期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2004
卷号：XXXV Part B6
页码：17-21
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Since the beginning of the 90s, several initiatives have taken place in the Egyptian Survey Authority, ESA, to modernize its production facilities, work procedures and upgrade its resources. A number of international donors contributed to these initiatives. A strategic plan was set in the year 1994, where the establishment of ESA 'Land Information System' is the main target. Several working programs initiated in order to implement the strategic plan, also to operate on cost recovery bases. While good progress has been made in transferring the technology and improving productivity, ESA is seriously behind in the area of technical management and supervision. Many mid-managers and supervisors need training in the management and optimization of technical operations and quality, as well as on the effective use of information technology. This situation is similar in many mapping organizations in developing countries. The development of the capabilities of managers and supervisors is now recognized as the most important problem in ESA, in order to achieve sustainability of the modernization program and to ensure the effective use of the investments made. Such required training is however outside the scope of the standard education programs in Egyptian universities and technical institutes. ESA turned to The Netherlands Embassy in Cairo, and the International Institute ITC, for support in designing an organization development program for a five years period, after which it would proceed as on-going intra-organization training program. The TMS/ESA Training P roject started in 1999, aiming at capacity building to improve performance of ESA. ITC is the leading partner in this project, in association with several educational institutes in Egypt and professional organizations in the Netherlands and Germany. The TME/ESA Project offers an integrated set of training programs and case studies for ESA staff in all management levels. In order to ensure sustainability of training, the project also aims to strengthen the training capability of ESA. This paper will address these training programs in some details, and its impact on the functioning of ESA. It also reviews the lessons learned for both ESA and ITC, in the framework of international cooperation
关键词：Egypt Survey Authority; Capacity Building; Performance; Information System; International Cooperation; Training ; programs; Case Studies
