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Its4land runs Masterclass on Smart SkeMa system at World Bank conference
What: Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World Where: World Bank, Washington, DC, United States When: 19-23 March, 2018 Who: Malumbo Chipofya and Cristhian Murcia from Muenster University (WWU) Why: Its4land was at the 2018 World bank conference on land and poverty. its4land researchers Malumbo Chipofya and Cristhian Murcia presented the Smart SkeMa system for [...]
Winterschool to improve skills for interviewing and interview data analysis
What: ECPR Winterschool in methods and techniques Where: Bamberg, Germany When: 2-9 March Who: Ine Buntinx (KU Leuven) Why: During the second week of March Ine was following a short course on qualitative data analyzing with Nvivo and a Master course on qualitative interviewing on the ECPR winterschool in Bamberg. The Nvivo course was a hands-on course [...]
UAV data collection in Kenya
What: UAV data collection in Kenya - Kajiado Where: Mailua, Kajiado When: 7 - 8 March, 2018 Who: Technical University of Kenya (TUK), Hansa Luftbild Münster (HL), University of Twente (ITC) Why: After being patient for over one year, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) approved TUK’s request to receive a special flight permission for [...]
EU support service for development of its4land business case
What: Common Exploitation Booster meeting Where: University of Twente/ITC, Enschede, Netherlands and via Skype When: 7 March, 2018 Who: the its4land team and Tunde Kallai, Senior EU expert Common Exploitation Booster Why: The European Commission offers support services for ongoing R&I projects across the FP7 and H2020, one of them being the so called 'Common Exploitation Booster service' (CEB). The CEB services aim [...]
World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2018
What: Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World Where: World Bank, Washington, DC, United States When: 19-23 March, 2018 Who: Serene Ho from KU Leuven and Malumbo Chipofya and colleagues from Muenster University (WWU) What: The its4land team is once again looking forward to being present at, and participating in, the annual World Bank Land [...]
UAV flight permission breakthrough in Kenya
What: its4land obtained a special flight permission to conduct UAV flights in Kenya Where: Kajiado and Kisumu, Kenya When: 29 January, 2018 Who: Technical University of Kenya Why: The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority grants authorization to operate the UAV for the its4land mapping activities for the time from 19 February to 9 March. Authorization was [...]
UAV data collection in Zanzibar
What: UAV data collection in Zanzibar Where: Pemba and Unguja, Zanzibar When: 31 January - 8 February, 2018 Who: Claudia Stöcker (ITC) with support from WeRobotics Flying Labs Tanzania and Commission of Lands Zanzibar Why: As the its4land project may not be able to fly the UAV in all case countries (Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia), [...]
Presentation at the Gender Peace and Security institute, Monash University (Australia)
Photo credit: Lesley Pruitt, Monash GPS What: Presentation at the Gender Peace and Security institute Where: Monash University (Australia) When: 21 February, 2018 Who: Serene Ho ICT4D: whose ‘I’, which ‘T’ and how to get to ‘D’? Discussing the politics of innovation from a H2020 ICT4D project Governments and global organisations are increasingly funding ICT initiatives [...]
3rd Annual Land Conference by Bahir Dar University
What: 3rd Annual Land Conference - conference theme: Promoting an evidence-based Land Administration System in Ethiopia When: 15-16 May, 2018 Who: The Institute of Land Administration of Bahir Dar University Why: Call for abstract submission
Research visit GIScience Heidelberg University
What: Research visit GIScience Heidelberg University Where: Heidelberg, Germany When: September 2017 - January 2018 Who: Sophie Crommelinck, PhD at University of Twente/ITC for its4land project Why: To work on her PhD research with input from a different research group: GIScience/Geoinformatics Research Group. She attended weekly jour-fixe meetings of the research group where a wide range of topics were [...]
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