United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Brief to the CEB HighLevel Committee on Programm

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United Nations Geographic Information Working
Group Brief to the CEBHigh-Level Committee on
Programmes

• UNGIWG Co-Chairs
• Jeff Tschirley, FAO David
  Kaatrud, WFP
• Chateau de Villiers le Mahieu, France
• 27 February 2006

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What is it?

• A voluntary network of UN specialised agencies,
  programmes and funds
• Established in March 2000 to
• Facilitate technical collaboration and formulate
  policies concerning geographic information in the
  UN-system and with member states
• Address common geospatial issues maps,
  boundaries, data access and exchange, adherence
  to international standards, naming conventions
  and location
• Provide a forum to discuss emerging technologies,
  experience with applications, and coordinate
  actions

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Organisation

• Co-Chairs FAO and WFP (rotating secretariat
  April 2005 - 2007)
• Annual plenary (Addis Ababa, October 2005 ),
  (Santiago de Chile, November 2006)
• Members
• FAO, WFP, DPKO, OCHA, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNEP, UNHCR,
  UNICEF, UNODC, UNOPS, WHO, WORLD BANK, and
  others.
• Task Groups
• International and administrative boundaries
  Salb, Gaul (WHO)
• Core geo-database (FAO)
• Remote sensing (UNOSAT)
• Interoperable services GeoNetwork (FAO)
• GIS map production guidelines (OCHA)
• Global navigation satellite systems (WFP)

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Outputs

• Inventory of globally consistent databases New!
• Standard international boundaries and
  administrative boundaries
• GeoNetwork metadata standard
• Map production guidelines
• Annual plenary meetings since 2000
• Strategic plan (2001-2002)
• UN Spatial data infrastructure (UNSDI) New!

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UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI)
Framework to facilitate access, exchange and
quality of geographically-related information
using common standards, protocols, and
specifications.
Supporting user needs / decision-making
Regional / trans-national

• Components
• Policies, standards, institutional arrangements
• Human capacity, investment
• Data systems
• Information products
• Technology

National
Global
Local
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Why UNSDI?
Data access and sharing, Interoperability Place-ba
sed management, PortabilityBuild once, Use many
times
Core data
Thematic data
Effected population
Settlements
Security
Transportation
Demography
Hydrology
Flood zones
Boundaries
Logistics
Geodetic control
Economic
Elevation
Soils
Imagery
Sustainable environmental, social, economic
development
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Without SDI individual data and investment





Health
Education
Water
Agriculture
Transport
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Lance, 2005, adapted from Nebert, Fgdc
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With SDI alignment in data and investment

Poverty reduction programmes
Agriculture, Education, Energy,
Environment, Finance, Health, Transport,
Water, ...

Infrastructure development, maintenance

Environmental and natural resources management

Humanitarian responses
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Shared data services
Lance, 2005, adapted from Nebert, Fgdc
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Example
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Why CEB?

• Implement UNSDI within each agency - strategy and
  investment
• Raise awareness among senior, mid-level managers
• Promote national SDI capacity building
  policies, training, analysis
• Facilitate multi / bi-lateral SDI partnerships to
  transfer knowledge, best practices to countries
• Incorporate geospatial analysis in implementing,
  monitoring Millennium Development Goals and
  Poverty Reduction Strategies
• Bring system-wide coherence in responding to
  countries

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• Thank You
• www.ungiwg.org