The main objectives of the project are to develop postgraduate higher education programs in the field of geoinformation technologies (GIT) and to strengthen ties in the field of research and innovation between higher education institutions, industry and administrations in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
Project objective: Strengthening institutional capacities in the field of higher education, as well as academic research and management in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
The project is funded by OeAD - Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalization (Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalization) within the framework of the APPEAR program - the Austrian Partnership Program in Higher Education and Research for Development (AustrianPartnership Program in Higher Education and Research for Development).
Project participants:
University of Salzburg, Austria (Coordinator), National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, Yerevan State University, Armenia, Kyrgyz Technical University named after I.Razzakov.
INVITATION TO COOPERATION
The Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics invites all interested parties to cooperate. The teaching staff of the department has a high pedagogical and scientific potential, most of the scientists of the department have received their education or improved their qualifications at leading universities in Europe and Asia, have foreign master's and doctoral degrees, speak English and work experience in international projects.
Currently, the Austrian-Central Asian Center for Geoinformation Sciences and the Kyrgyz Center for Geoinformation Systems operate on the basis of the department. The functioning of such centers increases the research potential of the department and allows for successful cooperation with foreign partners. A number of international educational and research projects are being implemented with partners from Austria, Germany, Hungary, Spain, the USA, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Armenia, Slovenia, etc.
INTERNATIONAL, STATE AND OTHER INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION
Educational projects
The department has implemented and is implementing several international projects to improve higher education in the field of geodesy and geoinformatics.
Erasmus Plus project "Higher Education Mobility between Program and Partner Countries", International Credit Mobility 03 KA 107 Mobility, 2016 – present. Erasmus Mundus project "GSmart-Spatial information and communication technology infrastructures for smart places", implemented in 2013-2017 TEMPUS project "Geoinformatics: Energy, Resources and Environment Management", implemented in 2010-2013 . TEMPUS project JEP-25129-2004 "Education in Geodesy and Geoinformatics", implemented in 2005-2007 . International project "Creation of the Austrian-Central Asian Center for Geoinformation Sciences" at KGUSTA with financial support of the Eurasian-Pacific Network of Universities (UNINET). The project started in 2008 and it continues with the support of UNINET. CRDF project "Creation of a Consortium for GIS Education", implemented in 2005-2007 . Research projects
The Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics has participated and is actively involved in joint projects:
Scientific research project "Monitoring of agricultural crops based on vegetation indices using unmanned aerial vehicles and remote sensing data of the Earth" (MOiN KR), 2019-2022; International project "Livestock breeders of Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia in the fight against natural hazards: a new research approach based on GPS registration" (Volkswagen Stiftung), 2015-2018; The project "Creation of a geodetic network in Bishkek by satellite geodesy methods", NIISS KGUSTA, 2015-2017; "Natural risk management on the transport infrastructure of the Kyrgyz Republic with a focus on avalanche-proof forests" (Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forest, Environment and Water (BFW)), 2015-2017.; "Hydropower potential of small rivers of the Pamir-Alai region (PALM)" (UNU), jointly with the Center for Geoinformatics of the University of Salzburg; "Cross-Border Disaster Risk Reduction" (InWEnt), jointly with the Central Asian Institute of Applied Earth Research; "Sustainable Development of Issyk-Kul" (ADB), jointly with the Central Asian Institute of Irikladny Earth Research; "An approach to the implementation of the Hyogo Programme of Action in Central Asia with the involvement of all stakeholders", component - Knowledge Network in Central Asia (ISAF), and other international conferences
The department takes a very active part in organizing and conducting international conferences, seminars and trainings. Recently, the following conferences have been held with the participation of the department:
The First Central Asian GIS Conference GISCA’05, October 18-20, 2005, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan International Conference on Geodesy and Geoinformatics (ICGG 2007), October 18-19, 2007, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Second Central Asian GIS Conference GISCA’08, May 15-17, 2008, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Third Central Asian GIS Conference GISCA’09, August 18-19, 2009, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan The Fourth Central Asian GIS Conference GISCA’10, Bishkek, May 27-28, 2010; International Conference "The Concept of Disaster Risk", USA, June 1-4, 2010 The Fifth Central Asian GIS Conference GISCA’11“Geoinformatics: Environmental, Resource and Risk Management”, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 19-20, 2011; Meeting of Experts on the Use of Satellite Technologies in Disaster Risk Reduction, February 15-17, 2012, Bangkok, Thailand; Central Asian GIS Conferences - GISCA’12 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), GISCA’13 (Almaty, Kazakhstan), GISCA’14 (Urumqi, China), GISCA’15 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), GISCA’16 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), GISCA’17 (Dushanbe, Tajikistan), GISCA’18 (Almaty, Kazakhstan), GISCA’19 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). Professional development of teachers and staff at foreign universities
Internship at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, April 15-30, 2006 - 3 people. (modern geodetic tools, methods of teaching geodesy and geoinformatics) Internship at the University of Salzburg, Austria, from September 29 to October 13, 2006 - 4 people. (geoinformation systems, methods of teaching geoinformatics) Master's degree at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, 2005-2007 – 2 people. Training course on new geodetic instruments, data processing and Geoinformation systems (GIS), KGUSTA, May 24 – June 11, 2006 - 15 people. Teachers from Sweden and Austria. Training course on geodetic coordinate systems and digital cartography, KAU, July 16 – 27, 2007. – 15 people . Teachers from Sweden and Russia. Training course on the use of GPS and electronic total stations in irrigation systems. KGUSTA, September 21-22, 2007 – 10 people (faculty and students). International seminar "EnerGIS’10", Dushanbe, Tajikistan – 3 employees and undergraduates of the department. Internship at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 16-18, 2011 - 9 people. (geoinformation systems, methods of teaching geodesy and geoinformatics); Internship at the University of Western Hungary, from August 12 to August 20, 2012. - 4 people . (geoinformation systems, methods of teaching geoinformatics). Training courses conducted by the staff of the department
Training course on modern geodetic tools for surveyors of the company “BIOR". KGUSTA, February 20 - 24, 2007 – 5 people. Training course for employees of the State Register of the Kyrgyz Republic on the use of geoinformation systems in the registration of real estate rights. KGUSTA, April 21 – 26, 2008 – 16 people. Training course for employees of the State Register of the Kyrgyz Republic on the use of geoinformation systems in the registration of real estate rights. KGUSTA, July 7-11, 2008 – 15 people. Training course "Introduction to GIS" for epidemiologists and virologists of Azerbaijan. KGUSTA, June 16-20, 2008 – 7 people. Training course "The use of GIS in epidemiology" for epidemiologists and virologists of Azerbaijan. KGUSTA, September 15-19, 2008 – 7 people. Training courses on the CRDF project "Creation of a Consortium for GIS Education", KGUSTA, 2011-2012 . Conducting GIS trainings for GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation), KGUSTA, 2017 . Advanced training courses
The Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics has a state license and conducts advanced training courses for specialists in geodesy and geoinformation systems.
