Monday, 3 September 2001 |
Opening Session
08:30 - 09:00 |
- Registration |
09:00 - 09:15 |
- Welcome remarks and introduction of participants |
09:15 - 09:30 |
- FAO Welcoming remarks (ADG RNE) |
09:30 - 09:45 |
- Inauguration of the Workshop (Host Government) |
09:45 - 10:15 |
- Coffee break |
Session I |
Land Resources Information Systems (LRIS) |
10:15 - 10:35 |
- Overview of Land Resources Information Systems in FAO (Jack Antoine, FAO Senior Technical Officer/AGL) |
10:35 - 10:50 |
- Land Resources Information Systems in the Region (Ghassan Hamdallah, FAO Regional Soils Officer/RNE) |
10:50 - 11:20 |
- Land Information Systems at the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (Sami Abdel-Rahman) |
11:20 - 11:50 |
- Introduction to the AGL Internet Gateway to Land and Water Information (Sachimine Masui, APO Land Resources Information, FAO) |
12:00 - 13:30 |
- Lunch break |
Session II |
Land Resources Information Systems (Continued) |
13:30 - 14:00 |
- Country report 1- Egypt "Land and Water Resources Information System (LWRIS) in Egypt". (Mohamed Gomaa) |
14:00 - 14:15 |
- Country report 2- Iran |
14:15 - 14:30 |
- Country report 3- Jordan |
14:30 - 14.45 |
- Country report 4- Lebnan |
14:45 - 15.00 |
- Coffee Break |
15:00 - 15.15 |
- Country report 5- Libya |
15.15 - 15.30 |
- Country report 6- Moroco |
15.30 - 15.45 |
- Country report 7- Oman |
15.45 - 16.00 |
- Group Discussion for Sessions I and II. |
Tuesday, 4 September 2001 |
Session III |
LRIS Appliacations at EALIP |
09:00 - 10:30 |
- Visit to EALIP Office for Demonstration of the Gateway to Land and Water Resources in Egypt (EALIP Staff) |
10:30 - 11:00 |
- Coffee Break |
Session IV |
Country Reports (continued) |
11:00 - 11:15 |
- Country report 8 - Syria |
11:15 - 11:30 |
- Country report 9 - Tunisia |
11:30 - 11:45 |
- Country report 10 - Turkey |
11:45 - 12:00 |
- Country report 11- Yemen |
12:00 - 13:30 |
- Lunch Break |
Session V |
Wrap up of Country Reports |
13:30 - 14:30 |
- Summary of Country Reports |
14:30 - 15:00 |
- Coffee Break |
15:00 - 15:30 |
- Group Discussion on Session IV and V |
Wednesday, 5 September 2001 |
Field Trip | |
08:00 - 18:00 |
Field trip to Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate to see and discuss the EALIP Authority implementation programmes to reclaim and manage salt-affected soils in Egypt, including land levelling, sub-soiling, gypsum application, clearing of irrigation canals. In addition, the construction of drainage system will be reviewed with special attention to the monitoring system for evaluating and improving of the salt-affected soils after reclamation, including the use of GIS facility in the Authority. |
Thursday, 6 September 2001 |
Session VI |
LWRIS Review in the Near East Region - the way forward |
09:00 - 09:15 |
- Introduction to Review of AGL Gateway Guidelines and the Internet Template (Jacques Antoine, FAO) |
09:15 - 10:15 |
- Review of Guidelines and Template in Working Groups (all participants) |
10:15 - 10:30 |
- Presentation of Review Results (all participants) |
10:30 - 10:45 |
- Coffee Break |
10:45 - 12:00 |
- Discussion on National and Regional Follow-up Action |
12:00 - 12:15 |
- Presentation of Plan of Action (Gateway Reports and Networking) |
12:15 - 13:30 |
- Lunch Break |
Session VII |
Concluding Session |
13:30 - 16:00 |
- Workshop Conclusions and Recommendations (all participants) |
- Report on Workshop Achievements (Antoine/Hamdallah and country representatives) | |
- Concluding Remarks (AGLL/RNE/EALIP) |
