1. Update on activities with UNGGIM for OGC 107th Technical Meeting
Denise McKenzie
Executive Director
Open Geospatial Consortium
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2. Agenda
Guide to the Role of Geospatial Information Standards – revision
Standards Survey
Committee of Experts Meeting in August
World Bank & UN Global Geospatial Framework
Geospatial and Statistics
Meetings
Legal and Policy meeting in April
Expert Meeting in August
Geospatial World Congress

3. What is the UN-GGIM?
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
A global initiative started in 2011
An Inter-Governmental Mechanism spearheaded by the United Nations which seeks to guide the making of joint decisions and set directions on the production and use of geospatial information within national and global policy frameworks.
Purpose of UN-GGIM
Working with Governments to improve policy, institutional arrangements, and legal frameworks;
Addressing global issues and contributing collective knowledge as a community with shared interests and concerns
Developing effective strategies to build geospatial capacity in the developing countries

5. Download at www.opengeospatial.org/unggim and

6. Timeline
Revisions to Guides finalised at ISO TC 211 Plenary in May 2018 for delivery to GGIM Secretariat in June 2018
Present at 2018 Committee of Experts meeting for endorsement in August including side session

7. Standards Survey Still open - please complete it!

8. Integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information
UNECE event in November
OGC Statistics Ad Hoc held in Orleans
Charter now drafted – Pending
Call for review and vote coming soon
Potential for meeting at the UNGGIM meetings in August

9. Meetings
8th Session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management 1 - 3 August 2018  UNHQ, New York
UN World Geospatial Information Congress November 2018  Deqing, Zhejiang Province, China

10. Committee of Experts Meeting August 2018
Schedule of events:

11. If you want to attend Government – contact your head of delegation
Private Sector/Academic/Research/NGO – contact Denise McKenzie for information on registering as an observer

12. Thank you
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