IW:LEARN ICT Showcase

• Information and Communication Technology– What is it? Benefits to the GEF community

• Current ICTs– International Waters Resource Center– UNEP/IW:LEARN Eco-Insights Database– Knowledge Products from the GEF iW Community– Other ICT Tools for IW Projects

The GEF International Waters Resource Center (IWRC)

• http://www.iwlearn.net• International waters thematic website• Contains a wide variety of resources

pertinent to transboundary water resource management

• Developed by GEF IW:LEARN, with GEF projects, its implementing and executing agencies, and other IW partners

• Accessible both on- and off-line• Based on metadata standards

The Resources

• Project Profiles: GEF IW project summaries, contact information, and internet links

• Knowledge Products: project documents, TDAs and SAPs, project guidance, event presentations, distance learning, interactive web resources and datasets

• Events: Events of interest to the international waters community and proceedings

• Distance Learning: Catalogue of courses on water management and technology training, financial aide resources and teaching tools for program & content developers• Forums: Electronic forums addressing a range of IW issues, sorted by theme and region• News: Newsletters and articles of interest to the IW community• Organizations: Profiles of organization engaged in the IW community, their websites and contact information

Navigating the IWRC

• By resource• By theme• By region

Locating resources on the IWRC

• Thematic Hierarchies• Tools

• Ex. Management-Assessment• Issues

• Fisheries• Systems

• Aquifer• Waterbody

• GIWA water system hierarchy• Region (Coverage)

• AIDA regional definitions

Searching the the IWRC

• Basic keyword search

• Advanced searches

Updating and Adding Content to the IWRC

• Data Input Forms

• Account creation

Plans for the Future

• Adapt and replicate across an international “cloud” of related resource centres, e.g., – Interconnected Regional Water Portals

• E.g., UNESCO’s “Water Portal of the Americas”

– Individual GEF IW Projects’ Web sites • E.g., Benguela Current DLIST (Angola, Namibia

and South Africa)

UNEP/IW:LEARN Eco-insights Database

• http://www.eco-insight.org• Contact Info:

–Sean.Khan@unep.org

–UNEP/GEF Co-ordination OfficePO Box 30552, Nairobi Kenya

Knowledge products from the GEF IW Community

Offline Websites

•Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)

•Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project

Films and Interactive Presentations

•Joint Danube Survey

•Protecting Water Quality and Ecosystems in the Danube River Basin

Datasets, GIS based Maps and all encompassing knowledge products

•Caspian Sea Environment Programme; Data and Information Management

•Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem Multimedia CD

•Black Sea Geographic Information System

•Tumen River Strategic Action Program Interactive Environmental Mapping System

Project Implementation Tools (coming soon)

•GIWA Environmental Assessment Tool

•Rio San Juan (PROCUENCA) Institutional mapping tool

PERSGA: Main Page

PERSGA: Key Points

• Fully navigable offline website• Describes:

– The project and its activities, focal areas and participating countries

– geographic area of focus– plans for Information Management System (IMS) – available publications (paper format only)

• Contact Info

PERSGA: Screen 2

PERSGA: Screen 3

PERSGA: Contact Info

• Street Address:PERSGA7th floor - Baroom Center, Hail street, Al-Ruwais, JeddahKingdom of Saudi Arabia

Post address:PERSGAP.O. Box 53662Jeddah 21583, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tel: 00966 2 6573224Fax: 00966 2 6521901Email: information@persga.org

LTBP: Key Points

• Fully navigable offline website• Provides:

– 30 minute Web film on the Lake– project and programme info.– administrative support documents– Information and links to several project databases

containing information on biodiversity, sedimentation and other project foci

– calendar of progress– metadata database to access maps for Geographic

Information System (GIS)

LTBP: Main Page

LTBP: Screen 2

LTBP: Screen 3

LTBP: Contact Info

• http://www.ltbp.org, ltbp@mac.com• Head office:

– Life house, Sokoine/OhioP. O. Box 5956, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIATel: +255.51.118201Fax: +255.51.118202

