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From Building capacity to Building on capacity : towards an international network for capacity building in geo - information science and earth observation
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Beerens, S. J. J. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | Since the founding of ITC in 1950, its capacity building activities through educational programmes, delivered in the Netherlands, have served almost 16,000 mid-career professionals from over 160 countries. In response to changing international conditions and an increased need for flexibility in post-graduate education among its target groups, ITC has continuously upgraded the contents of its educational programme. In addition ITC has also continuously changed its education delivery policy. More recently a new strategy has been initiated, transferring part of the delivery of the educational programmes to the home countries of ITC’s clientele through joint educational programmes with qualified partner organisations. In doing so, ITC aims at developing a global international network of educational organizations that accept and accredit each other’s education. The network, which currently includes six partner institutions and countries (besides ITC) with joint programmes conducted partly in these countries and at ITC in the Netherlands is to cover about 20 partners in 2010. One of the main challenges ITC faces with these joint programmes, is to maintain quality standards at the same level as applied in the Netherlands for ITC’s regular programme, while simultaneously meeting the national criteria of its partners. From the start of these joint educational programmes onwards, quality assurance measures are incorporated; during the development of the curricula, the training of trainers, establishment of assessment criteria, exchange of lecturing staff and joint assessment during and upon completion of the programmes concerned. The latest stage in these efforts is the establishment of a network of multilateral equi-partnerships called GI-NET. Preliminary assessment has shown that this strategy is, from a financial-economic point of view, more efficient for both the Dutch Government and participants (and those who fund their participation in ITC’s programmes). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.isprs.org/congresses/istanbul2004/comm6/papers/703.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXV/congress/comm6/papers/703.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXV/congress/comm6/papers/703.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
