GIS Analysis for WASH Programmes Course

Event: GIS Analysis for WASH Programmes Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya.

Event Date: 02nd – 06th March 2018

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INTRODUCTION

The aim of any water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme is to promote good personal and environmental hygiene in order to protect health. Integrating GIS in WASH programmes helps in implementing target based interventions as it will help to build a model of the complex environment in a much simpler and easier way for you to understand the environment and make proper and informed decisions. Continuing developments in free open source GIS software for both desktop and web application is opening up great possibilities for capturing and processing geographical data, and then publishing maps via the internet. The ability to manage information on water and sanitation services and then overlay it with other spatial features has wide-ranging benefits for project planning and design, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy and accountability.

Integrating GIS in WASH programmes is the way forward, toward achievement of the post 2015 Development agenda aimed at achieving global access to water and sanitation.

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

Program Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Experts, Civil Engineers, Environmentalist, Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, exposure scientists, quantitative health geographers, risk assessors, students.

DURATION

5 Days

REQUIREMENTS

No prior knowledge of GIS is required. Participants will be working on their own laptop with Quantum GIS (QGIS)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By completing this course, participants will be able to:-

• Evaluate the spatial data requirements in Water Sanitation and Hygiene
• Use GIS and RS as a tool for monitoring WASH projects Activities
• Assess spatial data availability
• Understand the importance of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in WASH programs
• Use participatory GIS (PGIS) at community level
• Carry out water and sanitation modeling using GIS
• Collect data using Mobile data gathering tools
• Carry out basic data analysis using statistical software’s
• Design and implement their own GIS projects that integrate remote sensing data, GPS-based field information in a proper geospatial framework

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Introduction to key concepts and principles in WASH
• Everything happens somewhere
• Geography and national spatial data infrastructure
• Strategic role of geography in WASH project implementation
• Process for using geographic data and tools
• Concepts and principles of GIS
• GIS Capabilities and Functions in the context of WASH
• Collecting data in WASH context using GPS
• Using GPS utility software for managing and downloading and managing data
• Using Mobile Phones for GIS collecting data on WASH indicators
• Importing GPS data to Quantum GIS
• Soft skills on key data analysis in EXCEL
• GIS Mapping of WASH indicators
• Create new WASH indicators map layers using internal and local data

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PAYMENT

Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B.26th March 2018

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ACCOMMODATION

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TAILOR-MADE TRAINING This training can also be customized for your institution upon request to a minimum of 4 participants. You can have it delivered in our IRES Training Centre or at a convenient location.