In 2017 ISPRS has introduced the Education and Capacity Building Initiatives to support projects of interest to the ISPRS community. Call are normally launched in autumn of oddly numbered years. Details of the regulations can be found at http://www.isprs.org/documents/orangebook/app9b.aspx.
Reports of previous calls are available at
Education and Capacity Building Initiatives 2026
In accordance with the statutory mission and activities of ISPRS, the Society shall provide funds to support scientific and other initiatives, which will further improve its international status in the field of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, and will therefore benefit all ISPRS members. For 2026, the following four Educational and Capacity Building Initiatives projects were selected and approved by the Council for funding.
| Project Title |
Project Team |
TC/WG |
| Mobile-First capacity building in geo-spatial intelligence and remote sensing in Southern Africa |
Timo Balz (China) and Walter Musakwa (South Africa) |
WGI/5 |
| AI-Enabled enhancing the geospatial information capabilities of countries to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
Saied Pirasteh (China) and Laurent Polidori (Brazil) |
ICWG III/IVa and WG III/9 |
| ISPRS SC Summer School 2026 on geospatial innovations for climate action (pre-congress event, ISPRS Congress 2026, Toronto) |
Laxmi Thapa (UK) |
TC V |
| Afenmai Palaces digital heritage capacity initiative (APDHCI) |
Erekpitan Omoikhefe Ola-Adisa (Nigeria) |
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