Friday, August 19, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Signature ceremony of the 3D Ethics at the World Telecom in Geneva. HUNAGI joined to the Charta via EUROGI in last November.
CEREMONIE DE SIGNATURE DE LA CHARTE D'ETHIQUE DE LA 3D A GENEVE
Dans le cadre prestigieux du salon World Telecom 2011 à Geneva Palexpo, Mercredi 26 octobre 2011, les nouveaux adhérents auront l'occasion de procéder à la signature de la Charte d'éthique de la 3D, lors d'une cérémonie officielle organisée au Pavillon Suisse.
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Thursday, August 04, 2011
United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management
From our daily mail. David Stevens, Head of UN SPIDER at UN OOSA wrote yesterday:
"...United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management
to be held in Beijing, China from 22-25 November 2011 I am pleased to inform you that we are now
accepting applications from interested professionals, experts and decision-makers.
Please visit the Conference webpage and click on the "Apply for this event" button to register for this
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
UN Economic and Social Council sets up committee on global geospatial information
Mai postánkból. Rogern Longhorn írja levelében:
"27 July 2011 – The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today voted to establish a committee of experts on global geospatial information management to coordinate international dialogue on spatial data infrastructures and enhance cooperation in that field.
According to the latest report of the Secretary-General on global geospatial information management, the rapid technological advances in geospatial information and related technologies have made this kind of information readily available.
Geospatial information has application in many fields including humanitarian, peace and security, environmental and development challenges facing the world, such as climate change, natural disasters, pandemics, famines, population displacement and food and economic crises, according to the report.
Building the infrastructure for the gathering, validation, compilation and dissemination of geospatial information is therefore as important for countries as the building of roads and telecommunications networks.
However, there is currently no global multilateral or intergovernmental mechanism that can play the important leadership role of setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information and promote its use to address key global challenges.
The Secretary-General proposed that the UN take the lead role and serve as the coordinating entity of the global geospatial information community, hence the decision to create the committee.
The committee is mandated, among other tasks, with providing a platform for the development of effective strategies on how to build and strengthen national capacity on geospatial information, especially in developing countries.
It will also compile and disseminate best practices and experiences of national, regional and international bodies on geospatial information related to legal instruments, management models and technical standards, thus contributing to the establishment of spatial data infrastructures.
The committee will comprise experts from all Member States, as well as from and international organizations, who will serve as observers."
Further reading (thanks to Prof. Mauro Salvemini of EUROGI, who will represent the European NGO community at the GGIM Forum held in Seoul in October:
Further reading (thanks to Prof. Mauro Salvemini of EUROGI, who will represent the European NGO community at the GGIM Forum held in Seoul in October:
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