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Users to drive second phase of GeoConnections
June 15 2005
On June 15, 2005, the Government of Canada announced funding of $60 million for a five-year renewal of the GeoConnections program. Whereas the first phase of GeoConnections focused on developing the policies, standards, technologies and partnerships required to build a Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), the second phase is intended to ensure that Canadians will be further able to actively adopt, use and benefit from the CGDI. From 2005 to 2010, the renewed GeoConnections program will work with its existing partners to ensure that CGDI technologies remain current, but will also pursue partnerships with new end-user communities of practice. Specifically, GeoConnections will seek to better understand the needs of users in four key areas (sustainable development and the environment, Aboriginal issues, public health, and public safety) with the goal of collaborating to further develop the CGDI into an operational asset for end users in these areas to employ in planning and decision making.
Over the coming months, the GeoConnections web site will be redesigned, and more detail on the renewed program and new opportunities will be posted. In the meantime, to obtain updates on the progress of GeoConnections and any new opportunities, please subscribe to our stakeholders database