14:38, 24 февраля, 2020
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) and its partner the State Agency for Hydrometeorology (Hydromet), with the financial support of the Government of Switzerland, successfully launched the knowledge and data-sharing platform dubbed “Open Centre” at Hydromet offices in Dushanbe last week, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
Officially known as the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), the “Open Center” is the third of three facilities that were launched over the past three years beginning in 2017. It was developed to address the important need of access to clear and reliable information on the hazards and risks affecting the country.
The first center, located at the Department of Geology and funded by the SDC, was put in place to establish the ground for the data-sharing platform. This was scaled up to the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoESCD) in 2018, with support from the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and Aga Khan Foundation United Kingdom (AKF UK).
The emergency operations centers (EOCs) reportedly serve as a connector between three…
