Modernization and training in GIS through the typology of training action applied to the Agricultural sector

Abstract

Through two projects financed by the Northern Regional Operational Program (Norte2020), the Direção Regional de Agricultura e Pescas do Norte (DRAP Norte) promoted, through the training entity Esri Portugal, training courses in Geographic Information Systems with the objectives of: i) improving the skills of technicians in this area, especially in the acquisition, editing, analysis and exchange of geographic data; ii) applying new tools to the organization's work processes; iii) concentrating all the spatial information collected in the operational activity to improve management and planning. Using the training-action typology, which encompasses different training modalities, namely: seminars, classroom training, workshops and on-the-job training, the technicians involved developed various practical works, from different operational areas, with internal or external recipients and which improved the quantity, quality and availability of geographic information associated with the agricultural sector. Among the works carried out, there are cases of dematerialization of forms with geographic data collection, of combined field and office applications to facilitate the collection and edition of control and visit data, of platforms to load dispersed historical data, of creation of pages with thematic information and a geographic portal that aggregates all the results obtained in 15 months.