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Context in Africa

OSM is generally totally unknown

And economical contexts where time devoted for hobbies is less

So the number of local contributors is scarce (if any)

But local OSM contributors are totally needed

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Concept of EOF

Supporting the growth of local, autonomous communities

Fitting with the poverty context and the local way of voluntary involvement

Taking into account the local legal context

Being agile, open, low cost

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Concept of EOF

Funded by

And we hope others in the future

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Activities

Large outreach:

Government, local authorities

Academics, research institutes

NGOs, civil society, community of interestPrivate sector

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Activities

Both on technical (OSM, GIS) and organizational aspects

Train the trainers

Part-time scholarships for main involved trainers to ensure continuity of training

Training:

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Activities

Make the communities meet and communicate

Exchanges and feedback about skills and governance experiences

Create an inter-communities spirit

Community building:

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Activities

Methodologies to get more homogeneous local maps

#map4ebola, #CarCrisis

Mapping:

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Activities

Tools development (OSMStata, plugin Kosmtik, QGIS)

Drone flights to come

Techy stuff:

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A bit of history

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Expected Outcomes

OSM Associations:

Voluntary based

Autonomous

Open

Linked

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Expected Outcomes

For those who want to dedicate more time

And want to professionalize with OSM

Social and solidarity-oriented organizations:

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Expected Outcomes

Pharmacarte (CI)

NENDO (BF)

Local driven country projects, like:

Quartier à la carte (TG)

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Expected Outcomes

Midscale approach first before super detail

Consolidated road network

Improve the density of the local OSM datain a homogeneous way:

Adding POIs on a daily basis with tools like OSMAnd

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Expected Outcomes

Local governement and authorities

Humanitarian system

Multi-partnering:

Academics and Research

Among the local OSM associations (of course)

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Expected Outcomes

Replicate!

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Nothing would have happened without Nicolas' commitment

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