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Collaboration between UORAN1 and UT on mapping and monitoring desertification
University of Oran 1 (Algeria) and University of Twente (Netherlands) collaborated in the MAPSPADES research project, funded under the EO Africa R&D Facility
Recap of the SEED4NA project
Watch some of highlights of the SEED4NA capacity building & dissemination activities in this short video.
SEED4NA in numbers
The activities, outputs and impact of the SEED4NA project can be summarised in some key indicators.
The 4th International Conference & Exhibition Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology
TeanGEO 2024 will take place from 22 to 24 October 2024 in Tunis (Tunisia).
Final SEED4NA Conference in Rabat (Morocco)
On Monday 8 January 2024 the Final SEED4NA Conference was organized at the Grand Amphi of IAV Hassan 2 in Rabat (Morocco).
ICEOGI 2023 - International Conference on Earth Observation and Geo-spatial Information
The International Conference on Earth Observation and Geo-spatial Information (ICEOGI 2023), co-organized by USTHB and UORAN 1, took place on May 22-24, 2023.
Workshop on Earth Observation and Geospatial Information: Education and Research Perspectives
From 27 to 29 May 2023, the Faculty of Exact and Applied Sciences of the University of Oran 1 hosted a workshop on geospatial information and its application.
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EO4GEO Webinar: Fast disaster response – satellite technologies for surface displacement monitoring
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Collaboration between Ibn Zohr University, Geomatic and ESRI.
Read more about the collaboration at the link below
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Exploring the status of EO/GI in Algeria
On Thursday 11 March 2021 Mejdi Kaddour (University of Oran 1) gave a presentation on the status of EO/GI in Algeria during the monthly SEEDNA stakeholder engagement meetings
Monitoring meeting with the NEO Morocco
On Friday 12 March 2021 a project monitoring meeting took place with the National Erasmus+ Office Morocco at the premises of the Ibn Zohr University in Agadir. During this meeting, Adnane Labbaci (Ibn Zohr University) first provided an overview of the project and its current status of implementation.
Results of the analysis of current SDI/EO education at the partner universities
A summary of the results of the analysis of current SDI/EO education at the partner universities is provided in an overview presentation prepared by Danijel Šugar (UNIZG).
‘Let's talk GIS internationally’ with Adnane Labbaci (UIZ)
SEED4NA-member Adnane Labbaci (University of Ibn Zohr Agadir) was one of the speakers at the ‘Let’s talk GIS internationally’ webinar organized by the Hassania Geo-IT association on February 6 2021.
Alexandria University contributes to the GIS Day 2020
On 16 December 2020 Bibliotheca Alexandria and Esri Northeast Africa organized the GIS Day 2020, bringing together stakeholders, professionals, researchers, teachers and students active in and/or interested in spatial science and geographic data. Several team members of Alexandria University, one of the partners of the SEED4NA project, contributed to the event.
SEED4NA @ the Week of GI-Education for the Future
The SEED4NA project contributed to the organization of the Week of GI-Education for the Future. The Week of GI-Education was held from Monday 25 January to Thursday 28 January, and consisted of four sessions focusing on specific aspects of innovative GI-education.
Strong earthquakes in Croatia
Central Croatia has been hit with two strong earthquakes on December 28th (5.3 on Richter scale) and on December 29th (6.3 on Richter scale) creating massive destruction in towns of Petrinja, Sisak and Glina, and even some damage in 50 km distant Zagreb. The second earthquake shaking was registered in surrounding countries and even 1.000 km distant towns in central Italy.
The Week of Geospatial Information (GI)-Education for the Future
Joint EO4GEO GEOBIZ SEED4NA & SPIDER project week which will take place from January 25th till 28th. Please book your time for this event! Further information will follow.
SEED4NA Stakeholder Survey
The SEED4NA project (www.seed4na.eu) aims to improve the quality of higher education in North Africa in the fields of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) and Earth Observation (EO), and enhance the relevance of SDI/EO education for the labour market and society.
In order to gain insight in and better understand the skills needs and requirements of professionals and stakeholders in North Africa, SEEDNA has launched a Stakeholder Survey on necessary competences related to SDI and EO.
Monitoring meeting with the Erasmus+ office of Tunisia
On 11 November 2020, the Tunisian partners of the project and the project coordinator participated in a project monitoring meeting organized by the Tunisian Erasmus+ Office.
SEED4NA Project on GISday Tunisia
Project will be presented the 17/11/2020 during the GISday Tunisia 2020.
Analysis of current SDI/EO education at the partner universities
Existing SDI/EO courses and teaching resources to take advantage of
SEED4NA Kick-off meeting
From 18 to 20 February 2020 the SEED4NA kick-off meeting took place in Leuven. This 3-day meeting, hosted by the KU Leuven University at the Collegium Veteranorum, consisted of several presentations and discussions on the various activities of the SEED4NA project and on the interests and contributions of each of the project partners.
Meet the North African partners
The SEED4NA consortium consists of fourteen partners of which nine are from the four North African partner countries targeted by the project: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Find out more about our partners on the link below.
Contact us
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- info@seed4na.eu
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Glenn Vancauwenberghe (Project coordinator)
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