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<p>Actually I was going to make the opposite point. I think a major
issue in discussing data governance issues is the lack of
awareness of different large-scale data communities and their
overlap and points of interface. So the UN now has its "World Data
Forum" which is focused on sustainable development data and
statistics; ISC/CODATA/WDS/RDA have "International Data Week"
focused on scientific data; the growing community of Chief Data
Officers/CIOs have their own set of meetings; the data science
community now has a number of very large international data
science conferences; the Earth observation community has the Group
on Earth Observations; the health/medical communities have their
own set of conferences; the disaster data community is very
scattered across public and private sector and academic
stakeholders; etc. Many of them approach data governance/rights
issues quite differently. The research community generates data
used by other communities, and vice versa. Addressing these
multiple uses, taking into account a wider group of stakeholders
and needs, is vital to ensure that each community doesn't just
optimize its policies/approaches on its core constituents, but
also promotes cross-sector/cross-jurisdictional use. This is
particularly important because certain aspects of data governance,
such as IP and copyright law and the activities of groups like the
World Intellectual Property Organization, do affect all of these
communities, and they may need to coordinate or collaborate in
ensuring their views are represented. Many years ago, for example,
ICSU/CODATA played a role in the World Summits on the Information
Society, ensuring that scientific perspectives on the development
of the Internet and the digital divide were represented (alongside
the government/private sector Internet interests).</p>
<p>Cheers, Bob<br>
</p>
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Dr. Robert S. Chen
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
(CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Manager, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
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tel. +1 845-365-8952; fax +1 845-365-8922
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/19 5:18 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jean-Claude.BURGELMAN@ec.europa.eu">Jean-Claude.BURGELMAN@ec.europa.eu</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Geoffrey
et al<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">To
me that seems to be a more than urgent issue to tackle and
the ISC a more than correct actor to kick-start this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For
me the issue (data governance) is a no brainer as an urgent
policy issue.
<br>
We have OPEC to govern the oil prices (the key resource of
the industrial society) so we need something to govern data,
the key resource of the 21<sup>st</sup> century a knowledge
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">2
points I would suggest to put on the agenda as they need to
be tackled up front<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
exact scope : data is everywhere, but we can’t address it
all. My suggestion: only data produced by the research
system. In itself massive – certainly in view of AI - but
also logical from an ISC perspective to ‘’claim’’ this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
governance models to avoid. It seems to me we need to invent
a new frame, rather than hooking it to existing
institutions.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A
federation of science clouds – emerging around the world de
facto – could be a first step<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Looking
forward to collaborate on this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">jc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Jean-Claude
BURGELMAN</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Open
Access Envoy<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">European
Commission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">DG
Research & Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dir
G</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"
lang="FR">ORBN 07/087</span><span
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lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="FR">1049 Brussels/Belgium</span><span
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lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"
lang="FR">+32 229-80006</span><span
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lang="FR">
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lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US"> CODATA-international
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org"><codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>BOULTON Geoffrey<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kiringai Kamau
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"><kiringai.kamau@godan.info></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CODATA International
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:codata-international@lists.codata.org"><codata-international@lists.codata.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CODATA-international] Digital
Feudalism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I should mention
that the International Science Council (outcome of a merger
between ICSU and ISSC - the International Social Science
Council - is shortly to launch a major initiative on Global
Data Governance (please don’t be upset by the world
governance), that will deal with many of the issues raised in
this correspondence. It will of course be highly contested by
precisely some of those interests also referred to in this
correspondence. However, if the science community does not
take a lead on this one, you can be sure that someone else
will.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">It would be
interring and useful to have colleagues' ideas on what the
kick-off agenda should be. It would also be interesting the
hear from those colleagues who thing it is a thoroughly bad
idea,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Geoffrey<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">On 16
Oct 2019, at 18:48, Kiringai Kamau <<a
href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Thanks,
Alex for yours!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Your
discussion makes the reason to have a more
focused discourse among stakeholders which this
platform provides part of. It would make good
sense to align this with some of the data think
Tanks and present the case for in-depth analysis
for a continental level discussion. We are
gearing for the ACFTA, which will drive
intra-Africa Trade. Investment in infrastructure
is definitely critical for this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The
GODAN Africa Agenda is to promote a concensus on
an Open data paradigm that anonymizes data for
access, use and reuse for innovation.
