Neno Kukuric - IGRAC Almaty - July 2014

IMS – Information Management System

Purpose of IMS

• Collect, store, visualise and share structured information

in order to:

• Support transboundary groundwater governance

• Allow replication of the assessment

• Indicators• Parameters/variables• Tabular data• Thematic maps• Background maps• Documents• Images

and:• Meta information

Information to be stored

Projections(WaterGap)

IMS Functionalities

Public ViewGenerating new

pieces of information by

combining/creating overlays of

thematic maps

• Point data

• Vectors

• Polygon data

• TIFF imagines

What will the IMS be (and not be ?)

The system will not be a database for ‘raw data’

• GGRETA IMS will be an Information Management System for interpreted data and

documents to support transboundary groundwater

management

Actors and roles in Data Flow

GGIS

National Experts (NE)

Regional coordinators

IGRAC - UNESCO

• Data & information collection

• Data processing and harmonisation

• Create visuals

• Coordinate & assist NE

• Facilitate Transboundary cooperation, data harmonisation and creation of visuals

• IMS Development and maintenance

• Guidelines and data protocols

• Technical assistance to NE’s

• Global Groundwater Information

System

Decision Support Tool (Consultative Body) +Info source

Under construction - first trial version

expected online 4th quarter 2014

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Thank you