Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska

Ela is a geographer/hydrologist (graduated from the University of Warsaw). Completed UNIGIS Postgraduate Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland) and the University of Salzburg (Austria).


 * Head of the Education Unit at UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre in Poland;
 * GI trainer focused on a use of spatial information and FOSS4G software (QGIS in particular) in public administration tasks and school education;
 * Author of various training programmes, educational materials - held numerous of workshops, including training at the 1st International Conference for QGIS Users, Educators and Developers,
 * Coordinator of the eduGIS ICAOsGeo Lab established under http://www.geoforall.org GeoForAll initiative];
 * Co-author of educational publications, for example GIS at school. Guidebook for biology, geography and science teachers nominated for GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award 2015;
 * Active member of the OsGeo community, in particular in the field of education - coordinator of Teacher training group within GeoForAll initative;




 * Spoken languages: Polish, English, Russian and German (basic level)


 * Contact
 * Email: ela(at)gridw(dot)pl
 * Skype username: sterniczka
 * Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ElaWolo

More details at LinkedIn profile.