The Dannieh Municipalities Union held a seminar on 4 January 2019 entitled “The revolution of geospatial technologies their importance in the optimal management of municipal work” in which the Head of the Geography Department at the Lebanese University, Dr. Mohammad Al-Hajj, lectured in the presence of former deputy Ahmed Fatfat, President of the Dannieh Municipalities Union Mohamed Saadieh, Secretary General of the "Cultural Forum" in Dannieh Ahmed Hamdi Youssef, Coordinator of "Azm Movement" in Dannieh Mahmoud Lagha, Director of "Dannieh Complex for Care and Development" Mazen Al-Ayoubi, Mayors of Kfar Challan, Nasser Al-Shami, Marah Al-Sarraj Abd Al-Fattah Allam and Bakhoun Ziad Jamal, and interested people.
Dr. Riad Osman said that cooperation is a must with municipalities, as there are no accurate scientific statistics about Dannieh and its towns and villages, nor accurate information is available about the area on the demography, social, educational, health and other levels; which are information that is supposed to be easily available and accessible.
Dr. Al-Hajj said that 3D images have caused a great scientific revolution in this field, and the information gathered can be placed in the geographic information system to benefit therefrom, which is a system that facilitates the analysis and usage of information when needed in order to implement projects, create visions and ideas, and find solutions to various problems.
Mr. Saadieh welcomed the guest and noted that the Union is working on updating the strategic plan set up in 2012 for Dannieh, especially since we face in problems in Lebanon to obtain sufficient information not available even with the public state departments.