The training focuses on building the capacity to co-create and use spatial data on deprived areas (informal settlements). The training proposed will help to frame an ‘Integrated Deprivation Area Mapping System’, that is essential for developing a comprehensive roadmap for resilient and sustainable urban planning strategies for durable solutions to displacement in the Horn of Africa in general, and Sudan in particular. Authorities, NGOs, and communities in Sudan need to be equipped to work efficiently with spatial data and available Earth Observation (EO) methods (e.g., high-resolution satellite images), and combine such data with available information and community-based knowledge to create an understanding of displacement challenges and opportunities associated with urban development and socio-economic reconstruction reforms in Sudan.
The TMT will be structured into four main Training Packages (TP):
Basic spatial data analysis training of policy leaders, academia and representatives of NGOs and community-based organizations. This training will provide a deep gap analysis, political support and access to relevant stakeholders. The results will also allow to frame TP2 (training of trainers: ToT).
Advanced technical training of 9 young trainers (ToT) to co-create and sustain IDeAMapSudan (gender ratio: 5 female and 4 male). Integrating the observations from TP1 into an advanced technical training of the ToT. This will help to co-create and sustain IDeAMapSudan.
Training of different stakeholder groups (ranging from communities to policymakers) to use spatial data supported by IDeAMapSudan, and to use this system as a platform for urban management, participation, empowerment and livelihood generation. The main lessons learned will be disseminated in form of best practice guides and used to frame TP4. Focused on two main areas, community-based mapping training will take place in Jabal-Awliya (South Khartoum), and West Omdurman as pilot projects.
Training and knowledge exchange to other parts of Sudan and across neighbouring countries to support peacebuilding in the Horn of Africa (South Sudan and Somalia) for scaling up the system beyond the implementation in Khartoum.
Outcomes
A small group of experts (ToT), a large group of diverse users of spatial information to support sustainable urban development of deprived areas and an operational spatial information system (IDeAMapSudan) that includes a mobile app to collect and access spatial information.
