Prof Bas Kok, President of GSDI Association, Ivan DeLoatch, Director of FGDC at USGS, Dr. Robert S. Chen, Director of CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network at the Columbia University) and the Hungarian member of the GSDI Board of Directors will represent the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association at the Vth Plenary of the GEO on GEOSS.
The event will be hosted by the Romanian Space Research Office in Bucarest, in the House of the Parliament on the week of 17th November.
Mission goals and strategic priorities include: Act according to the European Commission INSPIRE principles and coordinate with the UNSDI development process. Support national/cross-border implementation of the INSPIRE Directive. Awareness raising on SDI at political level. Strengthen cohesion between stakeholders and other interested parties ie. public services, SMEs and SDICs. Provide synergies in local, regional, national and global dimensions with outreach towards EU neighbouring countries
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