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Acronym: 
RCMRD

Location

Nairobi
Kenya
KE
Working languages: 
English

The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) is an intergovernmental organization and currently has 20 Contracting Member States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region. Their mission is to strengthen the member States and our stakeholders’ capacity through Generation, Application and Dissemination of Geo-information and Allied Technologies for sustainable development.

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Catalyzing the Land Data Ecosystem

Workshop Report: State of Land Data and Information in East Africa

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2019
Africa, Eastern Africa, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

There is no doubt that the Global Data Revolution has reached the land sector. Government data portals, open access academic journals, community mapping initiatives and other citizen-generated data - there is a palpable positive drive across the world that allows processes such as data collection to be more inclusive and open. But within this data momentum, there are still many barriers and questions: Who can access the data, and how? What data is reliable? Who owns the data? What data is up to date? Can I use the data without inflicting harm?

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