The Executive Committee of UN-GGIM: Europe held its second meeting of the year. The meeting was held on the 1st June 2016 at the offices of Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany The focus of the meeting included the progress of the UN-GGIM review by ECOSOC, developments on the importance of geospatial information to
UN-GGIM: Europe organised two workshops at the GWF16 in Rotterdam on the 24th May 2016. The first workshop focused on Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes. Continuing the process which was launched at the High Level Forum in Addis Ababa, the session was the second global consultation the topic by the UNGGIM: WG Fundamental Data. Presentations by Clare Hadley
The Working Group on Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes (UNGGIM: WG Fundamental Data) kicked off with a workshop at the UN-GGIM High Level Forum in Addis Ababa on the 19th April 2016. The workshop was a success, attracting 35 delegates from various UN Member states, international organisations, the private sector and the UN-GGIM Secretariat. The workshop was
Representatives from European National Statistical Institutions (NSIs) and National Mapping and Cadastral Authorities (NMCAs) participated in a Joint Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe –ESS on 11th March 2016. Hosted by Eurostat at their offices in Luxembourg, this is the second edition of a meeting which offers the unique opportunity of bringing together European statistical and geospatial experts
Members from UN-GGIM: Europe were invited to present and participate in the 3rd Regional Meeting of UN-GGIM: Arab States which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on the 23-25 February 2016. Amongst other items, one important objective of the meeting was to review the functioning of the regional technical working groups and to discuss the UN-GGIM: Arab States
The Executive Committee of UN-GGIM: Europe held their first meeting of the year on 18thFebruary 2016. The meeting was hosted by Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Spain at their head office in Madrid. The meeting focused on the work that is currently being carried out by the regional working groups, the first on Core Data and second on
UN-GGIM: Europe Working Group A on Core Data organised a workshop on 13-14 January 2016 which was hosted by IGN France in Paris. The purpose of the workshop was to decide on the scope of core data by selecting the sub-set of INSPIRE themes considered as core for Europe. Core data aim at being of
UN-GGIM: Europe urges creation of geocoded reference system to meet demand for integrated data Growing demand for data analysis across user-defined geographical areas is driving the need for a geocoded point-based reference system says UN-GGIM: Europe. A report on priority user needs by the working group on data integration found that many no longer require
The wider geospatial community in Europe has a lot to offer to UN-GGIM: Europe. We are pleased to announce that at the start of the 2nd Plenary of UN-GGIM: Europe members approved observer status to the European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS) and the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON). The two organisations join the current group
The 2nd Plenary of UN-GGIM: Europe was held on the 7th October 2015 in Belgrade hosted by the Republic Geodetic Authority, Serbia. Bengt Kjellson, Chair of the Executive Committee of UN-GGIM: Europe, welcomed 110 delegates from 34 Member states and 9 observer organisations to the event. Ms Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano, UN Resident Coordinator & UNDP Resident Representative in
