On December 21, employees of the Ministry of Planning and Territory, Dili Municipality Administration, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of State Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Fishery participated in a workshop about a digital tool for field data collection.
The PPIP, supported by the European Union and the European Investment Bank, aims to support the identification, preparation, and implementation of technically, financially, economically, environmentally, and socially sound investment projects in the forestry, solid waste, and water and sanitation sectors.
In this context, the COWI implementation team carried a field campaign to identify waste disposal sites using a digital tool for data collection. The tool was used to collect and store digital field observations, such as location, extend, characteristics, and photos of disposal sites. The workshop was the opportunity to familiarize Government employees with the tool, the ODK Collect App, and to present findings and lesson learnt from the field campaign.
Mr. Fernandinho Noronha, who took part in the field campaign stated: “It was proven during the Solid Waste Management field trip that the ODK Collect App is a very practical and easy to use tool that does not require too much training on how to use it in the field.”
Participants appreciated the fact that it could work offline and was open-source and showed interest in being able to use the tool independently. Mr. Kassius Klei, from the Ministry of Planning and Territory, concluded that this topic was of primary relevance and encouraged the organization of a second workshop to strengthen knowledge of participating institutions in the frame of the Capacity Building component of the PPIP.
For more information please contact
Mr Jan Drozdz, PPIP Team Leader
Email: jadrx(at)cowi.com