mr. mesfin w. gebremichael seamic, tanzania mr. shiferaw ayele gse, ethiopia dr. marc urvois project...

Mr. Mesfin W. GebremichaelSEAMIC, Tanzania

Mr. Shiferaw AyeleGSE, Ethiopia

Dr. Marc URVOISProject CoordinatorBRGM, France

The Spatial Data Infrastructure for georesources and industrial development in Africa

CODIST-II – Geo-information Sub-committeeAddis Abeba – 2-5 May 2011

2Project overview CODIST – II UNECA – Addis Abeba, 4 May 2011

During the next 20 mn…

Why AEGOS?

Contexts: geoscience and international cooperation

Objectives

Access to georesources data

Which benefits from AEGOS?

Governance maps and examples

Phase 1 achievements

Towards Phase 2: present context, opportunities and challenges

Conclusion & Recommendation


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Mr./Mrs. Stakeholder: I wish I knew, in my language or English at least,

which is the mineral sector investment framework, what data /

information is available on georesources potential, in which format, and how to access it, its

quality and if it is interoperable with our IT system…

Or how the mineral resources of Africa can financially benefit to prioritise Information Management on the continent?


Background for a SDI on georesources

• Africa has an important share of the global mineral resources and reserves

• A unique archive of Africa-related geoscientific data and information exists in African and European geoscientific organisations

• Data realises its full potential and value when made accessible (free or at affordable cost), used and disseminated.

• Sustainable development of geology-related resources requires data, information and expertise for informed decision-making.

> Where is the data and knowledge available? AEGOS knows!

> AEGOS = pan-African Spatial Data Infrastructure of public interoperable georesources data & user-oriented services.


Why AEGOS?

AEGOS to fill the gap for more African countries to integrate georesources information in a common reference and format

Developing the knowledge on mineral resources potential benefits to knowledge development on other underground natural resources

e.g. groundwater and geothermal energy.

Web-based Georesources databases are a key factor to base proper land-use planning/ environmental management policies and to attract local/ foreign investment both at large and small scales.

They are essential infrastructures for combining data, knowledge and skills in support of the sustainable development policies. The role of AU, UNECA, RECs, OAGS and the ACP Group of States is essential.

AEGOS scope:– Visibility and accessibility of accurate and reliable public data– Capacity building for qualified human resources– Efficient promotion of the available information on potential

resources with appropriate Intellectual Property Right management


Objectives

African-European Georesources Observation System Strengthen the sustainable use of

underground resources in Africa by designing the SDI for Georesources based on interoperable geoscience data and user-oriented services

Safeguard, share and valorise the knowledge and data archived in African and European Geological Surveys

Support geoscientific communities and institutional decision-makers for sustainable development public policies

Elaborate common strategies for capacity building and training programmes


EU – ACP initiative in FP7 RTD

Two Phases project

Phase 1 (2008-2011 – 30 months): detailed design of a multi-national georesources observation system

Main targets: institutional decision-makers, investors, geoscientific communities and education

9 European geological surveys

8 African counterparts: geological surveys, ministries of mines, school of mines

4 International organisations: European Commission (Joint Research Centre), CIFEG, UEMOA, SEAMIC

Work package co-leadership EU-Africa 9 Advisors: UNECA, African Union, OAGS, ACP

Secretariat, GSAf, EuroGeoSurveys, UNESCO/IHP, GEO Secretariat, ICSU/ROA


Links & contributions of geoscience and AEGOS SDI to other programmes

GEO – GEOSS: Group on Earth Observations – Global Earth Observation System of Systems / AEGOS is task no. CB-09-05d in GEO work plan 2009-2011

INSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe / guidelines for implementing the interoperability of metadata, data and services through open systems

OneGeology: Making geological map data for the Earth accessible

GMES & Africa: Global Monitoring for Environment and Security / Referencing AEGOS as a georesources data infrastructure in the GMES-Africa Action Plan

Geo-Information policies and SDIs in Africa initiated and supported by AUC and UNECA: African Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure (ARSDI) and national SDI plans; Natural Resources Information Exchange (NRIE)


AEGOS distributed infrastructure

Metadata on-line Data (on-line and off-line /

e-AEGOS) Products (customised) Services (on-line and off-

line) Capacity building


The intellectual property rights and conditions for access and use of data of each country or institution are strictly respected and national policy will be respected

Free access to the data custodian’s metadata. The principle of access to georesources data will have to be, as much

as possible, in agreement with the GEOSS data sharing principle. Determine the levels of accessibility (public, restricted, confidential,

free of charge or not, etc.); Distribution and pricing of products and services in accordance with

the laws and interests of the national stakeholders.

