AO for defining strategic and business plans for use of the CGDI and for defining user requirements for CGDI applications
August 21 2006 - October 20 2006
This GeoConnections funding opportunity supports the development of planning and user needs exercises in order to better position organizations to use the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) more effectively.
GeoConnections believes that supporting the development of strategic geomatics plans, and the business plans that aid their implementation, will result in a more effective use of resources. It will also help to support the long-term sustainability of capacity development and applications, activities that GeoConnections will be involved in funding.
GeoConnections also believes that effective application development must be based upon sound user requirements studies. Applications must be built to meet the specific needs of specific users, and users must be directly involved in the process that defines those needs. GeoConnections will not fund application development projects that do not have properly documented user requirements.
In order to provide support for these planning exercises, this announcement provides proponents with the following opportunities.
Proponents may submit one proposal for either of the following categories:
Category 1: Defining strategic and business plans for use of the CGDI;
Projects that will develop strategic and business plans for the use of sustainable, collaborative geomatics strategies that leverage the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). See section 1 and section 4 of this Announcement of Opportunity for more detail.Category 2: Defining user requirements for CGDI applications;
Projects that define user requirements for geospatial applications that make use of standards endorsed by GeoConnections and technologies that form part of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). See section 1 and section 5 of this Announcement of Opportunity for more detail.
Geospatial applications must support decision-making in one of the following priority areas:
- Public Health: Facilitating Disease Surveillance or Population Health Analysis
- Public Safety/Security: Facilitating Situational Awareness and assisting with the Management of Consequences
- Environment/Sustainable Development: Facilitating Integrated Land/Water/Marine Management including Environmental Assessment and Indicator Monitoring
- Matters of Importance to Aboriginal Peoples: Land and Resource Planning and Community Response Systems
Proposals will be accepted from the following organizations who deal with issues related to public health, public safety/security, environment/sustainable development, or matters of importance to Aboriginal peoples:
- Rural municipalities or rural regional districts
- Government departments and agencies (local, federal, provincial/territorial)
- Aboriginal organizations
- Academic institutions
- Private-sector organizations
- Non-government organizations (NGO's)
For more information:
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Tim West
CGDI User Readiness Advisor, GeoConnections
Telephone: (613) 947-0114; Facsimile: (613) 947-2410
Email: Tim.West@nrcan.gc.ca
For information regarding other opportunities, please see the anticipated schedule of opportunities at http://www.geoconnections.org/en/opportunities/aoSchedule