GIRAF 2011 Workshop

5-9 December 2011

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Organised by the IUGS-CGI and UNESCO

Hosting Organisation: SEAMIC

GIRAF 2011 Participants Source: BGR

Vienna, EGU 2011: Prof Aberra Mogessie, President of the Geological Society of Africa and GIRAF Steering Group member and Dr. Kristine Asch, GIRAF coordinator, discuss the up-coming GIRAF2011 Workshop in Tanzania Source: Prof. Aberra Mogessie

Objectives:

• Gather and review up-to-date feedback on the actual situation of geoscience information status and progress in Africa
• Review the progress of the GIRAF network as set up at the 1st workshop in Namibia 2009
• In the long run improve the way geoscience information contri-butes to improve the health and prosperity of the people in Africa
• Will include short courses, e.g. on GeoSciML and/or mapping.

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