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UNOOSA and UNECA to co-Chair UNGIWG
02 December 2008, 11:07am
The United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) is a UN inter-agency coordination body established in 2000, presently with some 220 geospatial expert staff members from over 30 UN Agencies. From 4 to 7 November 2008, the Office for Outer Space Affairs co-hosted the 9th Plenary Meeting of UNGIWG in Vienna, Austria together with CTBTO. The Plenary, attended by representatives from some 17 UN agencies as well as numerous partner organizations and private companies, included discussions on the progress and future of the Task Groups, and the way forward for the UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) initiative.
The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, together with the UN Economic Commission for Africa, were elected to co-chair UNGIWG for the next two years. The new co-chairs intend to extend the collaborative information exchange and reach of UNGIWG, identifying and inviting all potential GIS and remote sensing experts within the UN System. It is estimated that well-over 500 such experts are currently in the system.
Source: UN-SPIDER Updates November Newsletter
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