Regional SDI & Land Administration, Capacity and ... - INSPIRATION

2.4.2.2 Education
The complete list of questions in this section is:
Do you consider education important for your organization? Yes|No
How important education is for your organization (in your personal opinion)?
(from 1 to 5, where 1 = Not Important, 2 = Low Importance, 3 = Moderate Importance, 4 =
Very Important, and 5 = Crucially Important)
Does your organization encourage/support students studying certain disciplines?
Yes|No
Does your organization offer scholarship for certain education programmes? Yes|No
Does your organization review/influence the educational programmes at certain
institutions? Yes|No
Does your organization encourage/stimulate its employees to attend certain educational
programmes? Yes|No
Does your organization recognize the ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
programmes and certification? Yes|No
Is there any other programme that your organization (or government, or an association in
your country) implements with aim to promote and elevate computer literacy?
Yes|No
o If yes, please describe!
How would you spend 100 units of money / budget for the purpose of building capacity
for SDI?
Please fill in the values so the fields sum up to 100.
a) Education of employees for new tools and methods
b) Education of employees for basic IT skills and concepts
c) Support for University programmes
d) Online learning
e) Distant lectures
f) Building SDI institutions/bodies
g) Hardware
h) Software
i) Building a specialized national SDI education centre
j) Building a specialized regional SDI education centre
o Total
How would you estimate the knowledge and skills of certain professional expert groups
(typically BSc/MA level and higher) in your organization necessary for spatial data
infrastructure establishment, maintenance and support:
(express your estimation with a number from 1 to 5 where 1 = Insufficient and 5 =
Excellent)
o geomatics experts (i.e. engineers of geodesy, surveying, geomatics, geoinformation,
photogrammetry, remote sensing)
o ITC experts
o core business technical experts
o legal and administrative experts
If you have additional comment, please provide it here.
How would you assess the skills and knowledge level of the students that graduate at
universities in your country with regard to needs for NSDI setup and operation?
(from 1 to 5 where 1 = Insufficient and 5 = Excellent)
What knowledge and skills would you recommend to enhance or introduce in university
curricula to better support NSDI? Please, comment.
INSPIRATION – Spatial Data Infrastructure
in the Western Balkans
Regional SDI & Land Administration (LA) Capacity and
Education Study and Recommendations Report
(Act. 2.1 and Act. 2.2), March 2013
16