Presentation of Karl Donert at Olomouc University, Czech Republic, November 10-12 2014

1. Karl
Donert,
President
EUROGEO,
Director:
European
Centre
of
Excellence:
digital-­‐earth.eu
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
Olomouc University, Czech Republic, November 10-­‐‑12 2014
GeoCapacity
Building
-­‐
what
future
for
'geospa9al
geoskills'?

2. EUROGEO
• European
Associa9on
of
Geographers
• Legally
based
in
Belgium
• Interna9onal
NGO
–
established
1979
by
the
European
Commission
to
network
geographers
• A
professional
associa9on
for
geographers,
geo-­‐
scienMsts
and
related
areas
• Developed
from
the
HERODOT
(Bologna
Process)
Network
for
higher
educaMon
in
Europe

3. Geo-­‐Capacity
Building
• EUROGEO
at
the
Council
of
Europe
(since
1983)
• Par9cipatory
status
• Culture,
Educa9on,
Environment,
Economy
groups
– Lobbying
in
the
European
Parliament
– Respond
to
statements
and
policy
proposals
(Rio
+
20)
– AWendance
at
major
meeMngs
and
events
(WFD)

4. EUROGEO:
geospa9al
projects
• Networking:
Digital-­‐earth.eu
• Tools:
I-­‐Use
• Training:
iGuess
&
iGuess2
• EducaMon:
SpaMal
CiMzenship
• Careers:
GeoSkills
Plus

5. European Journal of Geography
http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu
“A
fine
journal
with
excellent
and
widely
cited
papers
on
European
geography”
The
SCOPUS
EvaluaMon
Team
(2014)
TranslaMng
the
vital
work
of
geo-­‐scienMsts
into
the
policy
arena

6. Capacity
Building
for
the
future

7. Varga, A., & Parag, A. (2009). Academic knowledge transfers and the
structure of international research networks. University knowledge transfers
and regional development: Geography, entrepreneurship and policy. Edward
Elgar Publishers, 138-159.
“Our results indicate that the quality of
international network connections matters for
academic knowledge transfers. ….. not only is the
distribution of public research expenditures across
different research projects important but also the
position from which researchers enter international
networks and the level of knowledge accumulated in
those networks.”

8. hOp://9nyurl.com/GWF-­‐
geocap2014

9. (BBC
2013)

10. The
Next
Revolu9on?
GakstaWer
E.
(2014),
Will
the
Next
Industrial
RevoluMon
Be
Bigger
than
the
First?
Will
GeospaMal
Technology
be
Part
of
It?,
GeospaMal
SoluMons,
hWp://Mnyurl.com/qxhohom
Waves
of
innovaMon,
aeer
KondraMev
(1925)

11. GakstaWer
E.
(2014),
Will
the
Next
Industrial
RevoluMon
Be
Bigger
than
the
First?
Will
GeospaMal
Technology
be
Part
of
It?,
GeospaMal
SoluMons,
hWp://Mnyurl.com/qxhohom
Capacity
Building
–
for
what
and
for
whom?

12. ISDE
Digital
Earth
2020
Workshop,
Beijing,
March
18-­‐20
2011,
www.digitalearth-­‐isde.org/ssw/147

13. Economic
Value
of
Geospa9al
Data
(Arup
Dasgupta,
2013)
Dusgupta
A
(2013),
Economic
Value
of
GeospaMal
Data:
The
great
enabler
hWp://Mnyurl.com/nj9kj2

14. Benefits
of
the
Geospa9al
Industry

15. Entrepreneurship,
Innova9on
and
Leadership
in
Educa9on

16. 250,000
training
courses

17. Concepts:
social
learning,
geographic
(geo-­‐)media,
spa9al
ci9zenship
Gryl I, Jekel T and Donert K (2010), Spatial Citizenship, p2-­‐‑12, In Jekel T, Donert K and Koller A (eds.) Learning
with GeoInformation V, Berlin, Wichman Verlag
Sustainability
of
successful
projects?

