Development of GIS as a tool in the Ministry of Mining and Energy, Serbia

• Published in: Geology today Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 105 - 107
• Main Authors: Sokolovic, Dejan, Simanic, Dragan, Popovic, Petar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Geographic information systems; Geology; Government; Mining industry; Serbia
• ISSN: 0266-6979; 1365-2451
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2010.00749.x

On behalf of the Serbian Government, the Ministries of Mining and Energy and of Science and Environment Protection are signatories to a master plan for the promotion of the mining industry in Serbia. This is being achieved with the assistance of the Japanese Government through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), who engaged a mining company from Tokyo–Mindeco (Mitsui Mineral Development Engineering Co. Ltd) to partner the Serbian ministries, the Mining and Geology Faculty in Belgrade, the Geological Institute of Serbia (Belgrade), the Copper Institute (Bor), and the Military Geographical Institute (Belgrade), as well as private companies dealing in geological exploration, etc. Apart from other things, the master plan contains a newly‐formed GIS application, which registers exploration, exploitation fields and other relevant data. This GIS web application was one the first steps towards the realization of ‘e‐Government’ in the field of geological exploration and mining activities within the Republic of Serbia.