Mandate
The working group was established under decision 5/110 at the fifth session of the Committee of Experts in August 2015 with the mandate to develop and implement a strategic framework that brings all stakeholders and partners involved in Disaster Risk Reduction and/or Emergency Management together to ensure that quality geospatial information and services are available and accessible in a timely and coordinated way to support decision-making and operations within and across all sectors and phases of disaster risk management.
Co-Chairs
Jamaica
Ms. Michelle Edwards
Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Dr. Shoichi Oki
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
Major achievements of the Working Group 2015-2019 :
The Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters was adopted by the UN Economic and Social Council in July 2018 under resolution 2018/14 ( available in all 6 languages, see below, Documents then 2018)
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Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
The Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters was adopted by the UN Economic and Social Council in July 2018 under resolution 2018/14
The Assessment Survey on the Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters was endorsed by of the Committee of Experts in August 2019
Member States
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- China
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Poland
- Sint Maarten
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- United States of America
Non-Member State
- State of Palestine
Observer
- International Hydrographic Organization
United Nations Geospatial Network
- UNOCHA
- UNFPA
- UNDRR
- UNESCAP
- UNECA
- WMO
Non-Government Organizations
- Group on Earth Observations
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- MapAction
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
- Humanitarian OpenStreet Map (HOT)
- Pacific Disaster Centre
UN-GGIM Academic Network
- Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)
- CIESIN, Columbia University
- Milan Polytechnic University
- Jeju National University, South Korea
- The University of Melbourne, Australia
UN-GGIM Private Sector Network
- GeoThings Inc.
- Esri
Task Groups
Working Group meeting during the Fourth UN-GGIM High-Level Forum in Addis Ababa (18-22 April 2016)
UN-GGIM WG-Disasters Conference 2020, Tokyo, Japan,
UN-GGIM International Forum on Geospatial Information & Services for Disasters Bridgetown, Barbados on 4-5 and 8 September 2016
World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (23-24 May 2016)
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(Draft) Report of Frameworks, Rules, Legislation and Policies on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters (19 May 2016)
Summary of the WG-Disasters Meeting on 19 April 2016, during the 4th UN-GGIM High Level Forum in Addis Ababa
Update on progress of Task Team 2 of WG-Disasters (19 April 2016)