1 / 5

Welcome and Preliminary Remarks

Welcome and Preliminary Remarks. Peter Holland Chair GSDI Steering Committee. 4th GSDI Conference Capetown, South Africa 13-15 March 2000. Engaging Emerging Economies.

decima
Download Presentation

Welcome and Preliminary Remarks

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome and Preliminary Remarks • Peter Holland • Chair GSDI Steering Committee 4th GSDI Conference Capetown, South Africa 13-15 March 2000

  2. Engaging Emerging Economies • Special plenary session on SDI development in Africa; two plenary papers - Engaging Emerging Economies - an African Perspective; and, Committee on Development Information of the UN ECA • Keynote papers on global survey of NSDI activities; and the UN CSD • Two streams of 24 technical papers covering: technical strategies and considerations; global visions; case studies and progress reports; directions, policies and institutional issues; and, a north American perspective on NSDI

  3. Activities of GSDI steering committee • Establish a global umbrella organisation • Develop a business case for SDI development • Support transitional initiatives, in particular, Permanent Committees for GIS Infrastructure for the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East • Submit resolution to the United Nations • Hold the next conference in South Africa • Establish four Working Groups • Participate in related initiatives

  4. Conclusion • Learning from the experiences described in the many technical papers, and taking the opportunity to discuss matters of interest and concern with other delegates; • Considering ways of supporting SDI activity in the emerging economies of Africa and elsewhere; and • Determining the focus for the GSDI initiative in the period leading up to the next conference

  5. Welcome and Preliminary Remarks • Peter Holland • Chair GSDI Steering Committee 4th GSDI Conference Capetown, South Africa 13-15 March 2000

More Related