Training Projects

In 2004, WaterMark was engaged by the World Bank as an International Expert to establish the technical guidelines and appropriate methodology for the implementation of a workshop about State Policies concerning legal security of property rights in Peru . One of the outputs from the workshop was a strategy paper to identify solutions to enhance the security of property rights in Peru .

In 2001, WaterMark was retained as the Project Manager and Principle Instructor to deliver a series of 20 seminars addressing the technical requirements and ramifications of introducing NAD83(CSRS) into New Brunswick . The new datum replaces ATS77 and will impact data collectors, surveyors, application specialists and the general public relying on geographic co-ordinates to position themselves. Deliverables included course material as well as the 20 seminars.

In 1996, WaterMark was retained to develop and deliver workshops on digital datasets, what they are and how they are used. The series of 7 workshops were sponsored by the NB Geographic Information Corporation, in support of their Digital Topographic DataBase & Digital Terrain Model DataBase.

In 1996, WaterMark was retained as a Technical Consultant for the design and development of a training and production facility for TECCONILE on behalf of the Canadian International Development Agency. TECCONILE was formed to manage the water resources of the Nile River Basin System. WaterMark then acted in the capacity of a technical instructor for courses on GIS and Image Analysis System (IAS) Technologies. Courses were provided to participants from 6 African countries and delivered in Entebbe , Uganda , over a 3 week period. The program delivered was in support of a project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.

In 1995 – 1996, WaterMark was retained as a Technical Consultant to the Presidential Commission for Economic Growth and modernization of Haiti , for the establishment of a personal property registry system. The Inter-American Development Bank funded this work. The project involved working in Haiti to design and the implementation of an operating registry system. The software aspects of the project were coordinated out of Port-au-Prince and Miami . Project deliverables included all the government infrastructure required for the registry including registry software and documentation, system training and office and staff specifications.