GeoSuisse symposium meeting with Wageningen University and SAGEO on Geospatial Education Reinvented, September 12th, 2014, at Wageningen University, Netherlands.

1. Foundation Geo Employment Market
International Harmonisation
Karen Levoleger
12 september 2014 Geo Suisse

2. @GeoSkills_Plus Geo Skills +
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Belgium
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Netherlands

3. 3
Project Partners

4. Gap in European countries
March 2014

5. WP 5: Project Management & Reporting
5 Work Packages
WP 1: Cooperation Model
WP 2: Awareness Raising
WP 3: Bridging the Gap
WP 4: Dissemination
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6. The Golden Triangle
Education
Business Government
“The workshop revealed that we
need to turn this into Pyramid”
WP 1: Cooperation Model

7. Cooperation Model
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GEO
Education
Labour
Market

8. 8
30/01/2015 8
Dutch Awareness
Raising Activities
WP 2: Awareness Raising

9. Denmark: www.landins.dk

10. Estonia: www.egu.ee

11. Germany:
www.arbeitsplatz-erde.de/

12. First Step
First STEP is inactive - Under Refurbishment

13. WP 3: Bridging the Gap
 Gaps between GEO (VET) students and employers
 Gaps between the supply of GEO jobs and the
demand for qualified graduates
 Identification of [more] gaps
 Selection of existing best practices
 Defining ways to bridge the gap

14.  Results
– Dissemination Plan
– Promotional Materials
 Website
 Newsletter
 Social Media
– Identifying dissemination opportunities
 Conferences
 Seminars
 Workshops
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WP 4: Dissemination

15.  Results
– Kick-off Meeting
– Coordinate the implementation of all technical and financial tasks
– Official reporting to the European Commission
– Quality Management Plan
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WP 5: Project Management &
Reporting

16. European GEO initiatives
GALILEO
Copernicus

17. EU
 Policy of the EU commission
– Galileo (European GPS system)
– INSPIRE (exchange geo information)
– GMES / Copernicus (new satellites)
 Spatially Enabled Society
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18. Events
 Kick-off Meeting: Brussels, Belgium
6-7 November 2013
 Workshop 1 + Partner Meeting 1: SOMA College, Harderwijk,
The Netherlands 21-22 May 2014
 Workshop 2 + Partner Meeting 2: Sofia, Bulgaria
23-24 October 2014
 Workshop 3 + Partner Meeting 3: Vilnius, Lithuania
May 2015
 Joint Event (Final conference): Brussels, Belgium
End August / Begin September 2015
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