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Global Geospatial
Information Management:
International DevelopmentsGemma Van Halderen
First Assistant Statistician
Population, Education and Data Integration Division
Australian Bureau of Statistics
General
Assembly
United NationsSecurity
Council
Economic and
Social Council
Trusteeship
Council
International
Court of Justice
14 specialised
agencies
9 ‘functional’
commissions
5 regional
commissions
Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA), Europe (ECE), Latin
America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC),
Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
and for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Statistical Commission
Commission on Population and
Development
Commission on Science and
Technology for Development
Commission on Sustainable
Development
ECOSOC Standing Committees
ECOSOC Ad hoc Bodies
Expert Bodies composed of governmental experts
Expert bodies composed of members serving in their
personal capacity
Other related bodies
UN Committee of Experts on Global
Geospatial Information Management
United Nations Group of Experts on
Geographical Names
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• ECOSOC is the United Nations platform on economic and social
issues
• Concerned with the world’s economic, social and environmental
challenges
• Has responsibility for some 70% of the human and financial
resources of the entire UN system
• Reports to the General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
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• Apex entity of the global statistical system
– Highest decision making body for international statistical activities, especially the setting of statistical standards, the development of concepts and methods, and their implementation at the national and international level
• Established in 1947
• In establishing its terms of reference, ECOSOC stressed the importance of the Commission’s coordination function and the need to achieve an integrated system in the collection, processing and dissemination of international statistics
United Nations Statistical Commission
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• Committed to the advancement of the global statistical system
– Compile and disseminate global statistical information
– Development standards and norms for statistical activities
– Support countries efforts to strengthen their national statistical
systems
– Facilitate the coordination of international statistical activities
• Provides a global centre for data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, environment and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources
United Nations Statistics Division
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• The United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management – to enhance and coordinate global geospatial information management
• Provides a formal mechanism under the UN umbrella to discuss andcoordinate GGIM activities by involving Member States at the highest inter-government level as the key participants
UN-GGIM: What is it?
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• An Inter-Governmental mechanism to make joint decisions and set directions on the production and use of geospatial information within national and global policy frameworks
• Working with Governments to improve policy, institutional arrangements, and legal frameworks
• Addressing global issues and contributing collective knowledge as a community with shared interests and concerns
• Developing effective strategies to build geospatial capacity in the developing countries
• Realizing a Vision: To make accurate, reliable and authoritative geospatial information readily available to support national, regional and global development……
UN-GGIM: A global initiative
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• The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), recognizing the importance of geospatial information in national and global development, established UN-GGIM in July 2011
• ECOSOC encouraged Member States to ‘hold regular high-level, multi-stakeholder discussions on global geospatial information, including through the convening of global forums, with a view to promoting a comprehensive dialogue with all relevant actors and bodies’
• “Promote the development and wider use of GIS to collect data that are accurate, long-term, consistent and reliable….to support countries, particularly developing countries, in their national efforts” – 2002 Copenhagen Summit on Sustainable Development
UN-GGIM: Mandates
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• Recalling various decisions and resolutions to prepare reports, convene meetings, etc on global coordination of geographic information management
• Recognising the importance of integrating cartographic and statistical information, as well as spatial data, with a view to fostering location-based geospatial information, applications and services
• Recognising the role of the UN in promoting international cooperation
• Taking into account the urgent need to take concrete action to strengthen international cooperation in the area of global geospatial information, ….
ECOSOC Resolution 2011/24
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• Decides to establish the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management … and requests the Committee to present to ECOSOC in 2016 a comprehensive review of all aspects of its work and operations
• Encourages Member States to hold regular, high-level, multi-stakeholder discussions …. global forums … with a view to promoting a comprehensive dialogue
• Emphasises the importance of promoting national, regional and global efforts to foster the exchange of knowledge and expertise
– to assist developing countries in building and strengthening national capacities in this field
ECOSOC Resolution 2011/24
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• A significant gap in the management of geospatial information globally
• This gap is increasingly being filled by the private sector reducing the influence of
the Governments
• Lack of global consultative and decision making mechanism among Member States
in: setting global norms on geospatial information; developing common tools; and
bringing geospatial information to bear on global policy issues
• Just like statistics, every country must have authoritative, trusted, maintained,
definitive mapping data
Why a global mechanism on GGIM?
