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Training/Capacity Building
FGDC personnel
FGDC personnel have conducted training, participated in workshops and related activities or in conjunction with other organizations like the FIG (International Federation of Surveyors), International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), the International Cartographic Association (ICA), Permanent Committees, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), many UN Organizations, the private sector, and many others.
GSDI Small Grants Program
Background: At roughly the same time the FGDC helped to stand-up the GSDI Association in 2003, the FGDC announced a Small Grants Program designed to help developing nations with emerging SDI programs by providing up to $2,500 USD to organizations that are trying to build and/or implement some component of a NSDI. Together with their own contributions, developing countries can apply for the funding to supports national or sub-national activities that foster partnerships, develop in-country technical capacity, improve data compatibility and access, and increase political support for spatial data infrastructure and earth observations application development. The yearly program generally makes between nine and twelve awards each year.
In 2005, the FGDC was successful in turning the operations of the program to the GSDI Association along with funding hoping that this will help leverage other donors. In addition, URISA’s GISCorps is graciously collaborating with the GSDI to provide in-kind professional GIS services to help with additional grants .
The 2011-12 program made nine cash awards, five cash and geospatial professional services awards, and three geospatial professional services awards.
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