{"id":326691,"date":"2020-04-07T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=326691"},"modified":"2020-04-07T18:22:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T01:22:02","slug":"esri-myanmar-launches-with-focus-on-sustainable-development","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-myanmar-launches-with-focus-on-sustainable-development","title":{"rendered":"Esri Myanmar Launches with Focus on Sustainable Development"},"author":5752,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[279192,791,10862],"tags":[287682,341,288722,28932,170652],"arcnews_issues":[430091],"class_list":["post-326691","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","category-digital-transformation","category-esri","tag-asia-pacific","tag-economic-development","tag-esri-distributors","tag-gis-education","tag-sustainable-development-goals","arcnews_issues-spring-2020","arcnews_sections-news"],"acf":{"short_description":"The new team will support a growing user community in government, business, and nongovernmental organizations.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri\u2019s newest international distributor, Esri Myanmar, opened for business on February 20, 2020, in Yangon, the country\u2019s largest city.\r\n\r\nTo commemorate the launch, the company hosted an event in Myanmar\u2019s capital, Nay Pyi Taw, to communicate the importance of GIS to leaders in government, business, and nongovernmental organizations. More than 100 participants attended. Many were senior government officials from various departments."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":326701,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri Myanmar\u2019s goal is to help users work on initiatives that improve people\u2019s quality of life across Myanmar. It already supports many key national government initiatives, such as OneMap, an open-access geoportal with user-friendly data about land use and natural resources. Esri will also invest in and grow local training, technical support, and professional service capabilities.\r\n\r\nTogether with the local user community, the team at Esri Myanmar will center its work on helping this emerging nation achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ambitious targets set by the United Nations (UN) to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people have peaceful and prosperous lives by 2030.\r\n\r\n\u201cThere are many challenges in Myanmar where GIS can play a significant role in providing a deeper understanding of issues, leading to better-informed decision-making and greater transparency,\u201d said Brett Dixon, Esri\u2019s general manager for the Asia Pacific region. \u201cMany of Myanmar\u2019s major cities, such as Yangon, have the same challenges that other developing cities around the globe face, including a rapidly growing population, lagging access to clean water and sanitation, and heavy traffic. GIS plays an important role in finding solutions to those issues.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cIn addition, GIS can help address the divide between rural and urban populations,\u201d said Zoe Zhang, one of Esri\u2019s business development managers. \u201cAs in other countries, this is a specific focus for the citizens of Myanmar and international aid organizations that work there.\u201d\r\n\r\nDixon and Zhang, who are both based in Singapore, attended the launch event and gave presentations about Esri\u2019s vision of a connected world through GIS. Esri will provide not only local support for ArcGIS technology but also serve as a nesting ground for GIS expertise in diverse and far-flung regions of the world."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":326711,"image_position":"right","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"One major priority for both Esri and Esri Myanmar is to cultivate this expertise in Myanmar by instituting GIS education programs at many of Myanmar\u2019s universities. The aim is to create a community of highly skilled, highly employable GIS professionals across the country.\r\n\r\n\u201cA vibrant GIS community is an important step for nation building and, in Myanmar, will help give rise to a brighter future,\u201d said Dixon.\r\n\r\nEsri Myanmar\u2019s general manager, Wuttiboon Fa-amnuaypol, echoed this sentiment.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe founding of Esri Myanmar is an important step in continuing to build Myanmar\u2019s GIS community and that community\u2019s ability to openly contribute to Myanmar\u2019s society and ongoing transition,\u201d he said, referring to the once-closed country\u2019s nine-year endeavor to institute political reforms and engage with the rest of the world.\r\n\r\nThe Esri Myanmar team also includes business development lead Myoza Woo and expert solution engineers, as well as support staff. They are working with customers on projects in a number of sectors, including land surveying, emergency response, urban planning, and heritage protection. The company is also partnering with international agencies to aid in infrastructure development and humanitarian efforts. Fa-amnuaypol already has plans to open a second office in Nay Pyi Taw soon."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Esri Myanmar Launches with Focus on Sustainable Development<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new team will support a growing user community in government, business, and nongovernmental organizations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-myanmar-launches-with-focus-on-sustainable-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esri Myanmar Launches with Focus on Sustainable Development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" 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