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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks Maning,<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just one precision: the morning session is limited to governmental organizations. We therefore look forward OSM-PH's participation during the afternoon session which will aim at identifying solutions to unlock the main barriers to availability, quality and accessibility of common and fundamental operational datasets in the country.<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Looking forward seeing some of you on Monday and wishing you all a happy independence day!<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steeve<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><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>Steeve Ebener, Ph.D.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>CEO Gaia GeoSystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>P.O. Box 795 – P.C. 114, Muscat - Oman<br>cell: +968 952 57 526<br>email: </span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'>web: </span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.gaia-geosystems.org/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.gaia-geosystems.org</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Twitter: @GaiaGeosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'>LinkedIn: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener"><span lang=DE-CH>http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener</span></a></span><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=88 height=76 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF8637.631B4AD0" alt="logo_emails_72"></span><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One Planet, One System<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Thank you</span></b><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> maning sambale [mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 12, 2014 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> osm-ph<br><b>Cc:</b> Steeve Ebener; LA Dimailig<br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Invitation to an inter-agency meeting to discuss availability, quality and accessibility of common and fundamental operational datasets in the Philippines (June 16th, 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>With permission from the organizers, OSM-PH community is invited to this event.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>They alloted 2-3 slots for OSM-PH.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Program details and other documents here:<br><a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-2WZQ1DwK_xWHFHd1p6dGJQMG8&usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-2WZQ1DwK_xWHFHd1p6dGJQMG8&usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Steeve Ebener</b> <<a href="mailto:steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org">steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org</a>><br>Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:28 AM<br>Subject: Invitation to an inter-agency meeting to discuss availability, quality and accessibility of common and fundamental operational datasets in the Philippines (June 16th, 2014)<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>While waiting for the official invitation to reach you from DSWD, and apologizing in advance for such a short notice, I already wanted to share with you attached the agenda and paper for next week's meeting to discuss the availability, quality and accessibility of common and fundamental operational datasets to support disaster risk reduction and emergency management in the Philippines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-PH>This meeting, jointly organized by DSWD and the Strengthening Information Infrastructure for Emergency Management (SIIEM) project, will take place at the UP Asian Center.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-PH> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>As per the attached agenda, the morning session will allow for Governmental institutions to comment on the attached paper and share their own data related experience and challenges faced during the response to typhoon Yolanda with the objectives to identify activities and resources that would be needed in order to unlock the main barriers to availability, quality and accessibility of these datasets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>In the afternoon, the international community (donors, United Nations, Open Data Community,...) are invited to join the Governmental institutions to discuss how the activities and needs for resources identified during the morning could be covered.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>The morning session being limited to Governmental institutions, we would appreciate your confirmation of participation to the afternoon session by tomorrow COB. Please contact Mr. Lawrence Anthony S. Dimailig (<a href="mailto:lasdimailig@dswd.gov.ph" target="_blank">lasdimailig@dswd.gov.ph</a>) or Ms. Vanity Joy B. Estremera (<a href="mailto:vjbestremera@dswd.gov.ph" target="_blank">vjbestremera@dswd.gov.ph</a>) at 931-8085 in this regards or for any other enquiries you might have.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'>Looking forward to your Agency’s full support and active participation during this event.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sincerely Yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Steeve Ebener<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Steeve Ebener, Ph.D.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>CEO Gaia GeoSystems</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>P.O. Box 795 – P.C. 114, Muscat - Oman<br>cell: <a href="tel:%2B968%20952%2057%20526" target="_blank">+968 952 57 526</a><br>email: </span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>web: </span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.gaia-geosystems.org/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.gaia-geosystems.org</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#002060'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'>Twitter: @GaiaGeosystems</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'>LinkedIn: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener" target="_blank"><span lang=DE-CH>http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=DE-CH style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=88 height=76 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF8637.631B4AD0" alt="logo_emails_72"></span><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One Planet, One System</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Thank you</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>cheers,<br>maning<br>------------------------------------------------------<br>"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden<br>wiki: <a href="http://esambale.wikispaces.com/">http://esambale.wikispaces.com/</a><br>blog: <a href="http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/">http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/</a><br>------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>