WISP
Water Information Sharing Platform
Chris Seremet
Technical Advisor – Water Supply and Sanitation
March 30, 2011
ICT4 Development Conference
Lusaka, Zambia
Introduction
• Chris Seremet
• Technical Advisor – Water Supply and
Sanitation
• Based in PQSD at HQ
Project Background
• WISP will link together the field data
collection tools, with local and regional
GIS databases, and expose the database
content through reports and map viewers
to any authorized agencies and donors,
over the world wide web
• Systems to be used for project planning
and M&E purposes
Project Background
• Ease of populating a database and
generating reports and maps from data
• Pilot in Kenya and possibly Ethiopia
WATER Information
Sharing Platform
• Coordination Improvement Areas
• ICT4D Investments by WVI and CRS
• Millennium Water Alliance
• Hydrologic Relationships (Topology)
Water INFORMATION
Sharing Platform
• System Design
• Ease of Use
• Operational Constraints
• Database Design
• Data Collection
• Data Management
Water Information
SHARING Platform
• Information Sharing
• Geographic Integration
• Federated Information Sharing /
Replication
• Transparency
• Collaboration
• Hydrographic Basemap
Water Information Sharing
PLATFORM
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Enterprise GIS
Organizational Scaling
User Community
Platform Scaling
Open Architectures
• Interoperability
• Developer Support
• Technical Support
ICT Solution
• NetHope, ESRI, World Vision, and the
Millennium Water Alliance
• PDAs, ArcGIS, FormBuilder
• IT and staff support provided by NetHope
and ESRI
Project Background
ArcGIS Online
Groups and Web Mapping
Custom Web Dashboards
Connected or Disconnected
Field Data Collection
ArcGIS Mobile
Connected
Mobile Clients
ArcGIS .com
ArcGIS APIs for Silverlight
(Flex, Javascript, SharePoint)
Offline
Field
Solution
Full Desktop GIS
Windows 7
Amazon
EC2
Android
ArcGIS for iOS
ArcGIS
Server
Web Services Publishing
ArcGIS Desktop
Enterprise
Geodatabase
Enterprise Data
Management
Project Background
PHASE II
PHASE I
WISP
Phase &
Project
Vision
Scaled
Deployment
Requirements
& Prototype
• Proof of Concept Prototype
developed and hosted
• Integration of Millennium Water
Alliance M&E template
• Mobile Data Application
• Basic training webcasts & start
up documentation
• Funded Initiative
Proposal
• Scaled for Implementation
• Expansion of Stakeholder
Group to a broad base of
participation
• Completion est. April 2011
NetHope
Members
Primarily
Involved
TBD
Phase I
• Currently, WISP in is Phase I
• ESRI is supporting Nethope members
CRS and World Vision in the definition of
requirements for the WISP system
capabilities
Phase I
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A WISP prototype will be developed and
hosted, including a mobile data collection
application for M&E
Using a series of webcasts to members to
demonstrate the solution and explore the
software architecture
Documentation of the solution will facilitate
member implementation of the system
Plan for scaling deployment to Phase 2
Phase I (cont)
• GIS technical leaders are collaborating
with CRS and WVI currently working on
water projects in East Africa to document
their needs for water information and data
sharing. CRS and WVI will provide input
and validation concerning the needs of
donors and participants for project
reporting, mapping, and data provision.
Phase I (cont)
• Defining WISP requirements
• Recommending an information system
architecture
• Demonstrating prototype of a hydrologic
web-based data viewer
• Discussed during weekly conference calls
Phase II
• In addition, a pilot project will be proposed
at the conclusion of Phase I. The pilot
project, for Phase II, will initiate the
implementation of the WISP system, and
serve as a proof-of-concept for the WISP
system design.
Phase II Benefits
• Cost Savings and New Capacity to NGO’s
thru GIS Data Made Available from Other
Sources
• Ongoing View Of Current Projects In East
Africa
• Visibility of Data to National Governments
and Donors
• Cost Savings to National Governments and
Donors
Phase II Benefits (cont)
• Intersectoral awareness of water
– e.g. health, forestry, rural development
Phase II Benefits (cont)
• Extend data sharing architecture, best
practices, workflows, etc. beyond water (to
other sectors)
• Extend Reach and Impact of Projects
• Multiplier Effect of Capacity Building for All
Participants
• Benefits to East African citizens and
agencies
Sustainability
• Training
• Capacity building / train the trainer
engagements
• Technical documentation
Key Challenges
• We are still in the development stage
• Deciding on which WASH indicators to
collect data
• CRS Global M&E System?
– vs. Regional? vs. Country-level?
• Millennium Water Alliance – Kenya
• Howard G Buffett Foundation Global
Water Initiative
• ICT and GIS are not the issue
Lessons Learned
• Still a work in progress
– WISP Phase I demo in April/May 2011
Next Steps
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Review Data Model
Application Design / Testing
Mobile Editing Activity
Cloud Editing Activity
Final Phase I Demonstrations
ESRI Washington DC Briefings (April)
A full proposal to Donors following
Phase I to develop & broadly implement
the Water Information Sharing Platform
Thank You!