2. EFGS 2017 Co-hosted by OSi and CSO Ireland
Dates Nov 2nd - 3rd 2017 (TWO Days)
Venue Dublin Castle

3. EFGS 2017 venue Dublin Castle

4. CSO-Osi Memorandum of Understanding
Both organisations will work together to develop a technical solution to fulfil Ireland’s reporting responsibilities under the United Nations 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development
Develop dissemination channels with a specific focus on the visualisation of official statistics
Agree common geographies, creating common geo spatial identifiers (URIs) and publish certain boundaries and all aggregated data in machine readable format (Open data, Linked data)
Represent the State at international level on matters relating to mapping and geospatial information, particularly in the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)

5. Further expressions of interest
Census 2020 geography
INSPIRE
Big data and Environmental geostatistics
Best practice examples of integrating geography with official statistics
Website: Available at end of April

6. ? Any questions dermot.corcoran@cso.ie