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The 4th UN Open GIS Initiative Workshop in Conjunction with FOSS4G, in Bucharest (Romania)
2 July 2020 reported by EunHwa Kim at UN Open GIS Secretariat Office
The United Nations hosted the fourth workshop of UN Open GIS
Initiative from August 26 (Mon) to 30 (Fri) in Bucharest, Romania.
The UN Open GIS Initiative aims to identify and develop an
Open Source GIS bundle that meets the requirements of UN
operations, taking full advantage of the expertise of partners
(member states, technology contributing countries, international
organizations, academia, NGO’s, private sector). This workshop
was held in conjunction with the “Free and Open Source
Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) 2019” conference sharing the
latest update of open source geospatial softwares.
The principal objective of the workshop was to wrap up the first phase
of its implementations since 2016 and move on to the next
stage of further collaboration. During the two-day workshop, the
participants presented and shared activities and achievements
of UN Open GIS Initiative in the fields of GeoPortal (led by the
U.S. Department of Defense), technical education (by OSGeo),
geospatial analysis (by KRIHS), and field data collection (by
Pusan National Univ on behalf of Korean OpenGDS R&D
Program). Experts from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the United Nations Headquarters reported their
feedback on using the outcome of UN Open GIS Initiative. The workshop was attended by approximately 45 delegates
from 8 countries (Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, South
Africa, the UK, the USA), the United Nations (United Nations
Headquarters, United Nations Global Service Centre, United
Nations Missions in South Sudan, in Somalia, in the Central
African Republic, etc.) and OSGeo. In addition, more than 1,000
experts from 40 countries (African countries, Brazil, Finland,
German, Italy, Japan, the USA, etc.) participated in the FOSS4G
2019. 
4th UN Open GIS Initiative Workshop in Ramada by Wyndham Bucharest Majestic, Romania
Keynote Speech by Mr. Kyoung-Soo Eom, Co-Chair of UN Open GIS Initiative, in FOSS4G 2019 (in Bucharest, Romania) |
