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Meeting held with the Maldives Land Survey Authority (MLSA) regarding Digital technologies and data platform for climate resilience
28 February 2023
As part of a World Bank mission, a significant meeting took place between the World Bank representatives and the Maldives Land Survey Authority (MLSA) to discuss MLSA's role in utilizing and providing climate-relevant data. The participants included Ahmed Shainu, Director of the land section, and Mohamed Hafiz, Assistant Director of the Mapping Unit, representing MLSA.
Other notable participants in the meeting were Fathimath Zameela, Senior Software Engineer from NCIT; Anna Zita Metz, Program Officer from the World Bank Task Team; Dr. Ibrahim Waheed, Project Manager; and Mr. Ahmed Haleem, Communications Specialist, both from DMADD PMU.
The meeting primarily focused on two key topics: MLSA's involvement in offering and utilizing climate-related data, with a follow-up from a workshop held in December, and the identification of opportunities and challenges for collaboration and data sharing among different agencies.
This meeting is part of the implementation support mission for the DMADD project, which is scheduled to take place from February 27 to March 8, 2022. The collaboration between MLSA and the World Bank aims to strengthen the utilization of climate data for effective decision-making and sustainable development initiatives.
