU level, UN,…)
• GEO and affiliated prof. organizations,…• Others..
Expected milestones 2008 & beyond• New task -> definition process, for
discussion
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