INTER-AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACCESS

BLAKE, CECILLE SHARON

National GIS Coordinator, Spatial Data Management Division, Ministry of Land and Environment, Jamaica

EDUCATION

Tertiary

  • MSc. Management Information Systems
    University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
  • Diploma in Business Administration
    Institute of Management & Production
    17 Worthington Ave., Kingston 5.
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Land Information Systems - Cadastral
    International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands.
  • B.A Geography with Social Sciences
    University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Secondary
  • Wolmer's Girls' School, Kingston Jamaica.
EMPLOYMENT

Current Job Responsibilities
April 1997 - Present
National GIS Co-ordinator
Ministry of Land and Environment
16a Half Way Tree Road
Kingston 5

  1. Promote and support the implementation of GIS in government to enable effective and efficient management of Jamaica’s land resource.

  2. Create a cadre of GIS professionals through the development and implementation of GIS training programmes in collaboration with regional and international training institutions.

  3. Provide technical and institutional advise and guidance in the implementation and management of GIS facilities for Government Ministries and departments and Statutory bodies.

  4. Recommend, develop, implement and monitor standards, guidelines and regulations for the management, use, access and dissemination of spatial data.

  5. Represent Jamaica on international and regional bodies and technical groups on GIS, National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)

Some programmes currently being conducted: the management of the National Geoinformatics Training Centre, the establishment of the framework for the national spatial data infrastructure, the implementation of the GIS Education in Schools Programme and the creation of a National Virtual Reference System network.

Previous Job Responsibilities

January 1994 - April 1997
Director, Land Information Systems Division
Then, Survey Department
23 1/2 Charles Street
Kingston
Managed the overall operations of the Land Information System Division including System Analysis, Application Development, Network Operations, Data Conversion and Systems Control for the then Survey Department, Office of Titles and the Estates Department.

WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS

Attended GIS and related technologies workshops and conferences regionally and internationally.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

  • Member Geographical Society of Jamaica
  • Member and Past President, Jamaica Geographical Information Systems Society
  • Member of Jamaica Computer Society
  • Member, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, USA
  • Member, Geospatial Information & Technology Association, USA

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