State of the Map Africa 2023/Call for venues/Libya
Welcome to the bid proposal page to host State of the Map Africa 2023, in Tripoli, Libya.
SotM Africa 2023 - Tripoli vision
We aim through State of the Map Africa 2023 to explore the value creation for location Intelligence through synergy and collective intelligence to support Spatial Data Infrastructure. Users participation, online communities, social networking, mass collaboration, and open innovation have become new tools to shape collective intelligence and social capital at the service of the society to increase its performance and develop its creative abilities. Collective intelligence is a factor of success for modern organizations based on creating and sharing information and knowledge. In return, society becomes more and more knowledge-dependent; the collective social ability could be a driving force for innovation. From an empirical point of view, understanding the value creation mechanism needs the following question: How could collective intelligence contribute to the location intelligence and improve the Spatial Data Infrastructure through the PGIS & VGI? And how they could add value to the digital transformation process, for instance? To answer this question, more clarification of the collective intelligence concept in the field of geospatial has to be presented and discussed at SotM Africa 2023.
Why Tripoli?
Tripoli is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwest of Libya, in front of the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. It includes the port of Tripoli and the country's largest commercial and manufacturing center. It is also the site of the University of Tripoli. Tripoli has the most active OSM Libya community, where they succeed to organize State of the Map Libya 2020,2021 and 2022 is under preparation. Also supports the YouthMappers at the university of Tripoli. Tripoli has the first Women in Geospatial community in the North of Africa.
Who is the SotM Africa Tripoli Team?
The Tripoli bid team is composed of OpenStreetMap Libya active members. our local community shows a considerable impact in the field of geospatial for the social good in Libya and supports the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, YouthMappers, and women in geospatial. Our team has members in the OSMF foundation, and experienced members in conference organizations who have participated in organizing State of The Map Libya and State of the Map Africa conferences in addition to the monthly Africa Mapathons.
Our team members are;
- Abdurahman AL Furjani
- Jamal Gledan
- Mohammed Almajdoub
- Mohamed Elsayeh
- Afaf Zeglam
- Yasmen Elahmar
- Abdullah Alwirfalli
- Younes Musbah
- Rad Ghaith
- Ala Said
- Abdelrazag Farage
You can contact us at openstreetmaplibya@gmail.com
When?
We propose to host the conference from October 27th to 29th 2023. Where will be the best weather in Tripoli at this time.
Where?
Our anticipated number of conference attendees for SotM Africa 2023 are 250 people and Tripoli offers a selection of various and suitable venues for the conference. Our proposed venues are, University of Tripoli, Sabratah University. All these venues have conference rooms that are in a capacity to host up to 800 attendees, rooms that can be used as breakout sessions for workshops and presentations and which can host up to 100 people.
Transportation
Getting to and around Tripoli is pretty straightforward thanks to the various modes of transport connecting to the city.
Air
Tripoli International Airport at Metiga east of Tripoli offers flights to several destinations.
Bus
Assahem company offers a very good bus network connecting all Libyan Cities.
Accommodation
Hotels
Coranthia hotel, Radison blue and Dar tellile are the most siutable for the accommodation.
Hostels and Dormitories
Tripoli has a very good variety of hotels
Budget
| Item | Quantity | Total Amount in USD |
|---|---|---|
| Venue | 3days | 10000 |
| Pre-conference marketing | 4000 | |
| Catering | 3days | 12000 |
| Scholarships | 50 | 35000 |
| Tshirts | 250 | 2000 |
| Banners | 4 | 700 |
| Stickers | 1000 | 500 |
| Conference Package | 250 | 3000 |
| Media Coverage (Photography & Videography) | 3days | 1000 |
| Social event | 1day | 4000 |
| Security | 2 | 2000 |
| Volunteers | 15 | 500 |
| Miscellaneous | 5000 | |
| Total | USD 79,700 |
Miscellaneous
Visa policy for Libya
Visitors to Libya must obtain a visa from one of the Libyan diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.
Covid-19 requirements for travel to Libya
Libya lifted it's COVID-19 restrictions including the requirement of a negative PCR test within 72 hours of travelling to Libya, the mandatory wearing of face masks in public, and all quarantine measures for confirmed COVID-19 cases and all fully vaccinated travellers can now enter Libya as long they provide a proof of their vaccination by providing the vaccination certificate.
Internet Connection
Libya has a very good internet connection with several suppliers.
Language Arabic and English are obviously the primary languages in Libya.