Final Report of the 8th UNGIWG Plenary Meeting is available

According to the recent communication of UNGIWG Co-Chairs and Secretariat the Final Report of the Eighth UNGIWG Plenary Meeting is available now at the following address:
http://www.ungiwg.org/docs/8th_meeting/UNGIWG-8_Report_Final.pdf

Fresh Newsblog 2008 Launched

Please note, a new HUNAGI/UNSDI HUCO Newsblog has been launched on 26th January 2008 at http://hunagi56.blogspot.com/
So far 4 new spots have been inserted including news on GSDI-10 and the UNESCO and the IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences) driven IYPE - from Hungarian viewpoint.

GEOS-2008 in Prague

Triple Action in the Czech Capital
Dr. Jitka Jurková sent the 2nd Call on the Conference
Please download it from: here

Siberia GI/GIS

GEO-SIBERIA 2008
The Fourth International Exhibition and Scientific Congress
APRIL 22 – 24, 2008
Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Above Siberia. Images: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2005
From HUNAGI's daily mail received from the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy:
"Dear Colleagues!
The Siberian State Academy of Geodesy and the Siberian Fair, the largest exhibition center beyond the Urals, are pleased to invite you to participate in the Fourth International Exhibition and Scientific Congress “GEO-SIBERIA-2008”.
In 2005 the Siberian Forum “GEO-SIBERIA” became the first exhibition experience beyond the Urals that combined the international exhibition and congress. It is remarkable that the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy has become as an organizer of this event. This allowed representing very brilliantly a scientific component of the exhibition – the congress, and engaging the specialized research institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), Moscow State University of Geodesy, Cartography (MIIGAiK), Tomsk Polytechnic University and other higher educational institutions to participate it as well.
Annually, at the end of April, a large variety of professionals in geosciences from different cities of the Russian Federation have an opportunity to exchange their knowledge, experience, to get acquainted with the most contemporary equipment, techniques, and technologies claimed by time and life.
OFFICIAL SUPPORT:
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
The Federal Service of Geodesy and Cartography of Russia
Federal Real Estate Cadastre Agency
Federal Subsoil Use Agency (Rosnedra)
Administration of the Siberian Federal District
Administration of Novosibirsk Region
Municipal Administration of Novosibirsk
Association of Siberian and Far Eastern Cities
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS)
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers(EAGE)
German Association for Geodesy Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW)
German Cartographic Society e.V. (DGfK)
German Association for Cartography
GIS-Association
EXHIBIT PROFILE:
Geodesy/Surveying and Mine Surveying
Geology, Geophysics, Geodynamics and Geochemistry
Land Management, Real Property Cadastre, Forestry Management
Cartography and Geoinformation
Environmental Monitoring, Geoecology and Remote Sensing of the Earth
Customized Instrumentation, Thermophysics, Microtechnics and Metrology
The Second Gold Medal of the Siberian Fair” Contest
EXHIBITION AND CONGRESS PROGRAMME:
GEODESY/SURVEYING
Surveying instruments and equipment. GPS. Laser scanners. Software. Surveying instruments in construction. Locators. Georadars. Engineering surveys for construction and maintenance of unique engineering structures (hydroelectric and atomic power plants, etc.). Engineering surveys for reconnaissance, construction and maintenance of linear structures. Establishment of a GPS deformation network. Geodynamics sites . Data analysis and adjusting of observations.
REAL PROPERTY CADASTRE
Delineation of state-owned property as immovable property objects. Generation of cadastral entities. GIS/LIS. Public cadastral valuation of lands, localities and real property objects. Regulations of land and property management by public authorities.
CARTOGRAPHY
Cartographic products: atlases, maps, and DTMs. Production and updating of maps and atlases by computer-aided GIS technologies.
GEOINFORMATION
Geoinformational mapping (procedures, automated map generalization, satellite data processing, electronic atlases). Using a GIS for spatial data preparing and assessment of natural, social and economic entities. Multimedia cartographic items and their representation in the Internet. Cartographic design and the Internet. Making of e-handbooks.
FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Forestry and forestry management . Forestry management using GIS technologies . Forest monitoring by remote sensing. Technologies for compilation of forest maps and cartographic database design.
GEOLOGY
Mineral deposit exploration and techniques. Applied geochemistry. Geological survey. Paleontology and areal geology. Mineralogy and petrology. Problems of geotectonics and geomorphology of minerals.
GEOPHYSICS
Geophysical equipment. Geophysical methods of mineral deposit prospecting. Magnetic geophysics. Seismology. Global and geoexploration. Modelling of natural phenomena. Geotectonics.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH Integrated monitoring. Monitoring by aerial and satellite photos. Photogrammetric technologies . Software for remote sensing data processing.
CUSTOMIZED INSTRUMENTATION, THERMOPHYSICS, MICROTECHNICS AND METROLOGY
Optical instrumentation . Holography. Thermophysics. Microtechnics. New technologies in optical instrumentation. Development of new procedures and means for metrological control of measurements.
‘GEO-Siberia -2007’. Figures. Comments
More than 400 companies from Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Minsk, Oktyabrsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, and Khabarovsk took part in the International Exhibition and Scientific Congress “GEO-Siberia-2007”. Among the foreign representatives there were organizations and manufacturing companies from Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Egypt, Mongolia, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
An important event timed to “GEO-Siberia” opening has become the solemn ceremony of awarding well-known professors by the title of “Honorary Professor” of the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy.
The considerable part of exposition was composed of stands where the leading Russian manufacturers and distributors of world geo-market leaders such as GEOLASER, LLC; PRIN, ZAO; TRIMBLE; JENA INSTRUMENT, Ltd; URALGEOTECHNOLOGI, JSC; ELSAN, Ltd; NEVA TECHNOLOGY, Ltd; URAL MECHANO-OPTICAL PLANT exhibited their surveying equipment, measuring systems used for surveying works and mine surveying, total stations, electronic and optical theodolites, optical and laser levels, range finders, and terrestrial laser scanners. “Leica Geosystems” was the first to exhibit in Novosibirsk its advanced equipment manufactured in Russia. The representatives of this company mentioned that the Swiss developers made a decision to exhibit its new products produced by the “Experimental Mechano-Optical Plant” (Moscow).
Within the framework of the congress there were six topics, 27 technical sessions with 533 presentations made by professionals from 175 companies and organizations.
The Siberian State Academy of Geodesy published the technical programme and proceedings of the congress in 9 volumes on paper and a CD-ROM.
ORGANIZERS:
THE SIBERIAN FAIR
220/10, Krasny prospekt
Novosibirsk, 630049
Russian Federation
Tel.: + 7 (383) 2106290, 2255151
Fax: + 7 (383) 2259845
http://www.sibfair.ru/
Email: strutz@sibfair.ru
Contact person: Marina Chekalina
International Project Manager
SIBERIAN STATE ACADEMY OF GEODESY (SSGA)
10, Plakhotnogo Ul.
Novosibirsk, 630108
Russian Federation
Tel/ Fax: + 7 (383) 3432921
Fax: + 7 (383) 3443060
Congress Secretary: Argina Novitskaya
E -mail: argina@gmx.de , oms_ssga@mail.ru
Home phone: +7 (383) 260 06 73
Mobile phone: +79139360456
www.geosiberia.ssga.ru "

Global Launch Event of the IYPE branded actions all over the world

The Hungarian version of the IYPE logo.
Source: National IYPE Committee, Hungary, 2008
International Year of the Planet Earth 2008
Global Launch Event in Paris
UNESCO HQ, February 12-13, 2008

The selected conceptual issues on IYPE’s subtitle ‘Earth Sciences for Society’ will be addressed: (1) Earth Resources, (2) Hazards, (3) Megacities and Soils, and (4) Where is System Earth heading to?
In the Earth Resources session speakers include Dr Mark Myers, Director of US Geological Survey. (USGS is deeply involved in NSDI/GSDI, Digital Mapping and Earth Observation related services)
International website: http://www.yearofplanetearth.org/
56 countries including Hungary has National IYPE Committee orchestrating national campaignes
HUNAGI plans dedicated action with UNSDI HUCO stakeholders. News will be released asap
The opening of the Hungarian campaigne is arranged by the National IYPE Committee
in April, hosted by the Natural History Museum in Budapest under the auspices of the State President. Authentic information: www.foldev.hu
Germany arranged its first GIS conference dedicated to IYPE on "Sustanainabilityof the inter-regional cooperation and interoperability in the Europe of regions:

