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| Khatib & Alami and Projacs International Teaming to conduct ‘Managing GIS Projects’ course |  |
| The GIS Services Division (GISSD) of Khatib & Alami (K&A) teamed with Projacs International (PI) to conduct a 5-day course titled ‘Managing GIS Projects’ between July 12 and 16, 2003 at the Movenpick Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon. With the experience of GISSD in national and international projects for more than ten years and the expertise of Projacs in organizing training, the course was very well received.
Seventeen (17) participants from the Gulf countries, mostly from Saudi Arabia) attended the course. They represented governmental institutions, municipalities, universities, and enterprises in various fields such as banking, utilities, telecommunication, and advertising.
The course aimed at sharing the GISSD experience in project management. ‘It is not textbook material what we will be providing in the coming five days, it is the experience of more than 10 years of local and worldwide projects, working with GIS, that we will be sharing with you’ said Jacques Ekmekji, director-in-charge of the GISSD, at the opening session.
The course provided an overview of the state-of-the-art in GIS, dissected the GIS project life cycle, defined the principles of GIS project management, reviewed the lessons learned from GIS projects, introduced GIS at work through several projects conducted by the GISSD, and concluded by opening a window on the future of GIS. Besides the entertaining visit to Jeita Grotto, the course included site visits to the GISSD premises at K&A corporate offices where the staff are ‘making it all happen’, and to the Electricity of Lebanon (EDL) premises where a major nationwide enterprise utility GIS project (GISEL project) is in operation. “GIS today is an integral part of our daily operation and decision,” said Walid Labaki, head of Beirut Distribution Division at EDL. The participants very well acclaimed the course. They all expressed their satisfaction for the content and logistics and provided some interesting recommendations for future sessions. They commended Khatib & Alami’s GIS Services Division staff and facilities, ‘You don’t have a GIS staff, what you have is a GIS Crew’ commented a senior GIS Manager attending the course. |
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