Geographic Information: Need to Know -Towards a more demand-driven geospatial workforce education/training

1. to analyse the current situation with focus on the demand of private and public sector as compared to the existing academic and vocational training offer; 2. to revise the content of the Body of Knowledge to bring it in line with technological developments, emerging new knowledge areas and European context; 3. to develop the toolsets and guidelines to allow the maintenance and use of the BoK to define vocational and academic curricula, define job profiles,… 4. to test the BoK, its toolsets and guidelines through participation of dedicated target groups from the private, public and academic sector; 5. to promote and disseminate the use of the dynamic GI S&T BoK, toolsets and guidelines;