<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Everyone,<br><br></div>With permission from the organizers, OSM-PH community is invited to this event.<br></div>They alloted 2-3 slots for OSM-PH.<br>
<br></div>Program details and other documents here:<br>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-2WZQ1DwK_xWHFHd1p6dGJQMG8&usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-2WZQ1DwK_xWHFHd1p6dGJQMG8&usp=sharing</a><br><div><div><div><div>
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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><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-PH"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Looking forward to your Agency’s full support and active participation during this event.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely Yours,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Steeve Ebener<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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