Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia Malte Ahrens, „Land Surface Dynamics“ Verena Jaspersen, Christina Eisfelder, Juliane Huth, Claudia Künzer

Water-related Information System for the Sustainable Development Of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam Water in Central Asia Delta Information System for Geoenvironmental and Human Habitat Transition Projects in Asia (Water-Related) Chart 2> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Information Portal WISDOM Chart 3> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia Environmental Information Portal

Chart 4> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 5> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 6> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 7> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 8> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 9> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 10> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 11> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Environmental Information Portal Chart 12> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Water Related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta Chart 13> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

bilateral project including German and Vietnamese scientists first phase 2007 – 2010, second phase 2010 – 2014 multidisciplinary approach combining the fields of hydrology, sociology, information technology and remote sensing overall objective: development and implementation of a comprehensive information system WISDOM Project Chart 14> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Wisdom Project Partners German Partners DLR UNU-EHS ZEF GFZ INRES Uni Würzburg TU Wien Eomap Hydromod Lat/Lon Aquaplaner IAMARIS Vietnamese Partners SIWRR, MARD GIRS, VAST Sub-Niapp, MARD SISD, MoE CTU, MoE SRHMC, MoNRE ITP of VNU, MoE ITB, MoNRE MOST-SRO CWRI, MoNRE CWRIP, MoNRE UNU- EHS ZEF Chart 15> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

WISDOM User Campaign 2008: Local Departments in Delta Provinces and HCMC

WISDOM User Workshop 2009: DONRE, DOST, DARD of Delta Provinces

Training of employees from DONRE, DOST, DARD December 2011September 2011March 2012 June Chart 18> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Slide 19 WISDOM Mekong Delta Tours: Regular Workshops in 2011, 2012, 2013

Growing Acceptance of the Workshop Chart 20> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Language Barriers and Cultural Differences Chart 21> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Intercultural Experience Intercultural Trainings Language Courses PhD candidates working in Germany Business Travels International Expert working in the countries and supporting… “Training of Trainers” “Mekong Delta Tours” Chart 22> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Design Decissions Supporting OGC Standards WMS – WebMapping WPS – WebProcessing CSW – Catalogue Service for the Web (Metadata) Use of OpenSource software Tool Stack (Virtualization, PostgreSQL + PostGIS, JAVA, Google Web Toolkit) Free to register for access Scientists are used to work with technical tools, but the Users’ tasks should be supported by Graphical User Interfaces Data Upload Administration Tasks Chart 23> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Data Upload, Steps involved Chart 24> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia Geodata Styling Metadata ZIP ArchiveCommand line tool Database Content

Data Upload Wizard Chart 25> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Adopting Chart 26> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Adopting, Modular Design Chart 27> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia Common Codebase WISDOM Code DELIGHT Code

A running “productive system” needs a person who cares about maintenance Updates Bug Fixing Check and respond for mails about user feedback Difficult to find a reliable Hosting Provider Stability of Power Supply in Vietnam Development infrastructure Version Control (share code, merge code, follow changes) Continuous Integration Dependency Management Technical Challenges Chart 28> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Manage Project Infrastructure Project Webpages Project Share WISDOM Test WISDOM Productive DELIGHT Test DELIGHT Productive DLR Intranet DLR DMZ Internet Firewall

Server Hosting Chart 30> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Chart 31> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

Chart 32> Environmental Information Portals for Local Stakeholders: Lessons Learned from Different Projects in Asia

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