About Us - Staff - Overseas - Azerbaijan (AZE)

Judith Van Daalen
GIS & Mapping Officer
Baku, Azerbaijan

Main Responsiblities

As GIS and Mapping Officer for Azerbaijan, Judith is responsible for maintaining and managing the SAC Geographic Information System and all contained map datasets as well as the survey database. This includes, mapping suspected landmine areas based on survey interviews and producing statistical reports and maps as requested, as well as training national GIS staff on the use of the IMSMA and related GIS applications. In addition, she coordinates with local UN and Mine Action centers regarding data sharing and with SAC HQ and GICHD regarding IMSMA.

Background

Judith has four years experience working with Geographic Information Systems in the Middle East, Europe and Eurasia, including a year in Azerbaijan. Prior to this she was a Project Associate at the Instituto Manejo de Agua y Medio Ambiente in Cuzco, Peru from 1995 through 1996, and in 1997 at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas in Aleppo, Syria. Later in 1997 and into 1998, she was the Deputy Manager of the Café Loburg in Wageningen. She began her career in GIS, in 1999, as a Data Analyst for Geographic Data with ARC/INFO and ArcView at Navigation Technology in the Netherlands. From 1999 though 2001, Judith was a Consultant in hydrology and GIS-related projects for the International Development Department of Royal Haskoning (IWACO). This brought her to Azerbaijan for a year in which she worked on the “Baku Bay Oil Pollution Project.” Between 2000 and 2001, Judith was in Uzbekistan where she worked on institutional capacity building at the Design Institute of Uzgi and on satellite interpretation on water logging and salinity in the South Karakalpakstan and Karshi regions.

Education/Other

Judith received a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Natural Resources Management from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands in 1997. She is a citizen of the Netherlands, speaks Dutch, English, German and Spanish, and has a working-knowledge of French and Russian.