VESTA-GISVocational Education and Sectoral

Training network on GIS & GI application domains

LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME 2007 - 2013

Leonardo Da Vinci Network

Duration: 01/11/2007 - 31/10/2010

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VESTA-GIS

Three main pillars

• A Training Framework for GI courses, supported by an on-line catalog

• A Mobility Framework

• The Network (Leonardo Thematic Network)

The aim is to to pool knowledge in the GIS domain (technology, applications), to share experience and foster innovation in vocational training by bringing together experts, organisations and users of GI and its application domains, as well as to identify the trends and skills requirements in this area and to improve the anticipated benefit of vocational training initiatives.

VESTA-GIS at a glance

• Network Building and sharing knowledge

• Analysis of training course offer and demand

• Implementation of the Network training framework

• Implementation of an e-learning platform

• Training course catalogue building.

• Promotion of people mobility

• Exploitation and dissemination actions

The following main activities are foreseen:

VESTA-GIS at a glance

The network will be developed in the favourable framework of the new European Directives for environment and territory, which are dealing with problems that have reached a new European dimension (such as the INSPIRE Directive recently approved by the European Parliament).

The project focuses in particular on these application domains:

VESTA-GIS at a glance

• (GI &) Water Resource Management• (GI &) Natural Environment Protection• (GI &) Coastal Management and Landscape

GI potential and actual users in the different EU Countries:

• officers of Administrations (main users of geo-information)

• environmental operators• companies providing GI services• fresh graduates approaching the labour market• providers of GIS training (both professional operators

and GI experts and Academy)

VESTA-GIS target group

• Metadata for Training Courses

• Training course catalogue

• A flexible organisation in the training material

• A course builder

VESTA-GIS Training Framework

• Links to courses organised or hosted by the partners

• Courses hosted in the VESTA-GIS e-Learning platform

• Definition of a Template Agreement for the VESTA-

GIS Mobilities

• Organisation of mobility demand (offers for hosting)

• CVs organisation into an on-line database (protected)

• Matching placement offers-demand

VESTA-GIS Mobility Framework

VESTA-GIS Mobility Framework

VESTA-GIS Certificate

• Compliant with the European Credit system for

Vocational and Educational Training – ECVET

(Recommendation adopted by the Commission on

09/04/2008)

• Based upon the EUROPASS system

• Linked with the European Computer Driving Licence

The VESTA-GIS Partnership

• Co-ordinator and Core members: to take the responsibility of the project development and tasks, according to their expertise and to satisfy specific requirements of the project

• Associated members: They contribute to the networking training activity as regards transfer of skills, methodology and tools, in a wide trans-national context and according to their specific interest

All the organisations interested to share their experience are welcome in VESTA-GIS

Around 70 partners from 21 European countries

7 Core partners

64 Associated partners

Open network

GISIG - Geographical Information Systems International Group

ICCOPS - Landscape, Natural and Cultural Heritage Observatory

Z_GIS - Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg University

SADL Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

IRIDE ACQUA GAS SpA

Sapienza - University of Rome

Högskolan i Gävle - University of Gävle

The VESTA-GIS Core Partners

The VESTA-GIS Associated PartnersAalborg UniversityAGISEE – Association for Geospatial Information in South-East EuropeAristotle University Thessaloniki Autorità di Bacino del Fiume PoBudapest University of Technology and Economics CEMAGREFCentral European University Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CSI PiemonteEge (Aegean) University ENEA Epsilon International SAFondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM)Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics ResearchGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)Grad RijekaHellenic Centre for Marine ResearchIGN France InternationalIH CantabriaINI-GraphicsNet StiftungInstituto Geografico PortuguesIRENAV – Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole navaleISEGI – Universidad Nova de LisboaMacedonian Ecological SocietyMasaryk UniversityNational Technical University of AthensPamukkale University

The VESTA-GIS Associated Partners

PAP/RAC – UNEP-MAP Priority Action Programme / Regional Activity CentrePolitechnika Opolska (Opole University of Technology)Provincia di VercelliRegione PiemonteResearch Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography (VGTK)SEMIDE-EMWIS Technical University of DenmarkUNEP/GRID WarsawUNESCO IHE, Institute for Water EducationUniversidad Rey Juan CarlosUniversità Ca' Foscari – Interdepartemental Centre IDEASUniversità degli Studi di Cagliari – Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio (DIT), Sezione Urbanistica (SU)Università degli Studi di Cagliari – Dipartimento Scienze della TerraUniversità degli Studi di Milano – BicoccaUniversità degli Studi di PaviaUniversity of Architecture, Civil Engineering and GeodesyUniversity of GironaUniversity of MunsterUniversity of Nice – Sophia AntipolisUniversity of SevilleUniversity of West HungaryUSRIEP Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Ecological ProblemsVrije Universiteit AmsterdamVrije Universiteit BrusselVSB Technical University of Ostrava

The VESTA-GIS New Members• Intergraph Italia LLC

• ESRI Europe

• Provincia di Bologna

• Distance Learning University - Portugal

• Institute of Water Problems - BAS

• Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti

• University of Trieste

• Technical University of Sofia

• Università Ca Foscari

• SIC-ICWC

• UNAVE – Association for professional training and research of the University of Aveiro

• Gembloux Rural University

Associated Members contributions

• Provision of training material and GIS expertise

• Participation in mobility schemes

• Analysis of skills and training needs

• Dissemination and Workshops organisation

• Networking activities

Associated partners benefit (and role)

