ITC is an international institution of post-graduate education located in
Enschede, the Netherlands, with a thematic focus on geo-information sci-
ence and earth observation in support of development. Its mission2 is
described as follows:
“ITC aims at capacity building and institutional development of
professional and academic organizations and individuals specif-
ically in countries that are economically and/or technologically
less developed.”
Thus the two pillars on which ITC stands are development-related and geo-
information. R supports both of these.