Intra-country data needs to be as raw as the
users may seek to do. It makes sense for each
country to plan its own strategy on hosting, but
GODAN supports countries think through the
internal processes. Alone, however, we are not
able to do it which is why we are a network to
work with those who share our vision of making
evidence available for decision making using
data openness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The
best locale for the kind of discussion we seem
to hold is at the AU or ECA, who could kick
start the discussions then regions and countries
can take that forward but from the perspective
of breaking the big pan African challenge into
smaller achievable milestones. If we do have any
representatives of the AU, ECA, or any
institutional initiatives that believe in the
goal of GODAN, in this forum, kindly inbox me so
that we can side chat on the possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kiringai<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This
discu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On
Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 5:21 PM Alex de Sherbinin
<<a
href="mailto:adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu"
moz-do-not-send="true">adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Dear
Kiringai,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Thanks
for your thoughtful response. I don't
think that the cloud makes in-country or
regional investments in the establishment
of data repositories redundant. A
repository could use the cloud for storage
or backup and still require domain
expertise for the curation, documentation
and stewardship of data according to
community standards. Note that the
CoreTrustSeal certification requires
repositories to identify their domain and
mission, which is considered critical for
understanding the needs of the user
community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">One
of the issues I have with the current
approach to putting data in open
repositories (Dryad, Figshare, etc.) is
that the data are often not well
documented (unless accompanied by a
journal article) or discoverable, e.g.
through catalog searches. Something else
I've encountered in Africa is a reluctance
by national governments to entrust their
data to cloud services hosted in Europe or
North America. There may really be no
threat to data security or breaches at
all, but there is a perception that such a
threat exists or that this is a form of
neo-colonialism (exportation of data).
Lastly, someone else raised the issue that
the cloud requires monthly fees.
Unfortunately this may represent an
obstacle to donors, who can pay for
infrastructure but not necessarily monthly
fees. Perhaps those policies can be
changed in recognition of the new reality.
Or perhaps a continental/regional approach
could mean that a repository is supported
by fees coming from multiple member
countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I
am not opposed to a continental/regional
approach to data repositories, but where
do we begin? With the AOSP? The African
Union? And is it just one big open
repository serving all domains from health
to agriculture to climate or biological
sciences, or could we envision various
domain repositories being set up with core
funding serving continental or regional
needs (say under the umbrella of ECOWAS or
CILSS in the West African context)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">In
any case - I wanted to make this point to
the group at large, in case others have
thoughts. I would like to follow up with
you for some more discussions on possible
GODAN-WDS collaboration in the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On
Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 12:56 AM Kiringai
Kamau <<a
href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Alex,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">As
you well mention, the Cloud makes
in-country investments redundant.
and may to some extent be
unnecessary. As Africa moves to
centralize rather than decentralize
within the Continental Free Trade
Area and the Malabo Agendas, we may
want to think of Africa's open data
space as the policy environment
where much of what emerges from your
workshop/conference will get better
mileage for realization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">GODAN's
Africa Agenda is to support a
melting pot of innovation using
data. It is my view that once data
is openly available, the temptation
of taking it away to any place or
location after a project is done
becomes unnecessary. We make a deal
of data theft because someone having
it has better mileage in what they
can propose to us...what if
everyone has access, can use and
reuse the data for innovation-based
not on information asymmetry but
rather on their ingenuity?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">If
we could do this, then the pan
African institutions would focus on
what brings development rather than
other parochial
interests...investment would be
promoted and development achieved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I
would be keen to discuss with your
team on the possibilities of moving
to a more centralized open data
space that can inspire innovation as
we work together within the GODAN
Agenda. Unfortunately, we shall be
finishing the Africa Geospatial Data
and Internet Conference in Accra at
the time yours kicks off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Inbox
me for further discussion on how we
can work together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kiringai,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On
Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 9:53 PM Alex de
Sherbinin <<a
href="mailto:adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This
conversation offers a good
opportunity to make everyone aware
of a conference coming up on 23-25
October in Dakar: "Open Science in
the South: Issues and Perspectives
for a New Dynamic" <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/opensciencesud.sciencesconf.org/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r0j044g9w$"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://opensciencesud.sciencesconf.org/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">At
this conference I am
co-organizing with a colleague
from WDS (Arona Diedhou) and
partners from Agrhymet, Centre
de Suivi Ecologique and WASCAL a
workshop on developing West
African research data
repositories. One of the
arguments I plan to make is that
the absence of national /
regional repositories, along
with policies in countries
requiring repatriation of data
(or at least maintenance of a
copy in country), there will
continue be a lack of
"restitution" of research
findings and development project
data in the region. I'd be happy
to know if others are making
such arguments, or if indeed in
the age of the cloud this seems
too parochial. Obviously this
would require training and
funding. If anyone can point me
to initiatives that would
support this effort, that would
be most welcome. I am hoping to
convince IRD, the lead
organizer, that investment in
this area would be a tangible
output from the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Alex
de Sherbinin <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">vice
chair, WDS scientific committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On
Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 9:42 AM
Kiringai Kamau <<a
href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kassim,
Niek
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">As
you rightly say, most of
the projects are
undertaken from a top-down
perspective, with limited
sharing of knowledge among
all the actors ... the
beneficiaries rarely get
to see the definition of
the mission and the
impatience to get started
by those coming with the
project funds creates no
opportunity for any
preparedness among the
beneficiary partners.
Where knowledgeable
persons exist, they may
only be hosted within
institutions. In many
cases, such institutions
are not core/key actors in
the problem/project
definition. They are only
invited, by a higher
privileged office/officer,
when everything has been
defined and pathways of
implementation determined
at a political level they
cannot question. Economic
or political interests are
the pathways that those
with interests use to take
advantage of a system they
may know presents the
opportunity to give them
leeway to mine data for
their use and leave with
it. The projects therefore
are not defined with any
other intention other than
the data sourcing for a
song and empty promises by
those portending to
possess the knowledge that
will develop a beneficiary
country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Realizing
this challenge, the Global
Open Data for Agriculture
and Nutrition convened
with ministers of the
South-South an Open Data
Conference in Nairobi
where a Declaration was
formulated. We are
currently supporting
African countries to
evolve policies and
frameworks that can advise
compliance to national,
regional and global
agendas and in the process
build local capacity key
of which is data
governance. I am convinced
that we can sport feudal
inclinations on behalf of
partner countries in
projects and therefore
request anyone formulating
a project that they feel
should be bottom-up and
create local
knowledge should link up
with GODAN through Suchith
or myself (in case your
area of focus is Africa).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Thanks,
Suchith for sharing the
Feudalism concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kiringai
Kamau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On
Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 10:16
AM Mwitondi, Kassim <<a
href="mailto:K.Mwitondi@shu.ac.uk" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">K.Mwitondi@shu.ac.uk</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This
is an instance of a
biased data ownership. A
few years ago I was
working with a young
African researcher on an
agro-forestry research
project. No sooner had
we started than I
realused that her centre
had only some
descriptive statistics
but no direct access to
the biomass data which
she and her colleagues
had spent months
collecting from two
islands! The vast chunk
of the data had left
with the development
partners at the end of
the project. It turned
out, nobody at the
centre had any knowledge
or pressing interest to
pursue the data and
there was already new
initiatives to run
another project, which
in my view was almost a
duplicate of the first,
but this time with a
different development
partner.<br>
<br>
To cut the long story
short, I have come
across several cases of
data ownership of this
nature and my view is
that it doesn't help
much coining
terminologies, as the
best that can be
achieved is a blame
culture. Would I call
that data capitalism?
Colonialism? Feudalism?
I never would! I have
learnt, over the years,
that proper problem
identification is a
major stride in working
out the solution.
