The Role of the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific: Positioning Nations of Asia and the Pacific for regional and Global development

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The Role of the Permanent Committee on GIS
Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific
Positioning Nations of Asia and the Pacific for
regional and Global development
Session 2 SDI for Improved Decision-Making the
View from the world regions, GSDI5 Conference,
Cartagena, Columbia, 21-24 May 2001.
Prof. Yang Kai, President of PCGIAP
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Contents

• What is the PCGIAP ?
• Why do we need PCGIAP for contributing to the
  region ?
• Highlights of PCGIAP Activities
• Policy issues related to the development of SDI.

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• What is the PCGIAP ?

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History

• PCGIAP was formed in July 1995 following a
  recommendation (resolution 16) from the United
  Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia
  and the Pacific in May 1994 at Beijing.
• Membership of the Committee consists of the
  directorates of the national survey and mapping
  organizations and equivalent national agencies of
  the nations from Asia and the Pacific.
• Draft statutes were developed at a meeting of the
  Executive Board in Kuala Lumpur in May 1996 and
  endorsed at the 2nd PCGIAP Meeting in Sydney in
  October 1996.

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Member Nations (1)

• 1. Afghanistan 16. Hong Kong, China
• 2. American Samoa 17. India
• 3. Armenia 18. Indonesia
• 4. Australia 19. I.R. of Iran
• 5. Azerbaijan 20. Japan
• 6. Bangladesh 21. Kazakhstan
• 7. Bhutan 22. Kiribati
• 8. Brunei Darussalam 23. Korea North (Democratic
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• 9. Burma Republic)
• 10. Cambodia 24. Korea South (Republic of)
• 11. China(People痴 Republic) 25. Kyrgystan
• 12. Cook Islands 26. Laos
• 13. Fiji 27. Macao,China
• 14. French Polynesia 28. Malaysia
• 15. Guam 29. Maldives

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Member Nations (2)
30. Marshall Islands 43. Russian
Federation 31. Micronesia 44. Samoa 32.
Mongolia 45. Singapore 33. Nauru 46. Solomon
Islands 34. Nepal 47. Sri Lanka 35. New
Caledonia 48. Tajikistan 36. New Zealand 49.
Thailand 37. Niue 50. Tonga 38. Northern
Marinas 51. Turkmenistan 39. Pakistan 52.
Tuvalu 40. Palau 53. Uzbekistan 41. Papua
New Guinea 54. Vanuatu 42. Philippines 55.
Vietnam
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History -PCGIAP Meetings

• the 2nd Meeting in Sydney, October 1996
• the 3rd Meeting in Bangkok, in February 1997
  affiliated to the 14th UNRCC-AP
• the 4th Meeting in Tehran, March 1998
• the 5th Meeting in Beijing ,April 1999
• the 6th Meeting in Kuala Lumpur ,April 2000
  affiliated to the 15th UNRCC-AP
• the 7th Meeting in Tsukuba, April 2001

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Aims

• 典o maximize the economic, social and
  environmental benefits of geographic information
  in accordance with Agenda 21 by providing a forum
  for nations from Asia and the Pacific to
• cooperate in the development of a regional
  geographic information or spatial data
  infrastructure.
• contribute to the development of the global
  geographic information infrastructure.
• share experiences and consult on matters of
  common interest.