IW:LEARN ICT Showcase
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IW:LEARN ICT Showcase • Information and Communication Technology – What is it? Benefits to the GEF community • Current ICTs – International Waters Resource Center – UNEP/IW:LEARN Eco-Insights Database – Knowledge Products from the GEF iW Community – Other ICT Tools for IW Projects
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International waters thematic website, Contains a wide variety of resources pertinent to transboundary water resource management Developed by GEF IW:LEARN, with GEF projects, its implementing and executing agencies, and other IW partners, Accessible both on- and off-line, Based on metadata standards.
Transcript of IW:LEARN ICT Showcase
IW:LEARN ICT Showcase
• Information and Communication Technology– What is it? Benefits to the GEF community
• Current ICTs– International Waters Resource Center– UNEP/IW:LEARN Eco-Insights Database– Knowledge Products from the GEF iW Community– Other ICT Tools for IW Projects
The GEF International Waters Resource Center (IWRC)
• http://www.iwlearn.net• International waters thematic website• Contains a wide variety of resources
pertinent to transboundary water resource management
• Developed by GEF IW:LEARN, with GEF projects, its implementing and executing agencies, and other IW partners
• Accessible both on- and off-line• Based on metadata standards
The Resources
• Project Profiles: GEF IW project summaries, contact information, and internet links
• Knowledge Products: project documents, TDAs and SAPs, project guidance, event presentations, distance learning, interactive web resources and datasets
• Events: Events of interest to the international waters community and proceedings
• Distance Learning: Catalogue of courses on water management and technology training, financial aide resources and teaching tools for program & content developers• Forums: Electronic forums addressing a range of IW issues, sorted by theme and region• News: Newsletters and articles of interest to the IW community• Organizations: Profiles of organization engaged in the IW community, their websites and contact information
Navigating the IWRC
• By resource• By theme• By region
Locating resources on the IWRC
• Thematic Hierarchies• Tools
• Ex. Management-Assessment• Issues
• Fisheries• Systems
• Aquifer• Waterbody
• GIWA water system hierarchy• Region (Coverage)
• AIDA regional definitions
Searching the the IWRC
• Basic keyword search
• Advanced searches
Updating and Adding Content to the IWRC
• Data Input Forms
• Account creation
Plans for the Future
• Adapt and replicate across an international “cloud” of related resource centres, e.g., – Interconnected Regional Water Portals
• E.g., UNESCO’s “Water Portal of the Americas”
– Individual GEF IW Projects’ Web sites • E.g., Benguela Current DLIST (Angola, Namibia
and South Africa)
UNEP/IW:LEARN Eco-insights Database
• http://www.eco-insight.org• Contact Info:
–UNEP/GEF Co-ordination OfficePO Box 30552, Nairobi Kenya
Knowledge products from the GEF IW Community
Offline Websites
•Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)
•Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project
Films and Interactive Presentations
•Joint Danube Survey
•Protecting Water Quality and Ecosystems in the Danube River Basin
Datasets, GIS based Maps and all encompassing knowledge products
•Caspian Sea Environment Programme; Data and Information Management
•Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem Multimedia CD
•Black Sea Geographic Information System
•Tumen River Strategic Action Program Interactive Environmental Mapping System
Project Implementation Tools (coming soon)
•GIWA Environmental Assessment Tool
•Rio San Juan (PROCUENCA) Institutional mapping tool
PERSGA: Main Page
PERSGA: Key Points
• Fully navigable offline website• Describes:
– The project and its activities, focal areas and participating countries
– geographic area of focus– plans for Information Management System (IMS) – available publications (paper format only)
• Contact Info
PERSGA: Screen 2
PERSGA: Screen 3
PERSGA: Contact Info
• Street Address:PERSGA7th floor - Baroom Center, Hail street, Al-Ruwais, JeddahKingdom of Saudi Arabia
Post address:PERSGAP.O. Box 53662Jeddah 21583, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel: 00966 2 6573224Fax: 00966 2 6521901Email: [email protected]