GI2008-Symposium, 8. Sächsisches GIS-FORUM,

Dresden, 15./16. Mai 2008
OPEN 'Call for Presentation' mit internationaler Beteiligung in der Europawoche:
zum Leitthema:
"Nachhaltigkeit der interregionalen Zusammenarbeit und Interoperabilität im Europa der Regionen -
Ausbildung, Fortbildung und Weiterbildung für eine nachhaltige Infrastrukturentwicklung im
Geo-, Umwelt- und Planungssektor"

SCHWERPUNKTE:

• Inter-regionaler Erfahrungsaustausch zur postgradualen Weiterbildung, beruflichen Fortbildung und schulischen Ausbildung für die Geo- & Umwelt-Informationswirtschaft
• Bildungsanforderungen aus fachlichen, technischen und organisatorischen Strukturen und Prozessen zur Entwicklung von INSPIRE-orientierten Lerninhalten für den Geo-, Umwelt- und Planungs-Sektor im interregionalen Vergleich
• Methodischer Einsatz von interoperablen MetaInformations-Systemen, Web-Technologien und Anwendungen für 'Public'-Sektor-Informationen (PSI) sowie inter-regionale Geo-DIENSTE-Infrastrukturen [X-GDI]
• EU-LLP2008-2010, Fortbildungsprogramme, eLernsysteme, X-GDI- und 'Best Practice'-Beispiele in der schulischen Ausbildung, universitären Fortbildung sowie beruflichen Weiterbildung für eine nachhaltige, inter-regionale Entwicklung im Europa der Regionen (Umwelt-Monitoring, GeoRessourcen-Nutzung sowie Stadt&Regionalplanung)
• *15* Jahre Weiterbildungserfahrungen in der OpenGIS- & GeoINSPIRE'd postgradualen Fortbildung für den Geo- und Umweltsektor im Bildungswerk Ost-West (BOW)

TERMINE:

• =>> Public Call For Presentations: 01.02.2008
• [ http://gdi-sn.blogspot.com/ ] & [ http://www.ign-sn.de/ ]
• =>> Einreichungstermin Autoren, Thema, Abstrakt bis: 15.03.2008
• =>> Beitragsauswahl und Programminformation: bis 30.04.2008
• =>> Anmeldung zur Teilnahme: ab 15.04.2008 bis 05.05.2008
• [ Mailto:GI2008@IGN-SN.de ]

Source: letter received from Doz.Dr. Frank Hoffmann today [ http://www.ign-sn.de/ ]

The first international conference that brings together scientists from the Geoinformatics and from the Global Change Research

Logo of the International Society of Digital Earth (ISDE), having its Secretariat in Beijing

Prof. Dr.Manfred Ehlers, Director of the ISDE Summit 2008 submitted the flyer of the conference Call for Papers for wider dissemination. The Summit will be held in Potsdam, between 12-14 November 2008 hosted by the Geoforschungszentrum.
The web site www.isde-summit-2008.org will be fully functional by the end of this week. The flyer is available also from www.fomi.hu/hunagi/pdf/2004/Flyer_ISDE08.pdf

Temporary lock of our Newsblog hunagi.blogspot.com

The HUNAGI - UNSDI HUCO newsblog has been locked on 5th January by the robots of the Blogger system provider.

A human, visual inspection on the content is foreseen. Please note, the site will be updated asap. To check it please visit:

http://hunagi.blogspot.com

A Happy New Year!

