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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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
• 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
• 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