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Marco [email protected]

5th August 2008www.isegi.unl.pt

Geographic Information Knowledge Transfer for a Sustainable Postgraduate Education 1

1.SuGIK’s scope

2.The SuGIK Consortium

3.Main Goals 6 T t G & Fi l b fi i i

SUMMARY

1 SuGIK’s scope4.Proposed Approach

5.The GIScience Master Program

6. Target Groups & Final beneficiaries

7. Estimated Results

1. SuGIK’s scope

2. The SuGIK Consortium

6.Target Groups & Final beneficiaries

7.Estimated Results

8 Main Activities

8. Main Activities

9. ISEGI’s GIS&Science education background

3. Main Goals

4. Proposed Approach

8.Main Activities

10. Current Stage5. The GIS&Science Master Program


1. SuGIK’s scopescope


3. Main GoalsProgram funded by the European Union andimplemented by the African Caribbean and


5. The GIScience Master Program

implemented by the African, Caribbean andPacific Group of States Secretariat to improveand strengthen the capacity of ACP HigherEducation Institutions at three constitutive levels:



8. Main Activities

Institutional / administrativeAcademicResearch and technology strengthening

9. ISEGI’s GIScience Education background

10. Current Stage

SuGIK – Submitted to the EDULINK 2nd Call forProposals ( October 2007)


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 Th S GIKLead InstitutionI tit t S i d E t tí ti G tã d2. The SuGIK

Consortium

3. Main Goals


Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação Universidade Nova de Lisboa -ISEGIUNL (Portugal)

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Partner InstitutionsUniversidade Católica de Moçambique – UCM (Mozambique)beneficiaries


8. Main Activities

9 ISEGI’s GIScience

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Universidade de Cabo Verde – UniCV (Cape Verde)

9. ISEGI s GIScience Education background

10. Current Stage

Associate InstitutionESRI-Portugal


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


Overall objective

Develop, implement and disseminate a best practice modelti f EU ACP Hi h Ed ti I tit ti (HEI )



consortium of EU-ACP Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)for the institutionalization of GIS&Science Master Programs inCape Verde and Mozambique


8. Main Activities

9. ISEGI’s GIScience9. ISEGI s GIScience Education background

10. Current Stage


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK Specific objectives2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


Overall objective

Develop implement and disseminate a best practice model

Specific objectives

Enhance the overall management, academic, andtechnological capacity of UniCV and UCM, in order tosupport the transfer and the implementation of the three



Develop, implement and disseminate a best practice modelconsortium of EU-ACP HEIs for institutionalization ofGIS&Science postgraduate course in Cape Verde andMozambique

support the transfer and the implementation of the threeeditions of a GIS&Science postgraduate course.

Support target HEIs with training, quality standards,resources and technologies


8. Main Activities

9. ISEGI’s GIScience

resources and technologies.

Provide scope for mutually beneficial structural andeducational development in a perspective of long-termcollaboration allowing other network co-operation9. ISEGI s GIScience

Education background

10. Current Stage

collaboration, allowing other network co operationinitiatives and further study and skills transfer opportunitiesbetween the partners and other European institutions.


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

1. Enhancing post-graduate administration capacity2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals

4. Proposed

SuGIK’s first set of activities will aim at strengtheningadministrative and technical capacities of the partneruniversities to effectively implement a distance Master’sprogram in GIS&Science

Approach


6. Target Groups & Final

program in GIS&Science.

To this end, a management and administration model willbe developed in cooperation with the ISEGIUNL.



8. Main Activities


10. Current Stage


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

2. Adapting European curricula to African reality2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals

4. Proposed

The ISEGIUNL’s GIS&Science postgraduate program willbe adapted to the needs and realities of the labor marketin Mozambique and Cape Verde.

Approach



During the project’s first year, the partner institutions willconduct a regional and local study on the necessities ofprofessionals in different activities in the areas of

hi i f i6. Target Groups & Final beneficiaries


8. Main Activities

geographic information.

This will help to identify the specific competencies that theGIS&Science postgraduate course should promote and


10. Current Stage

GIS&Science postgraduate course should promote andensure an efficient reformulation of the contents that mustbe proposed for the 2nd and 3th editions of the course.


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

3. Delivering a self-sustainable Master’s programme

The postgraduate course will be organized into two semester2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals

4. Proposed

The postgraduate course will be organized into two semestermodules distributed through five learning areas.

During the first year, the course will be taught by ISEGIUNLteachers to a group of selected students from both partnerApproach



teachers to a group of selected students from both partnerinstitutions.

In the second year this course will be given by ISEGIUNLteachers in a partnership with selected students from the 1st6. Target Groups & Final

beneficiaries


8. Main Activities

teachers in a partnership with selected students from the 1st

edition of the course.

Lastly, in the third year of the project, all teaching activitieswill be carried out by the best students of the 1st and 2nd


10. Current Stage

will be carried out by the best students of the 1 and 2editions of the course.


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

4. Meeting geoinformation professional needs2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals

4. Proposed

Upon completion of the Master’s program, students will beable to apply their knowledge in key scientific andtechnological fields considered strategically relevant tosupport decision making in key social and environmentalApproach



support decision making in key social and environmentaldevelopment areas.

