Assessment of GIS Projects for Development Workshop

This report is the result of an expert mission on GIS for Development Workshop Angola, on funding arranged by NIZA, Netherlands. The main objective of the mission was to assess DW proposals for the introduction of Geographic Information Systems within their offices in Luanda and Huambo. The mission stayed in Angola from 22 June to 7 July 1999. A scheduled visit to Huambo (on the central plateau) had to be cancelled for security reasons, so the mission has remained in Luanda throughout the whole period. Most work was carried out at DW’s Luanda office, with visits to relevant organisations, and one field trip to the peri-urban areas where most of DW’s activities take place.