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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.</span><br>
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<span style="text-decoration:underline; color:#e4af0a"><a href="http://www.fao.org/kenya/en/" id="LPlnk509602" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">FAO Kenya</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">,
</span><a href="https://landportal.org/" id="LPlnk333593" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Land Portal</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">,
</span><a href="https://www.research4life.org/" id="LPlnk137156" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research4Life</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">,
</span><a href="https://www.godan.info/" id="LPlnk375660" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">GODAN</span></a><span style="text-decoration:underline; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Africa</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, the
</span><a href="http://www.rcmrd.org/" id="LPlnk487172" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> and the
</span><a href="https://www.developlocal.org/" id="LPlnk514091" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Local Development Research Institute</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> with funding from the European Union and
the UKaid have organized a workshop on land data and information ecosystem in Africa. The overall goal of the workshop is to uncover the land data & information ecosystem (including gaps in existence, accessibility or abilities to re-use data) in East Africa
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<b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Date and Time</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : Wed, 8 May 2019 to Fri, 10 May 2019</span></p>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Location</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> : University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya</span></p>
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<span style="color:#454545"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">More details at </span>
<a href="https://landportal.org/event/2019/04/state-land-data-information-east-africa-catalyzing-east-africas-land-data-ecosystem" id="LPlnk800411" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">https://landportal.org/event/2019/04/state-land-data-information-east-africa-catalyzing-east-africas-land-data-ecosystem</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">You are also invited to join a lively festival devoted to building an open data community in East Africa and making the linkages between open data and land on May 8th . The event will be an opportunity for collaboration and networking,
and will showcase the work from the Africa Data Cube. Details at</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/festival-making-the-linkages-between-open-data-and-land-in-east-africa-tickets-60806335386" id="LPlnk225010" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/festival-making-the-linkages-between-open-data-and-land-in-east-africa-tickets-60806335386</span></a></p>
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