Blaming it on one part
marginalizing the other
when it comes to data
generation, access and
ownership is stripping
everyone on the project
of a fundamental
responsibility in
managing the project.<br>
<br>
Apparently, the problem
starts with the project
write-up. If the project
recipient is fully
engaged from project
initiation to delivery,
they surely should know
how to access the data,
as that is a key project
deliverable. My personal
experience is that there
are a several factors
that lead to this kind
of situation. One, many
project ideas are
top-down, that is, they
are not developed within
the working conditions
of the recipients. Two,
there are often many
gaps in engagement,
mainly caused by near
disparate motives on
many projects, with the
funders, experts and
recipients not
necessarily having the
same perception, motives
or knowledge. Put the
two together and add the
determined project
timeline, you have a
near disaster. But the
tripartite interests to
run projects continues
and we are creating a
vicious cycle. What is
the solution? It must
start from the
recipients who must
align each incoming
project with their
respective development
strategies. They must
present themselves as
equal partners in
defining the project
problem and tracking and
measuring its outcomes.
They should be able to
quantifiable identify
what worked and what
didn't and any there
should be national
institutions charged
with such
responsibility. I could
be writing all night, I
would rather stop here
for now.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
KSM<br>
<br>
Dr Kassim S. Mwitondi<br>
Sheffield Hallam
University<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span
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[CODATA-international]
Digital Feudalism</span><span
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lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">This
is indeed a huge
problem. I also
recently learned
that information
data from NGOs are
best perhaps shared
with some ministries
in Bamako, Mali, but
not within a region
where the work is
being done. This
implies that local
decision makers
remain dependant on
the information/data
stream back from the
ministries which may
take some months, if
ever. This can never
be the purpose of
the work executed.</span><span
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Since
most of the projects
are financed with
public funding for
the benefit of de
people in the given
(development)
country and
data/information
belong in fact to
the real funds
provider of the work
(i.e. tax payers),
claims of
intellectual
property rights that
data belong to the
project executors
seem not applicable.
Consequently, data
and other
information (e.g.
lessons learned)
should be shared at
large to the
population and other
relevant
stakeholders to
avoid duplication of
efforts.</span><span
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worthwhile to be
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<b>Verzonden:</b><span
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<b>Aan:</b><span
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<b>Onderwerp:</b><span
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Feudalism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I have not heard
that term before
but I did run
into related
term this week
at the
DDI-CODATA
workshop here in
Dagstuhl. The
term is Data
Colonialism.
This often
happens when a
foreign entity
(e.g., a
development
agency/project).e
data are
collected in a
developing
country and are
taken out of the
country. They
will leave
behind some
summary tables
but will take
the rich data
and metadata
away. This
makes it
difficult to
develop the data
analysis and
management
skills within
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<span
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came across a
recent op-ed
by Prof.
Mariana
Mazzucato on
“Digital
Feudalism” at</span><span
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<span
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Mazzucato is a
leading
researcher and
thinker on
Technology and
Innovation,
advisor to the
European
Commission on
research and
innovation
strategy, and
author of two
important
books on the
subject “The
Value of
Everything”
and
“The Entrepreneurial
State”. </span><span
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lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The
report on
“Mission-oriented
Research and
Innovation in
the European
Union” might
be of interest</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"
lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="NL"><a
href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/mazzucato_report_2018.pdf"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="EN-GB">https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/mazzucato_report_2018.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Since
the use of
cloud
platforms for
GIS data
analysis is
having a huge
impact on the
GIS community,
the subject is
of relevance.<span
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lang="NL">I
would like
learn more on
this <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#454545">Are
there any
examples of
Digital
Feudalism in
GIS? </span><span
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lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#454545">How
will Digital
Feudalism in
GIS affect our
future
generations?</span><span
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lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#454545">What
policies are
governments,
regulators
doing to
reduce Digital
Feudalism in
GIS?</span><span
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policies and
curriculum
are universities,
educators
adopting to
reduce Digital
Feudalism in
GIS?</span><span
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class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Tweeter</i></b>: @kiringaik,<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Skype</i></b>:
kiringai.kamau</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">_______________________________________________<br>
CODATA-international mailing
list<br>
<a
href="mailto:CODATA-international@lists.codata.org"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">CODATA-international@lists.codata.org</a><br>
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href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r3Bb1a-Jw$"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br
clear="all">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------<br>
Alex de Sherbinin, PhD<br>
Associate Director,
Science Applications
Division<br>
Deputy Manager, NASA SEDAC<br>
CIESIN, The Earth
Institute at Columbia
University<br>
P.O. Box 1000 (61 Route
9W), Palisades, NY 10964<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
Web:<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.ciesin.columbia.edu/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r1WfoxG5Q$"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.ciesin.columbia.edu</a><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r3vE4B8gQ$"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu</a><br>