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Meetings and Activities
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UN-GGIM – Geospatial Industry Exchange
23 October 2011This exchange brought together 90+ lead international industry and
national mapping organisation representatives to exchange views and
discuss the role of the geospatial industry, and to provide concrete
suggestions for input into the UN-GGIM deliberations
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• 1st High Level Forum on UN-GGIM opened by Prime Minister Hwang SikKim, Republic of Korea; United Nations Under-Secretary-General Mr. ShaZukang; and Prof. Bill Cartwright, President of the JBGIS
• 350 participants from 90 countries, 15 from international organisations, 22 from industry, and many United Nations agencies (UNSD, UNCS, UNGEGN, UNOOSA, etc)
UN-GGIM – 24-26 October 2011
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Ministers from Chile, Finland, India, Korea,
Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, and Niger provided
views, including the value proposition, on the
role of geospatial information in national
development
The demand for geospatial data does not only
come from the political level in the context of
policy formulation and decision making, but also
increasingly from civil society in the context of
efficient public service delivery, a process that
was described as the “democratization of data”
UN-GGIM – Ministerial Segment
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The inaugural UN-GGIM Committee of Experts met 26 October 2011, immediately following the High Level Forum
First Session of the Committee of Experts
Outcomes:
• Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure of the
Committee adopted
• Created a task force to prepare a written
contribution to United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
• Created a working group to elaborate a detailed
inventory of issues that should be used to develop a
short-, medium- and long-term work programme for
the Committee of Experts
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Location information and Rio+20
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Two Side Events
Monitoring Sustainable Development – Why
Location Matters
Organised by UN-GGIM with support by UK,
Australia and Brazil
Demonstrated the role accurate, maintained
and reliable geospatial information can and is
playing in helping to deliver sustainable
development across the globe, and in
providing financial benefits to users
Monitoring Sustainable Development – Why
Location Matters
Organised by UN-GGIM with support by UK,
Australia and Brazil
Demonstrated the role accurate, maintained
and reliable geospatial information can and is
playing in helping to deliver sustainable
development across the globe, and in
providing financial benefits to users
Global Map for Sustainable Development
Organised by Geospatial Information
Authority of Japan with support from
International Steering Committee for Global
Mapping, the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency, Brazil, and UK
The side event demonstrated the need for
consistent global-scale data, developed
under international cooperation, to monitor
sustainable development, disasters, and
environmental indicators
Global Map for Sustainable Development
Organised by Geospatial Information
Authority of Japan with support from
International Steering Committee for Global
Mapping, the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency, Brazil, and UK
The side event demonstrated the need for
consistent global-scale data, developed
under international cooperation, to monitor
sustainable development, disasters, and
environmental indicators
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19 June
2012
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“I am also pleased to see that the importance of reliable, trusted geographic information is now recognised. The United Nations has now established a Committee of Experts of Member States, which the UK co-chairs, to move this agenda forward”
Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister, United Kingdom Government, Rio+20 June 2012
The importance of geographic information
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The second session of the UN-GGIM Committee of Experts convened at UN Headquarters, New York, August 2012
Second session of the Committee of Experts
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“…building effective geospatial
infrastructures and promoting
greater use of geospatial
information are part of a new
frontier in harnessing science
and technology for advancing
sustainable development”
Mr.Wu HongboUnder-Secretary General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, August 2012
Second session of the Committee of Experts
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Decisions adopted to progress the effective development and coordination of global geospatial information:
• Establish a global geodetic reference framework
• Complete future trends in geospatial information management
• Gather global case studies that demonstrate the value proposition of GI
• Globally communicate the efforts of UN-GGIM in supporting the sustainable development agenda
• Regional entities undertake an assessment of existing regional efforts and priorities in context of the inventory of issues
• Progress issues related to standards setting in the international community
• Consider a shared statement of principles for the GGIM community
• Develop a global map for sustainable development
• Develop a global knowledge base for geospatial information
• Progress the integration of statistical and geospatial information
Second session of the Committee of Experts
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Inventory of Issues
1. Developing a national, regional and global strategic framework for geospatial information
2. Establishing institutional arrangements and legal and common frameworks
3. Building capability and capacity, especially in developing countries
4. Assuring the quality of geospatial information
5. Promoting data sharing, accessibility and dissemination
6. Embracing trends in information technology
7. Promoting geospatial advocacy and awareness
8. Working in partnership with civil society and the private sector
9. Linking geospatial information to statistics
Second session of the Committee of Experts
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42nd Session of the United Nations Statistics Commission
•Australia invited to undertake a Programme Review on geospatial activities in National Statistics Organisations
•To be presented February 2013
•Opportunity for the statistical community to discuss and contribute to issue 9: Linking geospatial information to statistics
Issue 9: Linking geospatial information to
statistics
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The Second High Level Forum on Global Geospatial Information Management will be held from 4-6 February 2013 at the Qatar Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar
An Exchange Forum with the Geospatial Industry will be convened on Sunday 3rd February
Forum Agenda:
• Opening Ceremony and Ministerial Segment
• Session 1: Building a National Geospatial Information System: Driving Forces, Success Stories
• Session 2: Future Trends in Geospatial Information: Growing the Information Base, Promoting Greater Use
• Session 3: Developing an Effective Global Geodetic Reference Framework and Supporting Location-Based Services
• Session 4: Geospatial Information and Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
• Session 5: Challenges in Developing Core Global Reference Datasets
Second High Level Forum on GGIM
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The third session of the 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
It will be convened back-to-back with the Cambridge Conference which will be held 21-24 July 2013 at Churchill College, University of Cambridge
Third session of the Committee of Experts
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• Regional Committee of UNGGIM for Asia-Pacific (UNGGIM-AP, formerly PCGIAP)
– Geodetic reference framework
– Spatial enablement and administration forums
– Data sharing and integration for disaster management
• Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas (PC-IDEA)
– Development of SDI best practices and applications
– Institutional strengthening, education and training
– Innovations for national mapping agency business models
• Committee on Development Information, Science & Technology Sub-committee on Geo-information (CODIST-Geo), UNECA
– Draft African Action Plan on Geospatial Information Management
– National SDI development in Africa
– Capacity building and outreach
– Inventory of geospatial data in Africa
Regional UN entities supporting GGIM
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Concluding remarks
• Global Geospatial Information Management is recognised
institutionally and politically as important
• Two professional communities are engaged
– the statistical community through the United Nations
Statistics Commission
• the spatial community through the United Nations
Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information
Management
ggim.un.org
Concluding remarks – why engage?
UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
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