LTBP: Key Points
• Fully navigable offline website• Provides:
– 30 minute Web film on the Lake– project and programme info.– administrative support documents– Information and links to several project databases
containing information on biodiversity, sedimentation and other project foci
– calendar of progress– metadata database to access maps for Geographic
Information System (GIS)
LTBP: Main Page
LTBP: Screen 2
LTBP: Screen 3
LTBP: Contact Info
• http://www.ltbp.org, [email protected]• Head office:
– Life house, Sokoine/OhioP. O. Box 5956, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIATel: +255.51.118201Fax: +255.51.118202
Danube Films: Key Points
• Joint Danube Survey– Film on efforts to manage the resource
• Protecting Water Quality and Ecosystems in the Danube– Film on transboundary water resource
management strategies– Available in multiple formats
Danube Films: Contact Info
• http://www.icpdr.org, [email protected]• Vienna International Centre, D0419, P.O Box
500 AustriaVienna, AUSTRIA A1400Tel: + 43.1.26060.5738Fax: + 43.1.26060.5895
BSEP: Main Page
BSEP: Key Points
• GIS based mapping tool• Offers:
– A design that allows: data input, storage, analysis and processing, user interaction, output and presentation
– Seven thematic blocks representing different aspects of the Black Sea ecosystem, where each block contains a set of map layers
– Two methods of analysis: overlay and correlation– For some maps, a relational database
BSEP: Screen 2
BSEP: Screen 3
BSEP: Contact Info
• Black Sea Environmental Programme Coordination Unit
Dolmabahce Sarayi IIHarekat Kosku
80680 Besiktas
Istanbul, Turkey
FAX: +90.212.227.9933
EMAIL: [email protected]
Tumen: Screen 1
Tumen: Key Points
• CD-ROM based interactive mapping tool• Includes
– several GIS datasets and includes free software to interact with them
– copies of the map based on PDF format
Tumen: Screen 2
Tumen: Contact Info
• http://www.tumennet.org • 5-2-42 Tayuan Diplomatic Compound, 1
Xindong Road, Chaoyang District, 100600 Beijing, China E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (86-10)-6532-6467Fax: (86-10)-6532-6146
GOGLME: Main Page
GOGLME: Key Points
• CD-ROM based interactive resource includes:– A film about efforts to manage the resource– Extensive set of different types of
resources including documents, overviews– Several GIS datasets on different aspects
of the project
GOGLME: Screen 2
GOGLME: Screen 3
GOGLME: Contact Info
• The Regional Coordination Centre c/o Centre de Recherches Oceanologiques (CRO)B.P. V18 Abidjan, Cote d’IvoireTel: (225) 35 00 82/25 73 69Fax: (225) 25 73 69Email: [email protected]
• Project Manager GEF/GOG-LME ProjectCleaner Product and Environmental BranchUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationVienna International CentreP.O. Box 400, A-1400 Vienna, AustriaTel: (431) 26026 3895Fax: (431) 26026 6819Email: [email protected]
CEP: Main Page
CEP: Key Points
• CD-ROM based fully navigable website• Includes:
– CEP Web site (truncated) – Caspian Sea Data Inventory (draft) – Base map of the Caspian Sea GIS – Caspian Sea Bibliography (draft) – CEP Data and Information Management presentation
– Biodiversity database– Contact Info
CEP: Screen 2
CEP: Screen 3
CEP: Contact Info
• http://www.caspianenvironment.org
• 14 Uzeyir Hadjibeyov, Room 108, Government BuildingBaku, AZERBAIJAN 370016Tel: + 994.12.971785Fax: + 994.12.971786
GIWA: Contact Info
• http://www.giwa.net
• Kalmarsund Laboratory, Barlastgatan 1Kalmar, SWEDEN 39182Tel: + 46.480.447.351Fax: + 46.480.447.355
COMING SOON: SAN JUAN…
• Presentation to be given on a new institutional mapping tool developed by the Rio San Juan project
Other Information and Communication Technology
• GEF IW MGRS• D-LIST
GEF-IW-MGRS: Screen 1
GEF-IW-MGRS
GEF-IW-MGRS: Key Points
• Electronic forum• Focuses on:
– coordination and discussion solely among GEF IW managers
– Offering various ways to interact including chatting
GEF-IW-MGRS
GEF-IW-MGRS: Screen 2
GEF-IW-MGRS
DLIST 1: Home Page
Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool
D-LIST: Key Points
– Interactive knowledge sharing tool
Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool
DLIST 2: Course Modules
Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool
DLIST 3: Discussion Areas
Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool
DLIST 4: Discussion Area
Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool
