UN-GGIM
Expert consultation and meeting on Enhancing Geospatial Information Management Arrangements and Accelerating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals together with the Sub-regional Workshop on United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) for Southern Africa
The Expert Consultation and Meeting is being convened at a critical juncture, five years away from the target of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and following latest decision 14/101 at its fourteenth session from 7-9 August 2024, where the Committee of Experts reiterated the importance of strengthening and enhancing national geospatial information management arrangements, capacity, capability and leadership, and urged for sustained national investments in national geospatial programs, in line the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution 2022/24.
The Expert Consultation and Meeting on Enhancing Geospatial Information Management Arrangements and Accelerating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals together with the Sub-regional Workshop on United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) for Southern Africa, including small islands developing states and land-locked developing countries, aims to sustain the implementation and adoption of the UN-IGIF, contributing to the call for enhancing national geospatial information management capabilities of Member States in Southern Africa, including small island developing states and land-locked developing countries in the region.
The event is directly contributing to the outcomes of the Summit of the Future (September 2024) and its action-oriented “Pact for the Future” and accompanying “Global Digital Compact” that recognizes that digital technologies are dramatically transforming our world and calls for closing all digital divides and accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The Global Digital Compact further recognizes the importance of digital public infrastructure, built in accordance with national priorities and needs. Geospatial information is a critical component of a national digital public infrastructure and knowledge and a key enabler to realize an integrated whole-of-government services approach that contribute to economic growth, national security, sustainable social development, environmental sustainability and nationwide prosperity.
The event also aims to support the implementation of the recent outcome document from the United Nations SIDS4 Conference (April 2024), the "Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States (ABAS): A Renewed Declaration for Resilient Prosperity". The ABAS lists concrete priorities and actions across ten thematic areas: building economic resilience; scaling up climate action and support; scaling up biodiversity action; conserving and sustainably using the ocean and its resources; mainstreaming disaster risk reduction; achieving safe and healthy societies; improving data collection, analysis, and use; promoting science, technology, innovation, and digitalization; fostering productive populations; and enhancing partnerships.
The five-day event with the overarching theme ‘Implementing geospatial strategies: challenges and opportunities’ will focus on considering strategic approaches to address national priorities, to understand major challenges, to consider main benefits geospatial information management can bring for their countries, and to determine the necessary near and longer-term solutions. The event will comprise of two parts. A high-level ‘leadership’ segment during the first two days (24-25 March 2025) to set the stage and provide a ‘status report’ of the collective present understandings, achievements, challenges, and opportunities to bridge the ‘digital divide’ and enhance national geospatial information management arrangements for accelerating the SDGs. An interactive segment with workshop will be organized during the next three days (26-28 March 2025) to discuss to country circumstances, perspectives, views, experiences and needs, and to understand key elements of their national efforts and priorities towards enhancing their geospatial information management arrangements, resources, capacities and leadership, and to address their challenges and opportunities. An essential part of the subregional workshop's aim is to connect people with knowledge of the problems related to the needs of Southern Africa, with special attention to SIDS and LLDC for the overall needs and future development of countries in the region.
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Concept Note
Annotated Agenda
Logistical and information Note
Provisional List of Participants
Summary Report
Photo gallery
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Welcome, Introductions and Opening
Opening remarks, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Mozambique, Dr. Catherine Sozi
Opening remarks, Eng. Chinguane Sebastião Marcos Mabote Secretário de Estado dos Transportes
Introduction
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Session I-1: Setting the Scene
UN-GGIM: Mandates and supporting countries in the implementation of the UN-IGIF
HLG-IGIF: Current priorities and objectives towards the implementation of UN-IGIF
UN-GGKIC: Current priorities and objectives of the Centre in supporting countries
SDG Data Alliance: experiences on implementing the UN-IGIF and establishing SDG Data Hubs
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Session I-2: Status Reports (countries)
Status reports (countries)
Chair for UN-GGIM Africa
SDG Data Alliance
Health Information System, aligning with the IGIF
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Session II-3: Developing Leadership through regional/national and multi-stakeholder Cooperation
ArcGIS Solution for the SDGs
Data Sharing and Applications of China’s Natural Resources Satellites and the CACSA
IOM: Displacement Data & Geospatial Insights
Developing Leadership through regional/national and multi-stakeholder Cooperation
Agência Nacional de Desenvolvimento Geo-Especial
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
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Session III-1: Identifying Country Needs Against National Priorities
Break out: Introduction
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Session III-2: Identifying Common National Strategic Priorities and showcasing geospatial value
Break out 1: Views and Priorities
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Session III-3: Improving cross-sectoral and integrated approaches
Breakout 2: Barriers and opportunities
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Session IV-4: Identifying common goals and objectives
Implementation of the UN-IGIF and value
Annual sessions
- Fifteenth session
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- Thirteenth session
- Twelfth session
- Eleventh session
- Past sessions