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Institution/Author: CIAT
Publisher: CIAT
Year: 2001
Language: English-Spanish
Price: free
Price Colombia (in pesos): free
Scientific Contact: GIS Communications
The Central American Geographic Information Project (PROCIG, its Spanish acronym) promotes the use of geographic information technology in governmental organizations in Central America. Twenty-five organizations from seven countries participate in the Project, including agricultural and environmental ministries, statistical and census institutes, and national geographic institutes.
Geographic information systems (GIS) facilitate data integration, because any information using standard geographic coordinates can be spatially linked to other information using the same coordinate system. Better use of geographic information supports research and development throughout regions such as Central America.
PROCIG activities include capacity building, data product development, and promotion of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) in Central America. Professionals from participating organizations met in 1999 and again in 2001 for training in the use of geographic information technology. Project partners developed data products at the national level for each country in the region. More specifically, the Project promotes the national development of SDIs, that is, institutional frameworks for managing and disseminating spatial data and related policies, agreements, technologies, standards, delivery mechanisms, and financial and human resources on a national level. The objective of such infrastructures is to promote sharing of data across all levels of government, private and non-profit sectors, and the academic community within the respective countries.
PROCIG is funded by the World Bank's Information for Development Program (infoDev), and receives support from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).
Keywords: Geographical information systems; Regional development; Statistical data; Censuses
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