International Cooperation for Geographical Information Science Education (co-funded by European Commission under Asia Link Prog. ASI/B7-301/98/679-025)

INTRODUCTION (click here for full details)

The Asia-Link Programme was launched at the beginning of 2002 as an initiative by the European Union (EU) to foster regional and multilateral networking between higher education institutions in European Union Member States and South Asia, Southeast and China.

InterGIS was a multi-partner project (No. ASI/B7-301/98/679-25) fostering International Cooperation for GIScience for GIScience Education among the institutions if higher education in European Union and South Asia.

The project was initiated by the UNIGIS-based group of European GIS-labs.

The project duration was 2 years from 1st May 2003 to 30th April 2005.

OBJECTIVES

The InterGIS project had two main objectives:

• Developing standard GIS CURRICULUM
• TRAINING teachers and post-graduate students at the partner institutions as well as from other institutions
  

ACTIVITIES

PARTNERS

Coordinator Institution	AUSTRIA:  - Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS), University of Salzburg, Salzburg
Partner Institutions	INDIA:  - Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi  - Department of Earth Science, Goa University, Goa NETHERLANDS:  - Spatial Information Laboratory (SPINlab), Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Amsterdam   SRI LANKA:  - Department of Geography, University of Jaffna, Jafna SPAIN:  - GIS Centre (SIGTE), University of Girona, Girona

OUTCOMES

• an Internationally Standardised CURRICULUM for GIScience Education was developed based on the REVIEW of existing curricula, identification of GIS-NEEDS of the target groups and MARKET POTENTIAL assessment of the topics included in the curriculum.