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In April 2008, The Dept of CEET at KIST has made a cooperation agreement with ESRI, Germany, the GIS Software Research Institute to set up a GIS lab. According to the agreement, KIST will provide the necessary infrastructure and ESRI will provide software license for two years with materials and training. The worth of the contribution will be USD42, 000.

According the agreement, on 5th Oct to 9th Oct 2009, the Dept of CEET at KIST and ESRI jointly organized a week long training on GIS and Its application to the different faculty members of KIST. Finally, there was an awarding ceremony of certificates to the trainees.



The Dept of CEET students are now using this lab as part of their course and getting hands on training. KIST is pursuing with ESRI to extend its license period for another four years. Thanks to ESRI showing generous about their interest in the field of Science & Technology in the developing countries like Rwanda

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