International Academic Cooperation Z_GIS Experiences with South & Southeast Asia Dr. Shahnawaz Director (South & Southeast Asia) UNIGIS International Centre for Geoinformatics University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA

Contents General Introduction Cooperation with S & SE Asia Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS) Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) Cooperation with S & SE Asia European Union programmes Austrian programmes e-Learning / Online Distance Education UNIGIS Online Distance Education in GIScience

PLUS Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg University located in the city of Salzburg founded by Archbishop Paris Lodron in 1622 re-established in 1962 the biggest educational institution in the state of Salzburg more than 11,000 students more than 1,600 employees

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Z_GIS: Core Competence AGIT Consulting Edu Conferences SW Dev‘l Geography Applied Research EU Seminars Education Contracts UNIGIS prof Research MSc G IScience

Z_GIS: Activities

International Cooperation for GIScience Education developing standard GIS CURRICULUM TRAINING teachers and students of all partners 2003 - 2005

GIS Inter InterGIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT KICK-OFF MEETING INTERMEDIATE FINAL MEETING & TtT workshop-2 REVIEW of existing curricula TtT workshop-2 assessing GIS NEEDS of target groups SA & EU-STATUS (TtT workshop-1) in GIS developing standard GIS CURRICULUM TRAINING teachers and students of all partners Market Potential Assessment Summer School 1 & 2 (teachers & Students) InterGIS implementing the COURSES Summer School 3 (teachers & Students) DESIGN, DISSEMINATE & PROMOTE QUALITY ASSURANCE Management Processes Main Objectives Contributing Processes Learning/Training Events GIS Inter

InterGIS Partners - EU University of Salzburg Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) Free University of Amsterdam SPINlab, IVM (FALW / FEWEB) Amsterdam, the Netherlands VU University of Girona SIGTE - GIS & RS Center Girona, Spain

InterGIS Partners - SA Jawaharlal Nehru University Centre for the Study of Regional Development New Delhi, India Goa University Department of Earth Sciences Goa, India University of Jaffna Department of Geography Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Environmental Management with GIScience 2005 - 2007

emGIS Partners - EU Centre for GeoInformatics (Z_GIS) University of Salzburg AUSTRIA Institute of Geog. & Spatial Management Jagiellonian University (UJAG), Krakow POLAND

emGIS Partners - SA Royal Bhutan Institute of Technology Royal University of Bhutan BHUTAN Department of Geography Education Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu NEPAL Department of Geography and Environment University of Rajshahi BANGLADESH

Train-the-Trainer Workshop GIS for Social Sciences Train-the-Trainer Workshop Jan - Feb, 2008 Centre for the Study of RegionalDevelopment Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi INDIA 32 Participants from 6 Universities in India

GIScience Education for Understanding and Managing the Planet Earth Train-the-Trainer Workshop July 2008 Department of Geography University of Indonesia, Jakarta 21 Participants from Indonesia and Malaysia

Geo-Informatics for Mountain Env. Management Train-the-Trainer Workshop Aug. – Sep. 2008 28 Participants from Nepal, Bhutan, India, Russia and Austria

Train-the-Trainer Workshop . Train-the-Trainer Workshop Sep. - Oct. 2008 > 40 Participants from 18 Countries in Asia, Africa and Europe

Natural Resource Management with Giscience Train-the-Trainer Workshop July - August, 2009 Department of Geography University of Indonesia, Jakarta 25 Participants from Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines

Integrated Water Resource Management Train-the-Trainer Workshop February 2010 Department of Geography University of Madras, Chennai 29 Participants from India, Nepal, Bhutan and Austria

Faculty Development Workshop Kuala Lumpur, Jul. – Aug. 2010

Faculty Development Workshops, 2011 Tribhuvan University, NEPAL, Feb. University of Madras, INDIA, Feb-Mar Kurukshetra University, India, July University of Philippines, Aug. & Oct in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, Sep. in Thailand Sep. National Water Commission, Sudan, Sep-Oct Royal University of Bhutan, Oct-Nov ….!!!

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MSc. GIScience & Systems weekly workload of 25+ hours. 120 ECTS points, 1 Module = 6 ECTS 10 compulsory modules (1, 2, 3… 9) 4+ elective modules (E1, E2, E3) Summer Schools (SS) Master Thesis Elective modules may be covered by doing software training, workshops, summer schools, practical / collaborative projects etc. 1 3 4 5 6 2 7 9 8 Collab. Project E1 ISS MSc Thesis E3 E2

Professional Diploma 1 3 5 6 2 4 7 E1 WS E3 E2 SS Practi. Project weekly workload of 25+ hours. 60 ECTS points, 1 Module = 6 ECTS 7 compulsory modules (1, 2, 3… 7) 3+ elective modules (E1, E2, E3) Summer Schools (SS) Practical Project Elective modules may be covered by doing software training, workshops, summer schools, practical / collaborative projects etc. 1 3 5 6 2 4 7 Practi. Project E1 WS E3 E2 SS

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Dr. Shahnawaz Director (S & SE Asia), UNIGIS International Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) University of Salzburg , AUSTRIA s.shahnawaz@sbg.ac.at www.unigis.net www.unigis.net/india www.unigis.net/ait_bangkok