• Promotion of their own training offer• Possibility to access the VESTA-GIS Training Catalogue and Training Courses• Share training experiences• Improve training offer

Partnership for new training initiatives

• Hosting placements (mainly enterprises, but not only)• Sending placements (mainly Universities, but not only)

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A great opportunity for sharing experiences and enhance knowledge and skills is given by the thematic application fields:

Networking is a tool as well as an objective of VESTA-GIS. In this view it is important to enlarge its thematic networks and, at the same time, to improve the relationships among their members

The Thematic sub-Networks

• Water Resource Management

• Natural Environmental Protection

• Coastal Management and Landscape

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Water management Technological networks

Water resources conservationWater quality

Water distribution in urban areasWater monitoringHydroinformatics

Other

Nature conservation policiesProtected area managementEnvironmental applications

Specific GIS applicationsPeculiar ecosystems Landscape modelling

Land uses Other

Coastal morphology Coastal ecosystems & marine protected areas

Human pressure Coastal monitoring

Coastal management and planningLandscape planning & management in coastal

areasOther

The Thematic sub-Networks

Water Resource Management Natural Environmental Protection

Coastal Management and Landscape

Within VESTA-GIS the partners have the opportunity to confront themselves and cooperate on the following issues:

Module title Keywords Partner no.Distance learning course on GeographicInformation Science and GIS

Geographic Information Science, e-Learning, education and training 18

GIS fundamentals GIS, Remote sensing, Data integration, Data management, Data analysis 29Overview. What is GIS? Application areas, data component, technology component, people component,

datatypes, development of application schemas41

Project management in GIS projects Project management, key competencies 52GIS project management Preparation of project plans and proposals 55GIS Project management – Application andadvanced use of ArcGIS

Concepts, methodologies, data acquisition and project management 53

GIS applications I Geographical data sources, Vector and Raster analysis and modelling, Networkanalysis

30

GIS applications II 3D visualization, development of stand alone and WebGIS applications 30Land change models Land change and analysis, types of land change models, comparison and

evaluation30

OGC for decision makers Introduction to processes, specifications and compliance testing in OGC 41Standards in GIS Metadata, quality standards, GeoWeb services: WMS, WFS, WPS, GML, Google

Earth41

Data harmonisation and SDI INSPIRE, Spatial Data Infrastructures, standards 55Spatial Data Infrastructures Metadata and catalogues, data quality, access to reference data, network services,

spatial data infrastructure, standardisation of geospatial data, organisational issues55

GI Web services OGC, Geographical Data publication, Web services 2Data Harmonisation – usage of data in differentfields of application

Harmonisation, semantics, data model 21

Use of 3D Geoinformation in SDIs CityGML, 3D GIS, W3DS 21Raster analysis Map algebra 41Vector data analysis Length, area, point in polygon, implicit/explicit topology, to9pological relationship,

within distance, Voronoi/Delauny, nearest neighbour, buffering, intersection41

Data acquisition techniques Surveying methods, map scanning, digitizing, GPS, photogrammetry, remotesensing, laser scanning

41

Coordinate Reference Systems Horizontal, vertical and compound Coordinate Reference Systems, GeodeticDatum, map projections, coordinate operations, EPSG-codes

41

Planning Support System Laboratory Planning Support Systems 46Introduction to GIS – Application of ArcGIS Concepts, methodologies, data management, GUI and project management 53Data acquisition and integration Surveyng, GPS, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, GIS, OGC 55

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Module title Keywords Partner no.Use of SDI for protected areas Protected areas management, Nature 2000 Network, Web services publication, SDI 1Use of SDI for coastal areas Integrated Coastal Management, Coastal data models, Web services publication,

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River Basin Management and Planning River basin, integrated river basin management, Water Framework Directive 12Hydroinformatics and Water Management Hydroinformatics, modelling of water resources systems, status of surface and

groundwater bodies, water and environmental protection, nature protection12

GIS and submarine acoustics Geoscience, submarine acoustics, sonar, bathymetry 29Maritime GIS Maritime cartography, real-time GIS, GIS-based decision-aided systems in maritime

navigation29

GIS Applications in Hazard Assessments Natural hazards, Risk assessment, earthquakes 34GIS and Remote Sensing for EnvironmentalScience

Environmental Science, GIS 43

GIS and Remote Sensing for River BasinDevelopment

River Basin Development, GIS 43

GIS and Remote Sensing for Integrated UrbanWater Management

Integrated Urban Water, GIS 43

GIS for the management plans within the Nature2000 Network. SCIs and SPAs

SCIs, SPAs, Nature 2000, monitoring, management plans 45

GIS for the protection of the Venice lagoon withinthe Water Framework Directive. GIS for transitionwaters

Water, pollution, water protection, ecotones 45

Urban Management Urban and Regional policy-making, planning and management, Planning SupportSystems

46

Spatial analysis in Urban and Regional Planning GIS principles, Spatial and data analysis and decision making 46Advanced application of GIS in the IntegratedCoastal Zone Management

Concepts, data acquisition, techniques and tools, field survey, uncertaintymanagement, project management

53

Application of GIS in the water domain Hydrology, data analysis, rainfall/runoff computation, DEM, water resourcesmanagement, hydrological simulation

53

Practical GIS application for development ofEcological Atlas, System of River BasinManagement, Waste Management

Water basin management system, GIS 56

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