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Training with the technical staff of Kamez Municipality
State Authority for Geospatial Information continues training in order to increase the capacities of the technical staff of the country’s municipalities. ASIG experts conducted today the training with the technical staff of Kamez Municipality with the participation of representatives from:
- Directorate of Planning and Development of the Territory
- Cadastre Directorate, Board of Drainage, Forests and Pastures and Management and Administration of Assets
- Directorate of Projects and Investments
- Territory Protection Inspectorate
Training with the technical staff of the Municipality of Tirana
Within the initiative taken by the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG)on purposeincreasing the capacities of the technical staff of the country’s municipalities, the training took place today in the Municipality of Tirana.
The training aimed to provide knowledge to the technical staff of the municipality in the use of the National Geoportal and GIS applications, in order to create, update and publish geospatial data in the National Geoportal, as well as knowledge on the products obtained from the Satellite Service project.
The topics covered in this training are:
- Acquaintance with the functionalities of the National Geoportal;
- Data collection according to geoinformation topics for: Administrative units and the villages in their composition (order 4 and 5), Local road transport network;
- Presentation of the products obtained from the Satellite Service project.
Those present at this training were introduced to:
- The use of new modules and functionalities of the improved National Geoportal system such as: editor module, georeferencing module, map functionalities, metadata catalog, network services, etc.
- The use of basic layers for the creation and updating of geospatial data from GIS applications using the services of the National Geoportal network.
- Technical assistance of specific requirements related to systems and data in the field of geoinformation
- Harmonization and standardization of geospatial data according to geoinformation topics.
- The use of satellite images for special issues in the interest of municipalities.
Open lecture with POLIS university students
The experts of the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) conducted in the premises of the Europa hall, on 11.03.2024, a lecture open to the first-year students, professional master for “Urban Planning and GIS”, of POLIS University.
The topic of this lecture was “National Geoportal and its use” and was led by ASIG experts, Mr. Kristaq Qirko and Mr. Erin Mlloja who explained the importance of geoinformation and the many possibilities of its use through the National Geoportal during urban planning and territory management.
ASIG participates in the “NSDI Day 2024” Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia
Representatives of the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) participated in the “NSDI Day 2024” conference held in Skopje, North Macedonia, on February 21-22. The conference was organized by the Agency of Cadastre for Real Estate Cadastre of North Macedonia (AREC) and focused on regional trends and innovations in the field of national infrastructure for geospatial data.
The conference was organized into 5 sessions, where participants from the region, such as Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia, presented their developments in the field of NSDI.
ASIG representatives from the Coordination and Legal Affairs Sector and the National GIS Sector presented at this conference the achievements of objectives in accordance with strategic areas including legal framework, infrastructure, cooperation and coordination with responsible institutions, construction of the Albanian Geodetic Reference Framework, development and updating of GIS and National Geoportal. Additionally, innovations in the field of geoinformation were highlighted, including monitoring of territory with advanced technology, ongoing projects, as well as ASIG’s plans and objectives for the future for the development of geospatial information infrastructure in Albania.
ASIG participates in the 4th International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality
In the 4th International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality which took place on October 11 – 12, 2023, in Brussels, by EuroGeographics and EuroSDR, representatives of the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) were also present, from the Geoinformation Standards Sector.
The purpose of this workshop was to acquaint the participants with the best practices for increasing the reliability of geospatial data sources and their quality.
The representatives of ASIG in their presentation brought to the attendees’ information on the quality of geospatial data, how these data are controlled, the software used, as well as future objectives on increasing the security of geospatial data.
ASIG participates in the workshop on “Integration of geospatial and statistical data”
Representatives of the State Authority for Geospatial Information participated in the Workshop organized by UNECE, Eurostat and UN-GGIM Europe, on the topic “Integration of geospatial and statistical data”, which took place on 04-05 October 2023, in Belgrade.
This workshop was focused on presenting and sharing innovative practices, promoting cooperation between national geospatial and statistical agencies, promoting international cooperation using common standards, and identifying areas for future cooperation.
The topics that were addressed in this workshop were;
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- Effective governance,
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- Data and technology,
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- Public and partnerships.
ASIG, as part of the Task Force “Problems and Standardization”, presented in this workshop the information on the National Geospatial Information Infrastructure for the development of the statistics sector in Albania.
ASIG participates in the Regional Conference on Cadastry and Geospatial Data infrastructure
The Regional Conference on Cadastre and Geospatial Data Infrastructure, which was held in Belgrade from September 4–6, 2023, included participants from the Sectors of Standards for Geoinformation and Satellite Image Processing of the State Authority for Geospatial Information.
These were the subjects discussed at the conference:
- NSDI’s role in fostering climate change resilience and the green transition,
- Support for the real estate industry and e-planning,
- Geospatial data and services advancement,
- Regional cooperation with the NSDI – Panel discussion.
The significance of geospatial data in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of successes for a sustainable development of society was underlined throughout the conference sessions.
In their remarks, the ASIG delegates described the development of NSDI in Albania, its role and influence in decision-making for the nation’s sustainable development, as well as ASIG’s long-term goals in the geoinformation sector.
Meeting of the Geospatial Information Board, date 22.06.2023
All BIG members were present at this meeting.
Mr. Nufi in his opening speech thanked the attendees for their presence and emphasized the importance of this board in the development of the Geospatial Information Infrastructure as well as the priority and special attention that the Albanian Government has given to the follow-up of the project on Satellite Services and the benefits that the institutions are expected to have from this project.
The general director of ASIG, Mrs. Vilma Tomço introduced the attendees to the new structure of ASIG, the progress so far of the project “Monitoring the territory with advanced technology” and the steps taken by ASIG for the creation of the National Geospatial Information Infrastructure (NSDI).
The head of the National GIS sector Mr. In his presentation, Erin Mlloja presented the modules that will be part of the National GIS as well as geospatial data, thematic systems and geospatial services that will make it possible to provide information to users.
After this presentation, BIG members expressed their approval for the adoption of the National GIS State Standards document.
The training of the responsible public authorities on the use of the National Geoportal and the standardization of geospatial data continue
Experts of State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) from the sectors of the National GIS, the National Geoportal and the sector of Geoinformation Standards, continue training within the initiative to increase the technical capacities of the staff of public authorities responsible for geoinformation with the agencies of the following:
- National Territorial Planning Agency;
- National Institute of Cultural Heritage
- Transport Institute;
- National Forestry Agency;
- General Directorate of Civil Status;
ASIG participates in the workshop organized by EUROSEA
State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) participated in the online workshop organized within the EUROSEA project, a project funded by the European Union which aims at large-scale coordination in the European continent of national agencies that manage oceanographic and marine data, combining capacities and meeting existing gaps in the function of an international observing system.
This second edition took place online on May 4 and 5 in collaboration with the European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS). Specialists from the Geodetic Reference Frame sector and the CORS Systems Infrastructure sector participated in this workshop from ASIG.
The following issues were addressed during this event:
- Global overview of networks, databases and data portals;
- Status and future possibilities of the GNSS-IR technique;
- Case studies based on tide gauge data (Mediterranean Area);
- Automatic quality control and data processing (real-time and delay mode).
The ASIG specialists who participated in this event got acquainted with the latest news, the general situation and future commitments, and also established contacts with other counterparts participating in this workshop.
