Sixth Plenary UN-GGIM: Europe - June 2019
The Sixth Plenary Meeting of the European Region of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM: Europe) was held from 5 – 6 June 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe was hosted by Eurostat.
The Sixth Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe brought together senior executives and experts from the national geospatial information and statistical authorities of 24 Member States, and 11 international and observer organisations. It included a half day workshop on developing the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework Implementation Guide, and presentations on global and regional issues and items, together with an overview of the work being carried out by UN-GGIM: Europe.
Workshop: Developing the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework Implementation Guide
| Regional consultation on the draft Integrated Geospatial Information Framework Implementation Guide with UN-GGIM: Europe | Greg Scott, UNSD |
UN-GGIM: Europe Plenary Meeting
Meeting Chair – Tomaž Petek, Chair of the Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe
| Session 1: Opening of the Sixth Plenary of UN-GGIM: Europe Chair – Tomaž Petek, Chair of the Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe |
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| 4 | UN-GGIM: Europe – Year in Review | Tomaž Petek, Chair |
| 5 | What’s next after the UN WGIC? | Greg Scott, UNSD |
| 6 | UN-GGIM High Level Forum 2020 | David Henderson, UK |
| Session 3: Overview of UN Activities Chair: Dorine Burmanje, co-Chair UN-GGIM |
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| 11 | Report from UNECE | Steven Vale, UNECE |
| 12A | UN-GGIM Thematic Networks (Europe Region): – Academic Network – Geospatial Societies |
Menno-Jan Kraak, University of Twente |
| 12B | UN-GGIM Thematic Networks (Europe Region): – Private Sector Network |
Peter ter Haar, Ter Haar Geoinnovation Ltd. |
| Session 4: SDGs and Earth Observations Session Chair: Antonio Arozarena, vic-Chair, UN-GGIM: Europe |
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| 13 | The EU space programme (COPERNICUS, GALILEO) in support of the SDGs | Catharina Bamps, DG Grow |
| 14 | Copernicus and EO data in support of SDGs: a case study in Italy | Fabio Volpe, Italy |
| 15 | Developing the first global statistical standard defining cities, urban and rural areas: a progress report | Nikolaos Roubanis, Eurostat |
| Session 5: Formal Business & wrap-up Chair: Tomaž Petek, Chair of the Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe |
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| 16A | Report from Regional WG Core Data | Dominique Laurent & Clement Godin, France |
| 16B | Report from Regional WG Data Integration | Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, Germany |
| 16C | Report from Regional WG GRF – Europe | Markku Poutanen, Finland |
| 16D | Presentation of UN-GGIM: Europe Work plan
Background paper – UN-GGIM: Europe Work plan 2019 – 2022 |
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| 18 | Plenary wrap-up |
Carol Agius, UN-GGIM: Europe Secretariat |