Tel. +1-845-365-8936,
Skype: alex.desherbinin</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</blockquote>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kiringai
Kamau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#38761D">GODAN
Africa Lead</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Programme
for Capacity
Development in
Africa (P4CDA
Africa)</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:solid
windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img
style="width:1.0434in;height:1.0434in" id="_x0000_i1027"
src="cid:part29.388C4615.5B150A39@ciesin.columbia.edu"
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class=""
width="100"
height="100"
border="0"></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#126422">GODAN
Head Office</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;background-position:initial
initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">845
Sherbrooke
Street West,<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Montreal</b>, Quebec, Canada
H3A 0G4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;background-position:initial
initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Macdonald
Campus, McGill
University,
21111 Lakeshore
Road,
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,
QC H9X 3V9</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt">
<b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#126422;letter-spacing:.15pt">Programme
for Capacity
Development in
Africa (P4CDA)</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt">
<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">PO
Box 1618, 00100
GPO Nairobi, 1<sup>st</sup><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Floor, Nyaku House, Argwings
Kodhek Road</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt">
<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Cell:
+254 722 800
986/+254 733 375
505</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt">
<b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Email</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">:<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a
href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a></b><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:kiringai@perfect.africa" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai@perfect.africa</a></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;background-position:initial
initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<b><i><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Website</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">:<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.godan.info/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r0hI87Exw$"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:windowtext">www.godan.info</span></a><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.perfect.africa/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r1j36IeeA$"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:windowtext">www.perfect.africa</span></a>,<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Tweeter</i></b>: @kiringaik,<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Skype</i></b>:
kiringai.kamau</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p
class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
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</div>
</div>
</div>
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</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br
clear="all">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------<br>
Alex de Sherbinin, PhD<br>
Associate Director, Science
Applications Division<br>
Deputy Manager, NASA SEDAC<br>
CIESIN, The Earth Institute at
Columbia University<br>
P.O. Box 1000 (61 Route 9W),
Palisades, NY 10964<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
Web:<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.ciesin.columbia.edu/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r1WfoxG5Q$"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.ciesin.columbia.edu</a><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/__;%21NW73rmyV52c%21UrPr3J-Y0KFaALfr1KzXpKMBItrPWFea6XLUMgy9-eQlkqDgUy0dw75xS2utF06_Rzgw1r3vE4B8gQ$"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu</a><br>
Tel. +1-845-365-8936, Skype:
alex.desherbinin</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br
style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0);font-variant-caps:
normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px;word-spacing:0px" clear="all">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">--<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
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<div>
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<div>
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<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Kiringai
Kamau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#38761D">GODAN
Africa Lead</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Programme
for Capacity Development in
Africa (P4CDA Africa)</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:solid
windowtext
1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img
style="width:1.0434in;height:1.0434in"
id="_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:part29.388C4615.5B150A39@ciesin.columbia.edu"
alt="Image removed by
sender." class=""
width="100" height="100"
border="0"></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#126422">GODAN
Head Office</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;background-position:initial
initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">845
Sherbrooke Street West,<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Montreal</b>, Quebec, Canada
H3A 0G4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;background-position:initial
initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Macdonald
Campus, McGill University,
21111 Lakeshore Road,
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
H9X 3V9</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#126422;letter-spacing:.15pt">Programme
for Capacity Development
in Africa (P4CDA)</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">PO
Box 1618, 00100 GPO Nairobi,
1<sup>st</sup><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Floor,
Nyaku House, Argwings Kodhek
Road</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Cell:
+254 722 800 986/+254 733
375 505</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Email</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">:<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a
href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a></b><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:kiringai@perfect.africa" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai@perfect.africa</a></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt;background-position:initial
initial;background-repeat:initial initial">
<b><i><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Website</span></i></b><span
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