The Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management, as per its terms of reference Annexed to the Economic and Social Council resolution 2011/24 of 27 July 2011 and resolution 2022/24 of 22 July 2022, is mandated to provide a forum for coordination and dialogue among Member States, and between Member States and relevant international organizations on enhanced cooperation in the field of global geospatial information.
Given this mandate and noting that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for stronger public-private partnerships in order for new data sources and technologies to be harnessed, the Committee established the thematic networks as a recognition of valuable contributions, to the work, growth and development of the Committee and the commitment to Member States provided by international organizations, academia, the private sector, and the Geospatial societies and United Nations System Network. The thematic networks also represent the means for the Committee to collaborate and inform on geospatial information within the international geospatial information organizations and the wider United Nations system.
The UN-GGIM Geospatial Societies is a coalition of the Presidents, Secretaries-General or equivalent office bearers or their nominees that lead recognized international organizations involved in the coordination, development, management, standardization or regulation of geospatial information and related matters.
Executive Body
Chair:
- Shaik Mohamed Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed Ghouse (ISDE)
Deputy Chair:
- Deputy Chair, Prof. Dr. Min Chen (IGU)
- Deputy Chair, Prof. Ing. Lena Halounova (ISPRS)
Members:
- Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IEEE-GRSS)
- International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
- International Cartographic Association (ICA)
- International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
- International Geographical Union (IGU)
- International Map Industry Association (IMIA)
- International Science Council CODATA
- International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE)
- International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGEO)
Website: http://www.fig.net/unggimgs/
The UN-GGIM Academic Network is a coalition of recognized universities and research and education centers involved in research, development and education on geospatial, land information and related matters, run on a volunteer basis. Its primary objective is to support the aims and objectives of Committee of Experts by facilitating access globally to research and education capabilities for UN-GGIM and its affiliated members in order to identify and respond to challenges and opportunities for UN-GGIM and related UN offices.
The UN-GGIM Academic Network aims to assist with the development and management of global geospatial information and promote its use to address key global challenges. We encourage universities, academic institutions or research centers with geospatial information research and/or education to join the UN-GGIM Academic Network. For more information regarding membership requirements please review the UN-GGIM Academic Network's Terms of Reference (ToR) available on the website: http://unggim.academicnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/UNGGIM_AcademicNetwork_TOR.pdf
Executive Body
Chair:
- Songnian Li, Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada)
Deputy Chair:
- Georg Gartner, Vienna University of Technology (Austria)
Secretary:
- Jie Shen, Nanjing Normal University (China)
Advisory Board:
- Maria Antonia Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Rosario Casanova (Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
- Jonathan Li, University of Waterloo (Canada)
- Abbas Rajabifard, University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Saied Pirasteh, Shaoxing University (China)
- Tarun Pratap Singh, Symbiosis International University (India)
- Vidhya Mathivanan, Anna University (India)
Chair of UNGGIM-AN Regional Bodies:
- Africa - Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
- Americas - Rosario Casanova, Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
- Asia-Pacific - Huayi Wu, Wuhan University (China)
- Europe - Joep Crompvoet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
How to join?
For more information on how to join the UN-GGIM Academic Network please visit the website: http://unggim.academicnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Brochure-V.-march-2017.png
Website http://unggim.academicnetwork.org/
Social Media:
The UN-GGIM Private Sector Network is intended to facilitate a direct connection and communication for the private sector to work with Member States towards achieving success in global geospatial initiatives. The PSN shall facilitate an ongoing dialogue for collaboration between and amongst members of UN-GGIM and participants of the PSN to develop, build and extend the world's capacity to benefit from geospatial information, enabling countries to build capacity in geospatial information, technologies and services.
Private Sector Network Board
Chair:
- Valrie Grant, Fugro
Board Members
- Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse, Woolpert
- Willy Govender, Terra Analytics
- Nadine Alameh, LunateAI
- Devleena Bhattacharya, Number8
- Saad Alhamlan, Gravity Consulting Services
- Kamal Ben Addou Idrissi, ETAFAT
- Peter Baumann, Rasdaman GmbH
- Felix Orina, Orbital Africa
- Anamika Das, Esri India
- Kumar Navulur, Synspective USA
Secretariat
- Megha Datta, Woolpert
Website: http://unggim-psn.org/index.html
The United Nations Geospatial Network is a coalition of entities within the United Nations System which engage in geospatial information management activities. The Network's mission is to strengthen the coordination and coherence of geospatial information management within the United Nations system, including its overarching trends, technology, practices, data, needs, capacity building, and partnerships. The Network is composed of designated representatives, nominated by United Nations system entities. Representatives are to be considered as the most senior geospatial professional within their entity and are supported by a nominated alternate representative.
The United Nations Geospatial Network was established by the Committee in its decision 7/115 made at its seventh session in 2017 and its Terms of Reference were endorsed at its eighth session in 2018 by its decision 8/115. The latest cTerms of Reference (in Annex) are presented in the Report on the Contribution of thematic networks to the global geospatial information agenda, E/C.20/2023/7/Add.1. For further information on the UN Geospatial Network's activities, please visit its website.
Chair:
- Dejan Jakovljevic, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Vice Chairs:
- Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Brian Blankerpoor, World Bank Group
Steering Group
United Nations Secretariat, departments and offices
- Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)
Regional Commissions
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Funds, Programmes, research and others
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Specialized Agencies and related organizations
- International Office for Migration (IOM)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)