18. Capacity
Building
• InnovaMon
and
change
• EvoluMon
of
relaMonships
• Gain
influence
• Make
an
impact
• Affect
policy
Etzkowitz,
H.
and
Leydesdorff,
L.
(2000),
The
dynamics
of
innovaMon:
from
NaMonal
Systems
and
“Mode
2”
to
a
Triple
Helix
of
university–industry–government
relaMons
Research
Policy,
29(2):
109-­‐123
Triple
Helix
Model

20. www.geoskillsplus.eu
leonardo.project@kadaster.nl
@GeoSkills_Plus Geo Skills +

22. 22
2008 Demands Geo Labour
Demand
from
private
sector
Demand
from
research
sector
Demand
from
public
sector
VET
Ba
EducaMon
for
GEO
specialists
EducaMon
with
GEO
components
VET
BSc, BA
MSc
PhD
80% 20%
Geo
Employment
Market
FoundaMon

32. USA data: http://www.onetonline.org/find/quick?s=geospatial
Skills
Shortages:
no
defined
geospa9al
workforce
Chui
J
et
al.
(2011),
Big
data:
The
next
fronMer
for
innovaMon,
compeMMon
and
producMvity,
McKinsey
Global
InsMtute

34. 34
hWp://eskillsassociaMon.eu/

35. 35
European needs

36. Leadership in
Geo-
• data / analytics
expertise
• building new
businesses
• corporate conformists
• maverick - culturally
very different

37. Data,
Data,
Data
…
everywhere
UNEP
data
Misguided’
naMons
lock
up
valuable
geospaMal
data
hWp://t.co/5hy5WE9RJ6

38. Global
Network
of
Networks

39. 39

40. 40

41. Cross-­‐boundary
posi9oning
(Leydesdord,
2012)
Who
/
What
fills
this
space?
Leydesdorff,
L.
(2012).
The
triple
helix,
quadruple
helix,…,
and
an
n-­‐tuple
of
helices:
explanatory
models
for
analyzing
the
knowledge-­‐based
economy?.
Journal
of
the
Knowledge
Economy,
3(1),
25-­‐35.

42. Cross
boundary
posi9oning
(aeer
Navarro
et
al.
2009)
Navarro,
M.,
Gibaja,
J.
J.,
Bilbao-­‐Osorio,
B.,
and
Aguado,
R.
(2009).
PaWerns
of
innovaMon
in
EU-­‐25
regions:
a
typology
and
policy
recommendaMons.
Environment
and
Planning
C:
Government
and
Policy,
27(5),
815-­‐840.
need
help
with
this

43. Breaking
down
iner9a

44. Capacity
Building:
Some
Recommenda9ons
• Money
…..
support
from
industry
• Long-­‐term
commitment
……
from
stakeholders
• Common
public
message
–
media
–
investment
=
valuaMon
of
the
sector
• Research
and
informaMon
gathering
• Strong
risk
evaluaMon
….
• “What
happens
if
we
don’t
develop
capacity?”
Survey
of
GeospaMal
Capacity
Builders,
carried
out
in
March-­‐April
2014

45. What if?
http://tinyurl.com/
GWF-geocap2014

46. What if?

47. 47
?
?

48. • networks
of
insMtuMons
offer:
– a
source
of
innova9on
– their
adop9on
and
– implementa9on
Dynamics
of
innova9on
Etzkowitz,
H.,
Webster,
A.,
Gebhardt,
C.
and
Terra,
B.
R.
C.
(2000),
The
future
of
the
university
and
the
university
of
the
future:
evoluMon
of
ivory
tower
to
entrepreneurial
paradigm,
Research
Policy,
28(2):
313-­‐330

49. four
characterisMcs
(Hausman
and
Goldring,
2001)
• shared
values
among
members,
• a
common
set
of
events
that
promote
face-­‐to-­‐
face
interacMon
between
parMcipants,
• collabora9on
among
stakeholders
and
• a
commitment
to
the
organisa9on
and
its
decisions
Building
Capacity:
Networking
Hausman,
C.
S.
and
Goldring,
E.
B.
(2001),
Sustaining
Teacher
Commitment:
The
Role
of
Professional
CommuniMes,
Peabody
Journal
of
EducaMon,
76(2):
30-­‐51

50. What
future
for
the
geospa9al
sector?
Need
an
organisa9on
to
network
stakeholders
and
fill
the
gap
Open
Data:
Big
Data
Digital
Earth
INSPIRE
Geospa9al
sector
Web
GIS

53. Karl
Donert
www.innova9velearning.co.uk
kdonert@yahoo.com
@karldonert