Some locations in 2007. Image sources: HUNAGI Visuals resources, 2007

UNSDI HUCO Steering Committee will review the planned amendment of the Law on Surveying and Mapping Activities in line with the INSPIRE Directive

Via HUNAGI, members of the interministerial steering board of UNSDI HUCO received the draft of the planned amendment of the Law on Surveying and Mapping Activities for review yesterday.
The action is in association with the arrangements needed for the harmonisation of the legislation taking into account the INSPIRE Directive of the European Union devoted to the European spatial data infrastructure developments and related services. The legislation procedure in this specific case is orchestrated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as part of the overall harmonisation action related to INSPIRE.
Besides the public institutions some relevant NGOs - among others HUNAGI, a spatial data interest community of one hundred institutions and organisations - were invited in the review process having a deadline in early January 2008.

Xmas Greetings

To All Visitors!

and a Happy New Year!

wishes

Gabor Remetey-Fülöpp,

Head, UNSDI HUCO

Source of the WorldMap: GreenMapAtlas

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http://www.ungiwg.org/

Re-use of Public Sector Information - Workshop in Budapest

Ministry of Economy and Transport hosted the event today
News will follow soon

Outcomes of the EUROGI - JRC Workshop on PPP for Spatial Data Infrastructures

Moderated by Chris Corbin, the following major items have been identified as outputs of the PPP4SDI in the eGovernment context Workshop:
1. PPP is an option (risk) - long time RoI
2. Partnership
3. SDI - data/information policy - ownership
4. Services - eGovt
5. Competition Law
6. Simplification - Efficiency - Cost reduction
7. Public tenders include PPPs
8. Professionalism - leadership
9. Education - awareness
10. Cultural issues

Photo coverage: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007
at http://picasaweb.google.com/hunagi.hu

The event had the following programme (updated):
PPP4SDI – EU INDUSTRY DAY
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR
SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE CONTEXT OF E-GOVERNMENT
December 6-7, 2007 – Rome, Italy
University Roma - La Sapienza, Piazza Borghese, 9
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2007
14:00-14:30 Registration
BLOCK I: SETTING THE SCENE (PART I)
Welcome Address by the Dean of the Host Institute
14:30-16:00 Mauro Salvemini, President of EUROGI & AM-FM Italia, Italy
Eva Pauknerova, EC-JRC
François Salgé, AFIGEO France (presented by Yves Raillant)
Angela Ionita, RIAI, Romania
Michael Nicholson, Intelligent Addressing, UK
16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK
BLOCK I: SETTING THE SCENE (PART II)
16:30-17:15 Jirí Hiess, CAGI, Czech Republic
Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, HUNAGI, Hungary
Christopher Corbin, UK
BLOCK II: PRIVATE SECTOR
17:15-18:00 Gianni Campanile, ESRI
Claudio Mingrino & Carmelo Attardo, Intergraph
Lievin Quoidbach, NAVTEQ
18:00-18:30 Questions & Answers
20:00- Dinner
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007
BLOCK III: REGIONAL & NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
09:00-10:30 Setting up the IHLET Social Cadastre Attila Molnár, Béla Jarolics, Hungary (presented by Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp)
National Presentations by EUROGI Members
Questions & Answers
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
BLOCK IV: CASES
11:00-12:30 Pal Levai, Institute of Geodesy, Cartography & Remote Sensing (FÖMI), Hungary
Enrico Cavattoni, AGSM Verona S.p.A., Italy
Luigi Zanella, CORE Soluzioni Informatiche, Italy (presented by Prof. Mauro Salvemini)
Kornél Czimber, DigiTerra Information Services Ltd., Hungary
Pasquale Gravante, ELASIS ScPA, Italy
Alberto Perli, SINERGIS, Italy
12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
BLOCK V: DISCUSSION
14:00-15:00 Roundtable (Part I)
15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:30 Roundtable (Part II)
16:30-17:00 Wrap up and Closing
Source: Joao Geirinhas, Secretary General, EUROGI

Public Private Partnership for Spatial Data Infrastructure in the eGovernment context

The Workshop PPP4SDI will start todayhosted by the La Sapienza University in Rome, Piazza Borghese

