United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) is one of the nine expert groups of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and to foster the global development geospatial information.[1]

In 2011 the British geographer Vanessa Lawrence was elected to serve as the inaugural co-chair of United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM).[2][3]She served in this role continuously for four years, and was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Under-Secretary-General, Dr Wu Hongbo[4]

Geospatial Societies

The UN-GGIM Geospatial Societies (UN-GGIM GS), previously Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS), is a coalition recognized by the UN-GGIM:[5]

Other than the full members above, there are the following observing members of the UN-GGIM GS:

Notable Members

See also

References
  1. "About Us". UN-GGIM Website. United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  2. "Dr Vanessa Lawrence, Co-Chair UN-GGIM: Exclusive Interview". 28 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. Division, United Nations Statistics. "UNSD – UN-GGIM". ggim.un.org. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. "Award of Certificate of Appreciation: UN-GGIM Co-Chair Dr. Vanessa Lawrence". United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. "UN-GGIM". UNSD. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  6. "Bureau". UN-GGIM Website. United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. Retrieved 2023-08-29.


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