Disaster Risk Reduction

Working Group on Geospatial Information for Disaster Risk Management

Mandate

The working group was established under decision 5/110 at the fifth session of the Committee of Experts in August 2015 with the mandate to develop and implement a strategic framework that brings all stakeholders and partners involved in Disaster Risk Reduction and/or Emergency Management together to ensure that quality geospatial information and services are available and accessible in a timely and coordinated way to support decision-making and operations within and across all sectors and phases of disaster risk management.

Achievements of the Working Group:

The Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters was adopted by the UN Economic and Social Council in July 2018 under resolution 2018/14 ( available in all 6 languages, see below, Documents then 2018)
The Assessment Survey on the Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disaster
was endorsed by the Committee of Experts in August 2019

Work Programme :

The Working Group extends an open invitation to Member States, disaster risk reduction and management organizations and relevant academia, private sector and United Nations system organizations to continue collaborating by contributing to the maintenance of the global disaster risk reduction inventory hub via the following active surveys, whenever new information becomes available.

Chair

Michelle Edwards

Michelle Edwards

Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management

Jamaica

(Membership as at February 2024)

Member States

UN Bodies and Agencies

Non-Government Organizations

UN-GGIM Academic Network

UN-GGIM Private Sector Network

  • Bhutan
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Republic of Korea (the)
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Afria
  • Sri Lanka
  • State of Palestine
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • United States of America
  • UNOCHA
  • UNFPA
  • UNDRR
  • UNESCAP
  • UNECA
  • UN-Geospatial Network
  • WMO
  • Group on Earth Observations
  • MapAction
  • Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
  • Humanitarian OpenStreet Map (HOT)
  • Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM)
  • Milan Polytechnic University
  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • GeoThings Inc.
  • Esri
  • Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corp.

 

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Procedural Documents
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E/C.20/2021/11/Add.1 – Report
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Eleventh Session
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  • Secretariat
  • Disaster Risk Management
E/C.20/2021/11 – Summary
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Eleventh Session
  • Secretariat
Review of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework and Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters comparison
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  • Other
  • Disaster Risk Management
Proforma for submission of written statement for Agenda item #10
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  • Other
  • Secretariat
  • Disaster Risk Management
  • Michelle Edwards (Jamaica) and OKI Shoichi (Japan) Co-Chairs Working Group Disasters
Introduction
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Tenth Session
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  • Disaster Risk Management
E/C.20/2020/30/Add.1 – Report
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Tenth Session
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  • Secretariat
  • Disaster Risk Management
E/C.20/2020/30 – Summary
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Tenth Session
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UN-GGIM Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters - Assessment Survey
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  • Framework
  • Disaster Risk Management
E/C.20/2020/12/Add.1 – Report
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Ninth Session
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  • Disaster Risk Management
E/C.20/2020/12 – Summary
Geospatial information and services for disasters
Ninth Session
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Task Groups
Task Group A: Geospatial data in support of DRR

Bhutan, Chile, China, Jamaica, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, United States of America, South Africa

 

Task Group B: Capacity development and awareness raising

Bhutan, Jamaica, Mozambique, Morocco

 

Task Group C: Implementation of the Strategic Framework and alignment with Sendai Framework

Bhutan, Jamaica, Malaysia, MapAction and UNECA