Early Short Notes on the Cap Town GEO IV Plenary and Summit

The short note has been submitted to the Board members of GSDI, EUROGI and HUNAGI. Also UNSDI experts and HUCO Stakeholders were informed in copy.
Short Note on the GEO IV
"...First I have to report I am back from a highly successful mission taking part GEO IV Plenary and Ministerial Summit in Cape Town (supported by GSDI and HUNAGI). The CapeTown Declaration was accepted and the expression "spatial data infrastructure" is explicite mentioned in a positive context supporting the UNSDI development.
73 countries including the European Commission and over 40 acknowledged participating organisation (UNESCO, FAO, WMO, WHO, CEOSS, ICSU and many more including GSDI, OGC and EuroGeoSurveys) prepared the text of the Declaration which is now available at www.earthobservations.org
In the Plenary I made interventions on both days as head of the GSDI delegation having on the board Ivan DeLoatch (USDGS, Director of FGDC) as Alternate Head of the Delegation, Doug Neberts (FGDC) and Carmelle J. Terborgh of ESRI. For the Ministerial Summit on 30th November Ivan prepared an excellent GSDI statement, which was read by him. The electronic version has been submitted to the GEO Secretary on the spot and is available also from the HUNAGI Newsblog later today.
The merit of my two interventions were
on 28 Nov In the discussion of the draft text of the Declaration:
1a: GSDI is in favour to keep the "information systems" in the draft text of the Declaration
1b: welcome the UNSDI related draft text, seconded the UNEP delegate's comment, the UNGIWG should be named.
on 29 Nov commenting the Committee Reports:
2a: as effective tool to strengthen the connection between technology and people, the spatial data infrastructure (incl. data, services) has an enabling interface role.
2b: among the GSDI WGs especially the Legal and Economy WG can contribute to the further achievements of the GEO Committee devoted to the user interface.
3b: I emphasized the strong regional involvements in the GSDI activities. I mentioned explicitly the two forthcoming events in the Carribean in 3 months at the West Indies University and the next one in Rotterdam, which will be organised by the interdisciplinary umbrella organisation EUROGI and others in conjuction with the European Commission's Annual GI/GIS Workshop in Rotterdam. It was underlined, both GSDI events can be benefitial for the
activities of the four GEO committees on
- User Interface
- Architecture and Data
- Capacity Building as well as
- Science and Technology.
The high profile meetings were orchestrated by the four Co-Chairs of GEO from EC, US, China and the host South Africa.
Sout Africa and especially the Department of Science and Technology made a great performance to organise the event with excellent logisics, professional content, warm hospitality and also arranged fine weather...
The next GEO will be hosted by China in next November.
Important spin-off opportunities used were used in the breaks and social events which might be beneficial also for EUROGI and HUNAGI:
- Talk to Zoran Stancic, Deputy DG of DG Research, he recognised the presence of the geospatial interest communities,
- Gary J. Foley of US EPA, Co-chair of GEO UIC appreciated my notes on the valuable potential contributions of the experiences and expertizes of NGOs in user interface on global, regional and national level as GSDI, EUROGI and as an example - HUNAGI,
- Douglas Muchoney GEO Secretariat He mentioned the next actions in GEO - Hungarian relations,
- Robert Missotten on the planned HUNAGI action in the UNESCO initiated the International Year of the Planet Earth (he was seemengly well received to hear about IYPE on the spot at the GEO IV),
- Jeanne Foust strategist, Global Manager on SDI at ESRI, she was satisfied with the news she received from the ESRI User Conference held last month,
- Simonetta Cheli Head of the Coordination Office at ESA ESRIN ( since 20 years a friendly contact at ESA for the Hungarian EO experts),
- John S. Latham GLCN Coordinator at FAO, talks in good atmosphere on the UNSDI, GEO and related subjects,
- Werner Balogh, Programme Officer at UN OOSA, on the planned IYPE action of HUNAGI as the geospatial data interest community in 2008 and possible OOSA participation,
- Professor Guo Huadong, DG of the Center of EO and Digital Earth. (He invited me to be member of the Board four month ago). We exchange views on the ISDE- GEO and the Potsdam Summit of Digital Earth advertised also on the spot.
- Jiri Hradec, Director of CENIA, Czech Republic on the NSDI actions on national level and the need and usefulness of exchange of experiences.
- JohnW. Zillman, Chair of GCOS Committee was the next delegation to us. He remembered on the Hungarian link Academician Rudolf Czelnai once his colleagues at WMO, who pioneered the GEO at the Hungarian Academy of Sciencesearly last year,
- Peter T. Gilruth Director, Division of Early Warning and Assessment at UNEP in the UNSDI context,
- Prof. Markus Rotachter of GFZ, Potsdam Delegate of the IAG at GEO (N.B. the next Digital Earth Summit will be hosted by GFZ)
- The African links: EIS Africa Executive Director Sives Govender (short talks in the EUROGI context: AESI_Align project and the Brussels meeting on October 11), Olajide Kufoniyi, Executive Director of the Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys in Nigeria as well as Terry Newby Programme Manager of Natural Resources Monitoring, Auditing and Impact Assessment ( building links with the FÖMI RSC),
- Gisbert Glaser of ICSU talking on the ICSU-ISPRS links during the 1996-2000 period
- Short daily exchange of views with Alessandro Annoni of DG JRC, Dietmar Grünreich (BKG) and Martin Molenaar of ITC were usual,
- Greg Buehler, Director of the Outreach & Communication Services at OGC how HUNAGI could be partner in the outreach activities.
These are only a part of my report I will submit to the GSDI Board and HUNAGI Presidential Board later this year.
The Event was successfull, the GSDI and HUNAGI was well represented, some opportunities we missed in the past ( e.g. contribution to the printed GEO publications) but the need for the involvement of the geospatial community is steadily growing.
Gabor Remetey..."

