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The EIS Program

A multi-donor initiative building capacity for environmental information management through strategies, policies, data tools, networking, and human resources development. Achievements in data standardization, shared resources, and country case studies. Challenges include staying relevant and adapting to changing needs. Future perspectives focus on partnership, networking, and support services in a Pan-African framework.

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The EIS Program

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  1. The EIS Program Program on Environmental Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa A multi-donor sponsored initiative to build capacity for managing environment information BY JACOB GYAMFI-AIDOO CO-ORDINATOR

  2. Environment Information Systems • Defined as “the institutional and technical framework, essential for improving the flow and use of information in environmental management.” • The frameworkincludes: • Strategies • Policies and procedures • Core data setsand data management tools • Communication and networking mechanisms

  3. Program Features • Adoption of a common approach for each participating country • Strong local participation and consensus-building • Focus on the development of human resources • Problem-focus within a clearly defined policy framework • Building upon existing national data systems • Strong donor participation and co-ordination

  4. EIS Program IGAD (RIIS) REIMP SADC/RRSU South Africa (NSIF) Coverage

  5. Achievements The main achievements of the EIS Program include: • Awareness creation • Contributing to knowledge through country case studies • Promoting data standardisation and harmonisation • Promoting the concept of shared data resources at the national level • Networking

  6. T E C H N O L O G Y INFORMATION DATA FIELD DECISIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

  7. Lessons Learnt • Adoption of the distributed (enterprise GIS) model • Common data infrastructure • Custodianship of data • Framework approach • Principles and norms • Standards • Long-term perspective, founded on consensus building

  8. Data Harmonisation • Networking and co-ordination • Country-At-A-Glance data sets • Ghana (completed) • Côte d’Ivoire (under construction) • Uganda (interest expressed) • RRSU CD-ROM • Harmonised data set for SADC

  9. Challenges • Remaining relevant to the changing needs of countries, sub-regions and Africa as a whole • Shifting from project-orientation to responding to strategic policy frameworks • Supporting countries in meeting their global obligations (conventions, etc.) • Building linkages and synergy among initiatives • Adapting to changes in information technology

  10. Future Perspectives • Incorporation • Pan-African NGO (EIS Network) • Strategy • Partnership • Services to members and partners • Facilitation, geo-information brokerage and leveraging • Support for studies or policy-research • Effective networking

  11. Coordinates The EIS Program, c/o CSIR-Environmentek, Building 33, Room N254, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001 Republic of South Africa Tel: +27-12-349 1068 Fax: +27-12-349 2080 Em: eis.program@mweb.co.za URL: http://www.grida.no/prog/global/eis-ssa/

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