UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) in July 2011 (ECOSOC resolution 2011/24) as the official UN consultative mechanism on GGIM.

The main objectives of the UN Committee are to provide a forum for coordination and dialogue among Member States, and between Member States and relevant international organizations and to propose work-plans and guidelines with a view to promoting common principles, policies, methods, mechanisms and standards for the interoperability and inter-changeability of geospatial data and services.

The terms of reference approved by ECOSOC call upon Member States to designate experts with specific knowledge drawn from the interrelated fields of surveying, geography, cartography and mapping, remote sensing, land/sea and geographic information systems and environmental protection. The Committee also comprises experts from international organizations, who serve as observers.

ECOSOC resolution 2011/24 (in all six official languages)

- Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish

Terms of Reference (in all six official languages)

- Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish

third session OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, united kingdom (2013)

The Third Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) will be held from 24-26 July 2013 at the Corn Exchange Building, Cambridge City Centre, United Kingdom.

Bringing together geospatial experts from across the globe, the Third Session of UN-GGIM is being convened back-to-back with the Cambridge Conference. It is expected that the meeting of senior executives from national geospatial information authorities and geospatial experts will augur for a very important visioning and strategic event which recognises the critical role of geospatial information management and the need for strengthened collaboration and joined initiatives, to advance the development and use of geospatial data and tools to support global sustainability.

The United Nations Committee of Experts on GGIM welcomes the participation of Member States and relevant international organisations to its Third Session as it continues to move forward in fulfilling its mandate to enhance collaboration and support the use of geospatial information to promote sustainable development globally.

On 27 July, 2013, Ordnance Survey invites meeting delegates to participate in a one day training session in geospatial data collection and management.

For additional information on the Cambridge Conference you may visit http://www.cambridgeconference.com/conference_2013/.

Documents

Note Verbale - English | French | Spanish

Announcement Letter

Provisional Agenda

 

SECOND SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, New York (2012)

The Second Session of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management was held at UN (New York) from 13 - 15 August 2012.
Interpretation in all six languages was provided.

OPENING STATEMENTS

Mr. Joo-Bin Im, President of the Korean Geographic Information Institute

Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

Press Release

MEETING DOCUMENTS

Document number	Document title	Summaries	Documents
E/2012/46-E/C.20/2012/12	Report of the Session	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
E/C.20/2012/INF/2	List of participants		List of participants
E/C.20/2012/INF/1	Documentation for the Session		Report
E/C.20/2012/1	Provisional Agenda	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report
E/C.20/2012/L.1	Organization of Work		Report
E/C.20/2012/2	Rules of Procedure	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report
E/C.20/2012/3	Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Background Document | Presentation
E/C.20/2012/4	The preparations of Rio+20 and the contribution of the Committee as well as on the implications of the outcomes of Rio+20	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Background Document | Presentation
E/C.20/2012/5	The Inventory of Issues to be addressed by the Committee in Future Sessions	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report
E/C.20/2012/6	Consideration of a Statement of Ethics	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Presentation
E/C.20/2012/7	Development of a GGIM knowledge base	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Presentations - PCGIAP, PC-IDEA, Africa, Europe, JBGIS
E/C.20/2012/8	The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) study on the status of mapping in the world	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Background Document | Presentation
E/C.20/2012/9	The Global Geodetic Reference System	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Presentation
E/C.20/2012/10	The Development of a global map for sustainable development	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report | Presentation
E/C.20/2012/11	Special Reports on Regional and Thematic Activities	Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish	Report

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• Country reports for the Second Session

Bangladesh , Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Fiji, Greece, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay.

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• General Information

Invitation Letter
New York Resource Guide including information on hotels

INAUGURAL SESSION (2011)

The Inaugural meeting brought together 350 experts from 90 countries, 22 United Nations representatives and 37 representatives from international organisations and the private sector.

The Forum was opened by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-Sik of the Republic of Korea, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Mr. Sha Zukang, and Prof. Cartwright, President of the Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies.

The Forum began with a Ministerial Segment with Ministers from eight countries ( Korea, Chile, Finland, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, Niger). They all endorsed the important role of geospatial information in policy formulation and evidence-based decision making for national development.

The Terms of Reference of the Committee of Experts was adopted, the Rules of Procedure of the Committee were reviewed, its contribution to Rio+20 was discussed as well as an inventory of critical issues to be addressed by the Committee for future sessions.

Discussed were the importance of collaboration among Member States in developing common frameworks, tools and procedures, the need to share best practices on the impact and usefulness of well implemented national spatial data infrastructures. It was also recognized that the geospatial industry is a key partner in global geospatial information community and noted the importance of continuing the dialogue between governments and industry under the umbrella of UN-GGIM.

The Seoul Declaration was adopted at the end of the Forum.

List of documents

• Official documents

E/2011/46-E/C.20/2011/7 - Report of the session (Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish )

E/C.20/2011/INF/1 - List of participants

E/C.20/2011/1 - Provisional agenda - (Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish)

E/C.20/2011/L.1 - Organization of work - (Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish)

E/C.20/2011/2 - Terms of reference

E/C.20/2011/3 - Rules of procedure of the Committee

E/C.20/2011/4 - Contribution of the Committee to Rio+20

E/C.20/2011/5 - Inventory of issues to be discussed by the Committee

E/C.20/2011/6 - United Nations Maps

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• Background documents

A/CONF.216/PC/7 - Objective and themes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

Rio+20 Brochure - "Building Our Common Future"

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• Country reports (*)

Australia, Bahrain, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Croatia, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Palestine, Poland, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States of America, Viet Nam

* These papers were not subject to formal editing and were distributed in the language received as conference room papers.

Scoping papers