Access to georesources information

A) Basic Data

B) Products: data with added value i.e. combination of data layers (primary/secondary – done by the AEGOS Operational Group

C) Services: dedicated production – customised and complex data processing based on catalogue of possibilities - done by African Centres of Excellence and experts


Web Portal for georesources in Africa

AEGOS portal demonstrator– ISO & OGC compliant: (ISO 191xx, WMS, WFS, WSC)– Developped with Open-Source software– Access to metadata catalogue and web services published

by distributed providers in Europe and Africa


Which benefits from AEGOS? (1/2)

Become an active partner in designing and implementing the Spatial Data Infrastructure for georesources in Africa and relevant capacity building programmes

Benefit from the strength and efficiency of collective means and actions

Adopt AEGOS SDI standards and procedures and thereby save time and resources

Facilitate cross-border harmonisation of georesources data within the AEGOS infrastructure and network

Develop human resources of the beneficiaries in areas where knowledge gaps are identified

Enhance the capacity to plan and build scenarios to better manage non-renewable georesources

Foster investment in the georesources sector Improve governance incl. socio-economic factors for social acceptance Further develop domestic commodities to support the economy and

meet the Millennium Development Goals (poverty reduction)


Which benefits from AEGOS? (2/2)

Access to latest data update that was previously not / hardly available

interest of the data users: exploration companies, land owners, land developers, water supply, agriculture, administrations,…

Fast and reliable distribution of primary, processed and other derived data, incl. governance maps, conflict maps...

interest of the government, data owners, administration,… Time saving

interest of the data producers and data users By law enforced use of data: governance maps

e.g. priority areas, preference areas,…. Quick involvement of large communities into decision-making

processes (e-governance) interest of administration, stakeholders


Promoting the results of mining sector support programmes

Senegal, Ghana, Niger, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Madagascar, …


Governance maps for policy makers

A governance map is a integrated decision-making document

It is derived by combination of georesources data with socio-economic data at different scales, showing included and excluded areas based on a set of selection criteria aiming at:– well-informed consensus and decisions

– supporting the communication with concerned groups of the civil society


Governance maps for sustainable use of georesources in Africa

Respect of Environment:

Economical aspects:

Georesource maps, such as:

- Minerals inventory

- Ground water resources

- Predictive map of mineral resources

Vulnerability or risk maps, such as:

- mineral exploitation vs pollution of aquifer or soil contamination

- small scale mining vs landscape destruction (soil erosion prediction modelling)

- geothermal exploitation (plant) vs landscape destruction or discharge of effluent

Social acceptance:

Conflict maps where you

value conflicts between different interest groups:

- groundwater vs mineral exploitation

- Fe vs Au exploitation

- small scale miners vs mining company

- existing/future mining sites vs other type of land use

- social acceptance of mining project (U)

Maps for sustainable

use of georesources

Equitable Viab

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Bearable


Several examples

Developed methodologies for predictive modelling

- High resolution mineral predictive map – Ghana

These could be used as a starting point for prospecting and exploration activities for:• mining companies• small scale minersGuidance for local land use planning: • delineation of preferred prospecting

areas• construction of roads and settlements

Accuracy 50 - 100 m


Conflict analyses in land use planning in Senegal

Conflicts between existing gold mining and other land use (left), and a predictive map of conflicts between licensed gold exploration and other land use (right).


Land use priority map and Health: Soil contamination in Kabwe, Zambia

This zone CANNOT be used for Agriculture


AEGOS Phase 1 achievements

Assessment of existing situation in the partner organisations and associated geoscientific institutions from data producer and end-user point of view on human resources, technical infrastructure, info systems

Gap analysis and requirements identification

Definition of data specifications for the AEGOS SDI, a common Reference Model and metadata profiles

Technical design of systems architecture (hardware, software, network) and data flows

Proposals for capacity building strategies, training programmes and reference institutions

Charter of Partnership including data sharing recommendations (Intellectual Property Right Management)

Plan for sustainable operation of AEGOS as an organisation

AEGOS Knowledge BaselineAEGOS Operational Equipment

Minimum Required Equipment

Human ResourcesEquipment

Minimum Required Knowledge


Towards AEGOS Phase 2 and … 3

AEGOS – Phase 1, 2008-2011 Design, Networking and

Referencing

AEGOS – Phase 2, 2012-2016 Develop and implement

- AEGOS spatial data infrastructure- User-oriented products and services- Knowledge transfer & best practices

Facilitate the data discovery & assess Extend the network of participants and beneficiaries at national

and regional levels (Regional Economic Communities) Set up / contribute to spin-off projects as part of the development

programmes in line with EU-AU partnership, WB programmes, etc.

Phase 1Design

Phase 2Development

Implementation

Phase 3SustainableOperation

Phase 3SustainableOperation

AEGOS – Phase 3 Operational Autonomous Permanent African-driven Under pan-African

umbrella: AUC


Preparing AEGOS Phase 2: present context and opportunities (1/2)

Technological environment mature: interoperability standards for metadata and common data models e.g. OGC, INSPIRE, GeoSciML,EarthResourceML, etc.

Operational systems successfully implemented: OneGeology, eWater, GeoSeas, GEOSS, etc.

Africa-EU Strategic partnerships incl. “Science, Information Society and Space”

African Mining Vision 2050 EU Raw Material Initiative

Development PoliciesEU, AU, WB,

RECs, Countries

ProjectsInformed decision-

making

Knowledge managementBest PracticesData & SkillsTechnology


Preparing AEGOS Phase 2: present context and opportunities (2/2)

Bilateral cooperation on raw materials, incl. “Geological Knowledge and Skills”

=> link strategies to create a win-win situation => consistent policy of information and knowledge management for industrial development

– AUC “African Mining Vision 2050” (adopted Feb. 2009)

– EC “Raw Material Initiative” Communication COM (2011-25) Feb. 2011 “AEGOS project brings EU’s and Africa’s geo-surveys together to improve the level and quality of resources data available for Africa”

> AEGOS SDI/organisation is a “practical example” which is technically possible to implement as an actual example of the AU-EU joint strategies for the sustainable development of non-renewable underground natural resources.


How to get there?

AEGOS = SDI + Products + Services + Skills + Network

Phase 2 initiated with the required minimum topics

Focus first on quick and visible benefits of AEGOS to maximum of user communities (emphasis on local communities):• IT infrastructure• Data and Products• Application / use cases• Training

Select test countries/ institutions for first implementation

Extend the experiences to the remaining partners after lessons feedback


Challenges for Phase 2

Extend the Phase 1 partnership in Africa but keep a manageable number of participants having operational data infrastructure and related skills

Involve the RECs in the partnership (e.g. SADC, IGAD, ECOWAS, …)

Encourage the NSDI initiatives further to the setting up of the national SDI committees (several stalled as reported by UNECA)

Strengthen the political support in Europe and Africa for facilitating access to the data (data policies, DRM,GEOSS compliant)

Strengthen a uniform support and involvement from EuroGeoSurveys and African Geological Surveys members

Confirm the support in Europe and Africa (AU, UNECA, ACP Sec., ICSU/ROA, UNESCO, etc.)

Confirm the financial resources Increase awareness and get support from African

Conferences of Ministers (S&T, Mines, Water, Environment) Minimise trained skill turnover


a pan-African spatial data infrastructure of public geology-related metadata, data and user-oriented services

a web-based multilingual portal for controlled access to a network of interoperable databases distributed over Europe and Africa

a one-stop information point to unlock Africa’s georesources data in Europe and Africa: maps, reports, data, added-value products and services, downloads, access conditions, contacts

a network of geoscientific institutions and skilled geoscientists to support informed decision-making, investments and education

As a conclusion, AEGOS will be…

Recommendation: call for the support of development partners to ensure the

operationalisation of AEGOS, in synergy with comparable platforms for public data and

geoscientific information sharing


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