U-Esri usayina imemorandamu yokusebenzisana ne-UN-Habitat
U-Esri, umholi womhlaba kwezobunhloli bendawo, umemezele namuhla ukuthi usayine isivumelwano sokusebenzisana (i-MOU) ne-UN-Habitat. Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, i-UN-Habitat izosebenzisa isoftware yakwa-Esri ukwenza isisekelo sobuchwepheshe be-geospatial technology esisuselwa emafini ukusiza ukwakha amadolobha kanye nemiphakathi ebandakanya wonke umuntu, ephephile, eqinisayo futhi esimeme emhlabeni wonke ezindaweni lapho izinsiza ziyindlala khona.
I-UN-Habitat, ezinze eNairobi, eKenya, isebenzela ikusasa elingcono emadolobheni emhlabeni jikelele. "Njengesikhungo solwazi nokusungula izinto ngekusasa elingcono, i-UN-Habitat izibophezele ekwesekeni nasekusabalaliseni ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe kwezentuthuko," kusho uMarco Kamiya, ongusomnotho omkhulu ku-Knowledge and Innovation Branch ye-UN-Habitat.
“Ubuchwepheshe bedijithali bunamandla okusiza abantu, kanye nokwenza ngcono izimo zokuphila nezokusebenza. Ngalobu budlelwano no-Esri, sithatha elinye igxathu eliya ekusekeleni intuthuko esimeme ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuphambili obungasiza amadolobha nemiphakathi.
I-UN-Habitat manje izokwazi ukusebenzisa amathuluzi akhethekile we-geospatial futhi ivule namakhono wedatha yesikhulumi se-Esri ukwenza ngcono ukusebenza kahle nokusimama kwengqalasizinda yasemadolobheni kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo ezifundeni lapho intuthuko idingeka khona. Lezi zinsizakusebenza zobuchwepheshe zizobandakanya i-ArcGIS Hub, eyasungulwa ukwakha isiza semininingwane egciniwe yezinkomba zasemadolobheni i-Global Urban Observatory, eyethulwe ekuqaleni konyaka kulo Mhlangano Weshumi Wasemadolobheni Omhlaba e-Abu Dhabi.
"Sihlonishwa ngokuhlinzeka ngamathuluzi anganikeza amandla omakhelwane, amadolobhana, namadolobha emhlabeni jikelele ukuxazulula izinselele eziyinkimbinkimbi zezomnotho nezemvelo," kusho uDkt. Carmelle Terborgh, umphathi omkhulu we-akhawunti ka-Esri wezinhlangano zomhlaba wonke.
"Siyajabula ukuthuthukisa ukusebenzisana kwethu ne-UN-Habitat ngokwenza ngokusemthethweni ukuzibophezela kwethu okuhlanganyelwe ukusebenzisa izindlela eziqhutshwa idatha ukuze sifinyelele enye yezinjongo ze-UN Sustainable Development: ukwenza amadolobha nezindawo zokuhlala zabantu zibandakanye, ziphephe, ziqine futhi zisimeme.".
Njengengxenye yalesi sivumelwano, u-Esri uzohlinzeka ngamalayisense amahhala wesoftware yakhe ye-ArcGIS kohulumeni basekhaya abangama-50 emazweni anezinsizakusebenza. U-Esri usevele usekele omasipala abayisithupha eFiji naseSolomon Islands ngokubambisana neHhovisi Lesifunda le-UN-Habitat lase-Asia kanye nePacific ukuqala ukwenza lokhu kuzibophezela. Ubambiswano luphinde lubandakanye ukwakhiwa kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakusebenza ezihlangene zokwakha amandla, njengamamojula wokufunda we-inthanethi wamahhala ekuhlelweni kwedolobha, ukuqeqesha nokusiza ekwakheni ikhono lobuchwepheshe lomphakathi ngamunye wendawo ngokugxila ekuqinisekiseni ukusimama kwesikhathi eside.