This paper on gender and cartography attempts to accomplish a number of goals - it explores the UN's rote in promoting gender equality ; touches on social cartography ; attempts to explain what gender issues are and why ...

Interagency mission on the establishment of an African Regional Center for the Transfer, adaptation and Development of Technology, of the intergovernmental Meeting of African Experts on Aspects of Technology Developmentin ...

The coasts of Africa were very early the subject of exploratory surveys conducted by French hydrographers, the first in date being that of the coast between Mauritania and the Bissagos1Islands in 1816-1817, which led to ...

The Governing, Council of the Mombasa -Lagos Trans-African Highway Authority meeting m Bangui,- Central African Republic on 26 July 1980, adopted two important resolutions that have wider implications than the confines of ...

There is a general perception that the educational systems Africa suffer from many deficiencies including under funding of educational programmes and institutions, overloaded educational infrastructure; inadequate educational ...

In 1963, the UN Cartographic Conference for Africa recommended the creation of Cartographic 8entres in Africa. This was done with the hope that a close co-operation would be established between developed countries and ...

"Economic development in Africa will depend heavily on the development of the information sector. Countries will need the ability to communicate efficiently with local and overseas markets to determine where they may have ...

Beaucoup a été dit et peut être écrit sur telle ou telle combinaison des sciences et techniques formant la famille des sciences de la terre et particulièrement des sciences géographiques. S'évertuer dans les discussions ...

This paper is examine, for the need for a "comprehensive assessment of the existing capacity for the establishment and management of SDI" within the framework of the recommendations of the "African Regional Preparatory ...

The private sector should be encouraged to play a major role in mapping, remote sensing and GIS activities in developing countries. The activities would include fulfilling the needs and demands for information on natural ...