HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

The REGIONAL CENTRE FOR TRAINING IN AEROSPACE SURVEYS (RECTAS) Located at the Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U) Campus, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. was established in 1972 under the auspices of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) with a mandate for Training, Research, Consultancy and Advisory Services in Geoinformatics. The Centre is a joint project of African countries, the participating countries at the moment are: Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

OBJECTIVES

-To conduct seminars, workshop and short term courses with a view to providing an opportunity for disseminating of information in the field of geo-informatics.

-To promote studies and research in the field of geo-informatics.

-To provide advisory and consultancy services upon request on geo-informatics matters, including instrument maintenance, to Governments of the member states of ECA, and to other survey and mapping organization in the region.

DIRECTORATE:

Executive Director (As from 1 September 2000): Dr. Olajide Kufoniyi: kufoniyi@rectas.org, edrectas@rectas.org

Deputy Executive Director (As from February 2008): Mr. Mahamadou S. Keita: mkeita@rectas.org, ded@rectas.org .

For further information please contact:

The Executive Director, RECTAS
Off Road 1 , O.A.U. Campus,
P.M.B 5545, Ile-Ife Osun State, Nigeria.
Tel: 234(0)8033840581

E-mail: rectasinfo@yahoo.com

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