CapeTownDeclaration can be find here:
http://www.earthobservations.org/05_Draft%20Cape%20Town%20Declaration%2030%20Nov%20Final%20Draft.pdf

GEO supports UNSDI

The Cape Town Declaration was approved by the Ministers today. Please visit www.earthobservations.org for the official document already released.

Final draft of the Cape Town Declaration ready for the Ministerial Summit scheduled for tomorrow

The partly cloudly Table Mountain as seen from the Cape Town International Convention Center. Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007
In the declaration there is a paragraph on the recognition that GEOSS can contribute to the development of the UNSDI

500 participants at the GEO IV Plenary and Ministerial Summit

GSDI Delegation at the plenary the SG of HUNAGI and USGS representatives Ivan DeLoatch, Director of FGDC. HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007
News in short will follow soon including:
Hungary represented by the former President of the Met Service Zoltán Dunkel
Exchange of views with Alessandro Annoni
Talks with R.Navalgund of SAC, India and Stephen Ungar NASA/CEOS WGCalVal
GSDI seconded UNEP on comment the drafted Ministerial Declaration in the context UNSDI.
Digital Earth and HUNAGI talks in the break
Talks with OGC on possible partnership of HUNAGI
Talks with former CEOS WGISS Chair Ivan Petiteville and UNEP representative
GSDI Delegation at the first Plenary Day
Talks with John Latham of FAO on UNSDI and GeoNetwork

GEO Ministerial Summit and Exhibition will open tomorrow

The Cape Town International Convention Center with Africa's tallest building, venue of the Summit as seen from the highway. Picture was taken from the taxicab just coming from the airport. Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007
Report on the highlights will be given with references and sources asap.

GEOSS User Interface Committee Meeting started

Cape Town International Conference Center. Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007
Chaired by Gary J. Foley, Science Advisor of the US Environmental Protection Agency the meeting of the GEOSS User interface Committe opened the GEO week in Cape Town.

UNSDI Governance Report received for internal comments

In the next minutes, the UNSDI related draft documents will be circulated by UNSDI HUCO for the 16 Hungarian stakeholders for quick internal comments and feedbacks. The UNSDI Governance Report will be presented and discussed at the UNGIWG Plenary in Bangkok next week. It is anticipated, the document has vital impact on the National Coordination Offices, also for the UNSDI HUCO point of view. NCO contribution was provided by the coordinator of the UNSDI NLCO Mr. Jan Cees Venema. The submitted Hungarian model was also taken into account. More news in early December.