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CartONG is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Principles for Digital Development. As part of the process of designing a comprehensive Associative Project in early 2019, CartONG decided it was a natural step forward for our organization to officially endorse the Principles for Digital Development. Read our news to learn more about how our values align with the 9 principles and how we strive to implement them in our projects and initiatives.
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~ Mapping methodological support for an impact evaluation in Tunisia ~
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~ Participatory mapping in support of CARE Haiti ~
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CartONG was in Haiti in June as part of the project "Vil nou nou pi si pou fanm yo" ("Our city is safer for women"), an initiative led by CARE's office in Jeremie and funded by UN Women. This project specifically aims to identify and map unsafe or high-risk places of gender-based violence in 7 neighborhoods of the city of Jeremie, using a co-constructive approach with the communities of youth and women living in these target districts. Learn more about the support provided in participatory mapping methodologies by our team in our news.
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~ Data Collaborative initiative in Senegal ~
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- - Soon to be published: 12 video tutorials supporting the WASH KAP mobile form adaptation to a local context and overview of analysis tools.
- - Follow-up of the Maps from here & abroad project: activities to be implemented at the local level in Savoie in the next few months. The objective is also to bring associative actors together on the subjects of migration and participatory mapping.
- - Please note that CartONG will also attend the Francophone Esri conference “SIG 2019” on October 16th & 17th and give a presentation on “Humanitarian aid workers are switching to ArcGIS Pro” on 17/10 at 4pm: "Since 2013, CartONG has been working closely with Médecins Sans Frontières in the implementation of its Geographic Information System and to provide technical support to the GIS unit. As part of the implementation of the global GIS strategy, this session will present the process put in place to initiate the migration to ArcGIS Pro for an optimization of mapping work. We will come back to the initial needs, constraints and improvements made in order to share this experience and help other users accompany such a change within their own organization".
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CARTONG IN NUMBERS THIS QUARTER
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3 Conferences attended: Foss4G, Convergences & SOTM World |
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124 WASH KAP surveys analyzed & integrated in the UNHCR iRHIS platform |
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4 interactive graphs implemented for the Health Facility BSC dashboard |
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More than 6 workshops organized to support the GEOMSF |
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MISSION AND TRAINING WORKSHOPS
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In August, we conducted a 2-week mission for Max Havelaar France in Cote d'Ivoire to support the follow-up of FairTrade cocoa cooperatives through mobile technologies. The project started by a small assessment of the situation and comparison of tools that could best cater to these needs, followed by a preparation of the digitization of the process through mobile data collection that was then tested, piloted and improved accordingly with the FairTrade teams in Cote d’Ivoire in preparation for a full deployment. The whole approach was seen very positively by the teams, who are already considering other data collections to be digitized as well as sharing the tools with other countries. Have a look at a few pictures of the mission here.
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As one of UNHCR’s implementing partners for mapping and IM activities, in July 2019 CartONG provided support to the Shelter and Settlement Section in 5 refugee camps in northern Ethiopia: MaiAini, Shimelba, Berahle, Aysaitta and Kebribeyah. The first phase of the support was remote, via the organization of Mapathons in 12 French cities. In the second phase, the outputs of the Mapathons were used as a basis for the mobile data collection conducted in the field in order to gather exact locations and attribute information for camp infrastructure as well as additional information necessary for the shelter gap analysis. The third phase focused on providing data visualization tools to the end-users and sharing collected data back to OSM.
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- - CartONG gave a one-week WASH KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices) training workshop in July 2019 in Kibondo, Tanzania to the staff of UNHCR and its local partners (TCRS, NRC, DRC, Oxfam & WMI) in charge of MDC implementation.
- - CartONG gave a one-week training workshop in Mobile Data Collection for UNHCR Livelihoods Monitoring programs in Kenya and Somalia at the UNHCR regional headquarters in Nairobi in July 2019.
- - CartONG conducted a two-week data collection mission in Senegal in July 2019 (see project update for more information).
- - CartONG conducted an Information Management assessment mission in July 2019 for the permanent secretariat for NGOs (SPONG) of Central African Republic. This mission, made on behalf of the Bioforce training institute, was composed of a needs identification phase, followed by the definition of technical scenarios and of a capacity building plan.
- - CartONG conducted a 2-week mission in French Guyana to provide participatory mapping support to the Maroni Lab, a local NGO. The goal was to better understand the needs and feelings of inhabitants in two informal neighborhoods of the city of Saint Laurent du Maroni, and ultimately improve their living conditions.
- - Third GIS week run in Brussels for MSF
- - 1 GIS basic training conducted in Dakar for MSF
- - 1 MDC introductory session at Institut Bioforce in Vénissieux
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Lessons Learned paper on MDC: written by CartONG, this paper reflects on five years of experience gained by Terre des hommes implementing Mobile Data Collection (MDC) projects in its countries of operation worldwide. It aims at helping field operations and HQs make the best use of MDC in their programs by summarizing the key lessons learned throughout these 5 years of MDC roll-out as well as, amongst other aspects, the path taken by the organization to scale up MDC over the years and the uses to which MDC is put.
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- Different documents produced to support the scale-up of the WASH KAP survey in all refugee camps every year, including a "WASH KAP Deployment Checklist" that can also be used and adapted for other data collection projects.
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We are very pleased to announce that the 7th edition of the GeOnG Forum will take place next year in Chambéry from November 2nd to 4th, 2020.
The main theme of the conference will be "People at the heart of Information Management: promoting responsible and inclusive practices".
More information to come in our next Newsletter!
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Joins us at the next Get-Together in Dullin in November! All details in the Facebook event. Please don't forget to sign up if you're interested!
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The Missing Maps Mapathon calendar for the fall is out! Recurring mapathons are scheduled in Paris, Lyon and Grenoble. Click on the links to find out more!
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Get involved! CartONG is looking for volunteers to support its ongoing projects. Recent examples of collaboration between CartONG staff and volunteers include the production of 6 maps in support of our partner Care Haiti in Jeremie as well as the production of 5 maps for Planète Réfugiés on the number of death penalty prisoners in the world. Although we mostly need support on mapping, GIS, MDC and web development… we’re looking for a wide array of skill sets (communication, design, translation, project coordination, research, etc.). So don’t hesitate to reach out if you have a bit of time and would like to help!
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