ECOSOC established the Committee of Experts as the apex intergovernmental mechanism for making joint decisions and setting directions with regard to the production, availability and use of geospatial information within national, regional and global policy frameworks. Led by United Nations Member States, UN-GGIM aims to address global challenges regarding the use of geospatial information, including in the development agendas, and to serve as a body for global policymaking in the field of geospatial information management
Programmes
- Sustainable Development
- Subcommittee on Geodesy
- Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
- Land Administration and Management
- Statement of Shared Principles
- National Institutional Arrangements
- Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters
Resources
Meetings and events
Upcoming
- Global Geodesy Forum "The Power of Where - The Value of Geodesy to Society" Earth Day, Thursday, 22 April 2021, 10:30 hrs. - 12:00 hrs. (UTC)/06:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (USA-EDT/UTC-4)
- Eleventh Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management 4 - 6 August 2021
Recent
- Tenth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management 26-27 August and 4 September 2020
- Integrated Geospatial Information Framework Implementation Guide Broad Global Consultation 29 May - 17 July 2020
- Virtual High-Level Forum Events on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management 26 May, 2 June and 9 June 2020
- Sixth High Level Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Windsor, United Kingdom
- Sixth Expert Meeting of the Working Group on Geospatial Information of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 9 - 11 March 2020 México City, México
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Second expert meeting of the Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information
24-28 February 2020 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany