The Capacity Development Project for Digital Topographic Mapping (Technical Cooperation)
Ethiopia launched a new five-year development plan Growth and Transformation Plan(GTP)in 2010 and it focused on agriculture development, regional development, industrial development as well as infrastructure development.
For effective and efficient development project implementation, accurate and reliable national spatial database is mostly necessary.
However, the Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA), sole organization in charge, has analog topographic map which cover 85% of national land.
In this regard, Ethiopian government requested to develop capacity of EMA for provision of accurate and reliable topographic map for the national development.
October 1, 2013-October 31, 2018
Ethiopian Geospatial Information Agency
To build an accurate and reliable national spatial database to promote sustainable development of the economic and social infrastructure
Assignment of Japanese expert team
JPY 550 mil.