AMRC Completed Projects: GIS for Lao Staff


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GIS for Lao Staff

The AMRC provided training for two senior Lao provincial government officials from the Southern Regional Development Committee (RDC). The course, entitled Spatial Information Systems for Livestock and Fisheries Management in the Southern Lao PDR, was designed, coordinated and taught by Simon Bush and Phil Hirsch. The course was taught in 10 modules designed to introduce and build on skills and concepts associated with GIS and thematic mapping. More advanced areas covered by the course included spatial representation of numerical data and change associated with fisheries and livestock, building project-specific spatial information systems, building comprehensive spatial information systems, updating and sharing information, and using spatial information systems for planning and evaluation purposes. The participants hope to apply GIS and thematic mapping to the activities of the RDC associated with livestock and fisheries over the coming years.

Duration: August 2000

Partners: Regional Development Committee, Savannakhet Province and the Dept of Livestock & Fisheries, Lao PDR

Funding bodies: AIT Outreach


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GIS for Lao Staff