In a broader sense, SuGIK will benefit the communities in6. Target Groups & Final beneficiaries


8. Main Activities

Mozambique and Cape Verde as governmentdepartments, local authorities, private companies or NGOswill be able to recruit highly qualified researchers and GIprofessionals to analyze key issues in disaster prevention


10. Current Stage

professionals to analyze key issues in disaster prevention,health, public safety, among others.


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


1st SEMESTER 2nd SEMESTER 3rd SEMESTER

Geographic Information System Remote Sensing



Information System and Science

Remote Sensing

DissertationGeospatial data

models GIS and Modelingbeneficiaries


8. Main Activities


Dissertationmodels g

Geographic databases Geospatial DataMining

9. ISEGI s GIScience Education background

10. Current StageGIS Applications Community GIS


1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

Target groups:

Senior management and faculty staff of the GI partner2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


Senior management and faculty staff of the GI partnerinstitutions departments

Graduate students in Geographic Information relevantareas



areas

Target professional in local and regional governmentdepartments

Final beneficiaries


8. Main Activities


Final beneficiaries:

Community Based Organisations

L l th iti9. ISEGI s GIScience Education background

10. Current Stage

Local authorities

Research organisations/Researchers

SME/SMI businesses which rely on the use of geographic


y g g pinformation

1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

1. GIS&Science Postgraduate Diploma/Master DegreeCertification - 40 students of UniCV and 60 students of UCM


3. Main Goals


2. Development and implementation of a Management andAdministration Model for GIS&Science postgraduateeducation in the partner institutions



3. Training of, at least, 8 teachers in each one of the partnerinstitutions. Upgrading and enhancing the qualifications ofteaching staff and administrators of the two ACP HEIs.


8. Main Activities

4. Re-design and Implementation of the 8 current modules ofthe ISEGIUNL’s postgraduate course

5. Creation of a Quality Assurance Board and provide target9. ISEGI’s GIScience Education background

10. Current Stage

5. Creation of a Quality Assurance Board and provide targetHEIs with a best practice model and adequatemethodologies, guidelines, and tools to develop, improveand consolidate the existing academic network between EU

d ACP P t ki t i


and ACP Portuguese-speaking countries.

1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK

Activity Area 1: Project management development

A ti it A 2 Ad i i t ti d i ti l j t2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


Activity Area 2: Administrative and organisational projectimplementation

Activity Area 3: Implementation and Delivery of the 1st editionof GIS&Science Postgraduate Course Training Activities



of GIS&Science Postgraduate Course Training Activities

Activity Area 4: Reformulation and design of the GIS&ScienceMaster Program and didactic preparation of the curriculacontent for the 2nd edition


8. Main Activities

9. ISEGI’s GIScience

content for the 2nd edition

Activity Area 5: Support a self-sustainable GIS&Sciencepostgraduate programme delivery and innovation during the 3rd

edition9. ISEGI s GIScience Education background

10. Current Stage

edition

Activity Area 6: Promotion of cooperation between EU andACP Portuguese-countries HEIs in the field of GIS&Scienceeducation and research


education and research

1. SuGIK’s scope

2 The SuGIK Consortium

Annual GIS Seminar1990


3. Main Goals


5 The GIScience Master

GI as part of a course – Statistics and Information Management Undergraduate ProgramGI as an autonomous course – Statistics and Information Management Master Program

GI as an autonomous course – 2 years Undergraduate Program

1993

1995



d lGIS&Science Master Program (UNIGIS) – 1st Edition

1999

2002

GI as an autonomous course – 4 years Undergraduate Program

GI in Post-Graduation Program – Demographical, Social and Geographical Information Systems1998


8. Main Activities

9. ISEGI’s GIScience Education

g ( )

GIS Master Program Revision – Bologna Process / NovaeLearning Project 2004

Program eduGI-LA – EC ALFA program, No. II-0250-A-FI2003 Some facts on the ISEGI’s Master program in GIS&Science (e-learning)

• Takes advantage of the acquired know-how in several years of GIS teachingEducation background

10. Current Stage GIScience Curricula Development ModelProgram eduGI – EC Program No. EAC/23/05 DE 011

2005

2006

Program eduGI-LA 2 – EC ALFA program, No. II-0426-A-FI• Takes advantage of the synergies created by the UNIGIS consortium

• Fully available through the internet since 2002 (1st edition)

• First on-line master course given by a Portuguese university

• Directed at people who may not have access to face to face teaching


2007 Master Program in Geospatial Technologies – EC Erasmus Mundus Program• The 8th edition will start in September 2008

1. SuGIK’s scope


SuGIK’s identity: design studies2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


5 The GIScience Master5. The GIScience Master Program


d l7. Estimated Results

8. Main Activities


10. Current Stage


1. SuGIK’s scope


SuGIK’s Portal: design studies2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals





8. Main Activities


10. Current Stage


1. SuGIK’s scope


SuGIK’s Master Program: Course re-design and contents adaptation2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals


5 The GIScience Master

adaptation

The GIScience Curricula Development Model




8. Main Activities


10. Current Stage


1. SuGIK’s scope


SuGIK’s Master Program: Course divulgation and promotion2. The SuGIK Consortium

3. Main Goals





8. Main Activities

9. ISEGI’s GIScience Education background Flyer production and dissemination of the GIS&Science Master

P U iCV d UCM10. Current Stage

Program – UniCV and UCM

Opening workshop arrangement – allowing for project kick off and the validation of the working procedures related to the project

t d th i iti l ti l ti i


management and the initial action plan operations review.

DoubtsCommentsSuggestions?

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