"Putting the Ciénega in the Map"
Geographic Information System for community participation in planning
The project aims to contribute to the strengthening of participatory planning of municipal management in the municipality of La Cienaga through Develop a geographical information system "as a tool for participatory planning of the municipality La Cienaga. The project responds to needs expressed by (a) s Community (a) s. The identification of requirements and guidelines for the design of the project have been developed and / or validated in meetings with the (old) Community (o) s which guarantees an identification with the project. The project will be implemented in partnership with community organizations, existing, established and recognized. As key partners also have the municipal council (ing Moreta Francisco), to the important national institution Civic Participation, and the National Statistics Office (ONE). The project was co-funded by the Program for Transparency and Citizen Action (TAC) of USAID (with 5000 U.S. $). News Section
'Geographic Information System'
In Section: Geographic Information System, Community Telecentre Guanaba.net (Jan 17'08)
The monthly newsletter "Statistical Panorama" (No. 7 SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2007) of the National Statistical Office (ONE) reflects the experience of project Putting Ciénega in MAP under the title "MAPS AND MANAGEMENT LOCAL"
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In Section: Geographic Information System, Community Telecentre Guanaba.net (2 Nov'07)
What was the process and what were the lessons learned from our little project information system for community participation in municipal management is. and Vicky were filed by Nov. 2 at 07 in the Latin American Conference of 2007 ESRI Users (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System, Strengthening ICT for Community Organizations, Community Telecentre Guanaba.net (22 Sept'07)
The municipality of La Cienaga Municipality and the Foundation Taiguey signed an agreement within the framework of the project Putting The Swamp in the Map in which they undertake to cooperate in the use and further expansion of the tool of Geographic Information (Read more ...)
In Section: Culture and Development, Geographic Information System, Strengthening ICT for Community Organizations, Miscellaneous (22 Sept'07)
This Sunday, September 22, 2007, as the climax of the "putting the Ciénega in the Map" was held with the facilitation of Mr. Sunday Matias, an expert on municipal issues, the workshop "Participatory Municipal Planning and the use of the Maps" with the aim of sensitizing the participants on the concepts of Municipal Planning and processes to be put into operation and uses of GIS tool in planning. The workshop was held at the Library of La Cienaga town hall and was attended by 33 people representing various organizations, aldermen, treasurer and employees of the City Council, representatives of FEDOMU, and the program of Transparency and Citizen Action. (Read more ... )
In Section: Geographic Information System, ICT for Strengthening Community Organizations (16 Sept'07)
With the facilitation Geologist Raul Ponce's mapping department of the National Bureau of Statistics will make the data-processing workshop with the objective of the participants to acquire knowledge sovereign Basic Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Process Generation and update maps with Arc View software and management basics. The workshop was held at the premises of Guanaba.Net. The workshop attended by 13 people from the community and the municipality of La Cienaga (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System (4 Sept'07)
In this post we have a recount of several activities, formation of the brigades of voluntary community meetings and the list of things that will have on the map, in addition to the census (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System (15 Aug'07)
A census was held within the framework of the Community Project Putting La Cienaga in the Map for lifting of a geo-information. The Census Putting The Swamp in the Map was made by people from the community on 7, 8 and Aug. 9, they visited all the households in the town of La Cienaga and Fudeco wearing shirts with the campaign of Fighting Corruption. (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System (21 Jul'07)
With the aim of lifting with GPS of all homes, their locations and references in order to make easier the next census families to be implemented. Will conclude with the geroreferenciacion of housing. This took place in the towns of La Cienaga (urban area, including Fudeco) by Mil Rudy Medina, Oklan Guevara Diaz and Alejandro Feliz Montilla. (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System, Miscellaneous (4 Jul'07)
The workshop, aimed at / as candidates to censistas sought that the participants manage the implementation of the census questionnaire. At the same was discussed the questions in the census form and perform a test census in which the participants took to implement the questionnaire. It was also finalized details on the organization of the census, the allocation of housing to register and how to go to visit the homes. (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System, Community Telecentre Guanaba.net (26 Jun'07)
This Sunday, June 24, about 15 volunteers to lift the data that will be in the Geographic Information System of the community, participated in a workshop on use of GPS. Using a new device and a new technology that will put the Ciénega in Map aroused considerable interest. Read the Report GPS Workshop. It is noteworthy that this workshop is conducted the day after the June 14 (see the Community Workshop Report June 14 "> Community Workshop Report) is complete in a participatory manner the prioritization of areas to geo referencing and variable interest Community. (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System (14 Jun'07)
A workshop was held with 25 people from the community to identify the areas to geo referencing. In that identified some 10 areas, indicators and prioritized areas.
It also reports on the different modalities for the lifting of the information.
View areas identified and development workshop here memory-workshop-EU-14-06-07.pdf
In Section: Geographic Information System, Community Telecentre Guanaba.net (11 Jun'07)
On June 4, 2007 in the morning was held the meeting to launch the project planning and "La Cienaga Putting on the Map." The workshop was planning the launch of the project and defined the responsibilities of the different partners in the project. Also, ideas were identified possible variables to geo-referencing, and options for gathering information in the household and community levels. See the memory of the document and subsequent methodology for the lifting of data (Read more ...)
In Section: Geographic Information System (17 Apr'07)
The Fund Grant Program Transparency and Citizen Action of USAID selected the project "La Cienaga being in the Map" for financial support. The project aims to contribute to the strengthening of participatory planning of municipal management in the municipality of La Cienaga through Develop a geographical information system "as a tool for participatory planning of the municipality La Cienaga. (Read more ...)