<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) was established in Nairobi, Kenya in 1975 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). It is an intergovernmental organization and currently has twenty (20) Member States in Eastern and Southern Africa Region. RCMRD’s mission is to promote sustainable development in the Member States through the generation, application, and dissemination of geo-information and allied ICT technologies, products, and services. This feeds into the Centre’s vision of being a premier Centre of excellence in the provision of geo-information for sustainable development in the Member States and beyond.</font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In line with the above-mentioned mission and vision, RCMRD is planning to host the <b>3rd RCMRD International Conference <span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il">2019/4th Afrigeoss symposium</span></b>. This conference provides a platform for science and policy exchange, scientific paper and poster presentation in various areas of Geospatial domain. The conference theme for <span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il">2019</span> is <b>“Earth Observation for Evidence-Based Decision Making”</b> and therefore policy, geospatial technology advancement, standards, capacity development, and academic related issues will form an integral part of the conference.</font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">RCMRD invites institutions both from Government Ministries and private sector to submit institutional abstracts (which covers basic information on your organization).Submit your abstract through <a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/" target="_blank">http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/</a></font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The institutional abstract should include the following and send to RCMRD before June <span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il">2019</span>.</font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span>The mandate/vision of your institution,</font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span>Objectives, approaches/methodologies, and</font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span>services offered or even data available within your organization/institution.</font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The conference will be held at RCMRD premises on Kasarani Road, Nairobi on <b>13<sup>th </sup>August <span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il">2019</span> </b>to<b> 16<sup>th </sup>August <span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il">2019.</span></b></font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il"><br></span></b></font></p><p class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-m_-2195332719573522584m_-6735974072198718233yiv5306185947MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail-m_-2502522841848340387gmail-m_5138683020427010579gmail-il">Authors of  Accepted abstracts both for oral and poster presentation will be funded.</span></b></font></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="136"><col width="488"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:20pt"><td style="border-right:1.5pt solid rgb(7,55,99);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kenneth Kasera</span></p></td><td style="border-left:1.5pt solid rgb(7,55,99);border-bottom:3pt solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#073763" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>User Engagement Lead</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#073763" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>SERVIR - Eastern and Southern Africa</b></span></font></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:1.5pt solid rgb(7,55,99);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/24-Mxg7S1gQjm5InJZFCeT1ViY54BU1flmUaOrdNrGFBZOd7UHZpYRT0Tey-ibS4b5WHspeeajt99FBtdCVyYx86Kaq8jSzQK9GX-9pdsX8K2xnPFOmOw9dgu-_fjNatAdZ81Mc4" width="109" height="136" style="border:none"></span></p></td><td style="border-left:1.5pt solid rgb(7,55,99);border-top:3pt solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kasarani Road, Off Thika Road</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">P.O Box 632-00618</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nairobi, Kenya</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tel: +254 20 2680722/2680748</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cell :+254 723 786161/735 981098 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Personal: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">+2</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">54 726 764 665</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fax:+254 20 2680747</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Website:</span><a href="http://www.rcmrd.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.rcmrd.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(7,55,99);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Email: <a href="mailto:kasera@rcmrd.org" target="_blank">kasera@rcmrd.org</a></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><br></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/rcmrd.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/AgpnclYa8KumSBnYT1mQUJyQNVcICxlzF-xw4FIrkzkh7ZB0sQZ6Oa831DEK50Ejet7eK9jTvtTyRMhLU-ujHTz8z4vjskAlpYS5ZBREoR13u0RQj-K2zb04HUssjbJ8X_M50lkJ" width="23" height="23" style="border:none"></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/rcmrd_" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/twBKgH9xdVxxOTt9gQ7NAOFiv8BTNgv-GUjN5ZBd4vmIyhs6Y9CueTcJRr3nus9XAnhSj-4wb-CTxZ5v8VPKEwewp57E00NAAS0z7iRHymMLb1bkXbE_U6hHCZ2dju3HUEF5YiFI" width="26" height="21" style="border:none"></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/128418604@N04" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/g4r0vcO0yWpSapJlmiRBtI-ujjKHrAJxOt6m82cVc0wAJqGs-J69dJgOSObYrjRPq7zeVYlNGYer2pGsMOrQtpT-9k2ZCzB5czk3wO2_otmAMOgJI7MTNLaYE5da3fOGeH43tqBd" width="25" height="24" style="border:none"></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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