Danube Films: Key Points

• Joint Danube Survey– Film on efforts to manage the resource

• Protecting Water Quality and Ecosystems in the Danube– Film on transboundary water resource

management strategies– Available in multiple formats

Danube Films: Contact Info

• http://www.icpdr.org, icpdr@unvienna.org• Vienna International Centre, D0419, P.O Box

500 AustriaVienna, AUSTRIA A1400Tel: + 43.1.26060.5738Fax: + 43.1.26060.5895

BSEP: Main Page

BSEP: Key Points

• GIS based mapping tool• Offers:

– A design that allows: data input, storage, analysis and processing, user interaction, output and presentation

– Seven thematic blocks representing different aspects of the Black Sea ecosystem, where each block contains a set of map layers

– Two methods of analysis: overlay and correlation– For some maps, a relational database

BSEP: Screen 2

BSEP: Screen 3

BSEP: Contact Info

• Black Sea Environmental Programme Coordination Unit

Dolmabahce Sarayi IIHarekat Kosku

80680 Besiktas

Istanbul, Turkey

FAX: +90.212.227.9933

EMAIL: blacksea@dominet.in.com.tr

Tumen: Screen 1

Tumen: Key Points

• CD-ROM based interactive mapping tool• Includes

– several GIS datasets and includes free software to interact with them

– copies of the map based on PDF format

Tumen: Screen 2

Tumen: Contact Info

• http://www.tumennet.org • 5-2-42 Tayuan Diplomatic Compound, 1

Xindong Road, Chaoyang District, 100600 Beijing, China E-mail: atkalin@public.un.org.cn Phone: (86-10)-6532-6467Fax: (86-10)-6532-6146

GOGLME: Main Page

GOGLME: Key Points

• CD-ROM based interactive resource includes:– A film about efforts to manage the resource– Extensive set of different types of

resources including documents, overviews– Several GIS datasets on different aspects

of the project

GOGLME: Screen 2

GOGLME: Screen 3

GOGLME: Contact Info

• The Regional Coordination Centre c/o Centre de Recherches Oceanologiques (CRO)B.P. V18 Abidjan, Cote d’IvoireTel: (225) 35 00 82/25 73 69Fax: (225) 25 73 69Email: gog-lme@africaonline.co.ci

• Project Manager GEF/GOG-LME ProjectCleaner Product and Environmental BranchUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationVienna International CentreP.O. Box 400, A-1400 Vienna, AustriaTel: (431) 26026 3895Fax: (431) 26026 6819Email: postmaster@unido.org

CEP: Main Page

CEP: Key Points

• CD-ROM based fully navigable website• Includes:

– CEP Web site (truncated) – Caspian Sea Data Inventory (draft) – Base map of the Caspian Sea GIS – Caspian Sea Bibliography (draft) – CEP Data and Information Management presentation

– Biodiversity database– Contact Info

CEP: Screen 2

CEP: Screen 3

CEP: Contact Info

• http://www.caspianenvironment.org

• 14 Uzeyir Hadjibeyov, Room 108, Government BuildingBaku, AZERBAIJAN 370016Tel: + 994.12.971785Fax: + 994.12.971786

GIWA: Contact Info

• http://www.giwa.net

• Kalmarsund Laboratory, Barlastgatan 1Kalmar, SWEDEN 39182Tel: + 46.480.447.351Fax: + 46.480.447.355

COMING SOON: SAN JUAN…

• Presentation to be given on a new institutional mapping tool developed by the Rio San Juan project

Other Information and Communication Technology

• GEF IW MGRS• D-LIST

GEF-IW-MGRS: Screen 1

GEF-IW-MGRS

GEF-IW-MGRS: Key Points

• Electronic forum• Focuses on:

– coordination and discussion solely among GEF IW managers

– Offering various ways to interact including chatting

GEF-IW-MGRS

GEF-IW-MGRS: Screen 2

GEF-IW-MGRS

DLIST 1: Home Page

Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool

D-LIST: Key Points

– Interactive knowledge sharing tool

Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool

DLIST 2: Course Modules

Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool

DLIST 3: Discussion Areas

Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool

DLIST 4: Discussion Area

Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool