摘要：AbstractGeographic Information Science and Technologies (GIS&T) have today become critical components of the global cyberinfrastructure. The increasing demand for specialized geospatial education and training opportunities was responded by the rapid development of academic certificate programs and also plenty of vocational courses. Unfortunately, the GIS education both formal and informal is highly variable by quantity and quality in many countries. It requires the certification of education. One of the first national-wide GIS certification is organised by URISA in USA, which is based on self-certification process applying benchmarks for main 3 areas – education, experience and contribution to the profession. In the Czech Republic both the standardisation of relevant higher education as well as improved certification of vocational training are required. It is planned to establish a national educational board and to develop appropriate certification programmes. For certification of professional development the competency-based model is preferred.
关键词：certification;GIS;education;standardization;vocational training
