GSDI - Liasion Report Gabor Remetey-Fülöpp Secretary, GSDI Member, ExCom, EUROGI Secretary General HUNAGI hunagi@huna

1. GSDI - Liasion Report Gabor Remetey-Fülöpp Secretary, GSDI Member, ExCom, EUROGI Secretary General HUNAGI hunagi@hunagi.hu gabor.remetey@gmail.com MEMBER OF GSDI

2. Content GSDI in nutshell - An Update Activities Members Committees Publications Small grant programmes Conferences New feature in Europe: INSPIRE Directive Supporting projects Humboldt, eSDI-Net Regional members of GSDI e.g. EUROGI National membersof GSDI e.g. HUNAGI UNSDI, ISDE

3. Geographic Information Systems and GI Giving decision-makers in business and government the power to make more informed decisions using the spatial and temporal dimensions Why do we need all this data and information? To reduce losses from natural and human induced disasters, for prevention and early warning, to improve human health & well-being, for better business/resource management and improved governance Spatial data infrastructure To encourage the collection, processing, archiving, integration, and sharing of geospatial data and information using common standards and interoperable systems and techniques ….. and accessible via the web Mission goals of GSDI Association The Association promotes international cooperation and collaboration in support local, national, cross-country and international SDI developments that Will allow nations to better address social, economic and environmental issues of pressing importance It is an inclusive non-governmental, non-profit organisation of organisations, firms, and individuals from around the world formed exlusively for educational, scientific and research purposes

4. Activities are in line with the vision and goals of GSDI: Foster SDI development locally and globally Promote access data at a variety of scales and from multiple sources, common standards, interoperable systems and techniques Promote and develop awareness and exchanges establishing a knowledge portal For all things related to SDI Facilitate data discovery and access Stimulate and conduct capacity building by small grants, conferences, workshops Encourae and conduct SDI development research Engage partners to help and provide consultancy (e.g. Moldavia)

5. Members (1) Atlantic Institute, U.S./Canada CIESIN - Columbia University, U.S. Committee on Development Information (CODI)-Geo, UNEC Africa Compusult Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Department of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Department of Geography, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho Department of Science and Technology, India Dutch Kadastre EIS AFRICA ESRI EuroGeographics European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information (EUROGI) Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), U.S. Geonovum GISPOL - National Land Information System Users Association, Poland Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI), Hungary Indian Space Research Organisation Headquarters, India Instituto Geografico Militar, (IGM) Chile Intergraph Mapping and GeoSpatial Solutions

6. Members (2) ITC International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Netherlands Libyan Post Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC) Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan National Geo. Info. Infrastructure Programme, Survey Department,(NGIIP) Nepal National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, U.S. (NGA) National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil National Land Survey of Finland, Finland National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria National Spatial Data Centre, Malawi Natural Resources Canada, Canada Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS), Nigeria State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China (SBSM), China UNIGIS International Association University College of Lands and Architectural Studies (UCLAS), Tanzania University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), U.S. University of Melbourne, Dept. of Geomatics University of Zimbabwe, Department of Geography, Zimbabwe

7. Ex Officio Members (3) International Cartographic Association (ICA)
 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
 International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
 International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
 Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)

8. GSDI Standing Committees Standing Committees recommend programs of action to the GSDI Council and Board (1) Technical Working Group 
Co-Chairs: Doug Nebert , Greg Yetman This WG provides continuous observation and review of technical issues affecting the development of local to global spatial data infrastructures. It develops and reports on technical topics essential to the creation of compatible spatial data infrastructures, explores technical standards issues, and disseminates technical reports, examples, case studies, and similar learning materials. (2) Legal and Economic Working Group 
Chair: Kate Lance , Roger Longhorn 
ThisWG explores the legal and economic frameworks within which spatial data infrastructures are developed within individual nations and multi-nation regions (3) Communications Committee
Chair: Mark Reichart , Sam BacharachGroup This Committee shall ensure timely communication between and among the Board, the Council, and all members of the GSDI Association and beyond (4) Membership Committee
Chair: Harlan Onsrud The Membership Committee shall actively solicit new members and associate members.. (5) Sponsored Projects Committee
Chair: Carmelle J. Terborgh 
This Committee shall advise the Board on all matters that involve the Association with regard to sponsorship of funded projects, incl. grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. (6) Conference Planning Committee
Chair: Alan Stevens 
This Committee shall be responsible for planning the regularly held GSDI Association int’l conference.

9. Publications (1) FGDC maintains a collection of documents and publications relevant to global spatial data infrastructure developments and activities: GSDI and SDI Regional Newsletters GSDI Conference Proceedings The Spatial Data Infrastructure Cookbook Other SDI-Related Documents GSDI Gateway The GSDI Gateway provides access to catalogs of data and online map services around the world. This gateway is being improved and adapted over time by the GSDI Technical Working Group (link temporarily removed). Spatial Data Infrastructure Literature Search This facility provides access to literature compiled on spatial data infrastructure and closely related topics. Spatial Data Infrastructure Web Links Links to other SDI web sites are provided

10. Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: The SDI Cookbook Version 2.0 2004 First release for Review at the Fourth Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference, Cape Town, South Africa 2nd Version released for review at the Ninth GSDI Conference in Santiago de Chile Disclaimer: This draft represents a work-in-progress that has been compiled from numerous contributions and available online documents contributing organisations. Full acknowledgement of contributions and citations will be provided in the initial public draft. Publications (2) Edited by Doug Nebert FGDC Maintained by FGDC / GSDI

11. Publications (3) Electronic Regional Newsletters SDI-Latin America & Caribbean Newsletter Editor: Nancy Aguirre ( cnaguirre@ipgh.org ) SDI-Asia & Pacific Newsletter Editor: Changsup Han (chan@usgs.gov ) SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor: Kate Lance (lancekt @ aya.yale.edu ) Off-line: EIS-Africa, EUROGI, FGDC, SALB http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp Small grant programmes Supported projects 2003 2004 2005 2006-2007 Summary project descriptions: www.gsdi.org Industry funded Grant Programmes ESRI Global Map GSDI Grant Program Intergraph International Grant Program

12. Conferences • GSDI 1 Bonn-Königswinter, Germany Sept 1996 • GSDI 2 Chapel Hill, NC October 1997 • GSDI 3 Canberra, Australia Nov. 1998 • GSDI 4 Cape Town, South Africa Mar. 2000 • GSDI 5 Cartagena, Colombia May 2001 • GSDI 6 Budapest, Hungary Sept. 2002 • GSDI 7 Bangalore, India February 2004 • GSDI 8 Cairo, Egypt April 2005 • GSDI 9 Santiago, Chile Sept 2006 • GSDI 10St.Augustin, Trinidad&Tobago Feb 25-29,. 2008 • GSDI 11 Rotterdam The Netherlands, June 15-18, 2009 55 countries Jointly with FIG Chained with UNGIWG Chained with EC SDI

13. GSDI 10 St. Augustine, Trinidad February 25-29, 2008 _______________________ Tenth International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure GSDI-10 theme "Small Island Perspectives on Global Challenges: The Role of Spatial Data in Supporting a Sustainable Future". Hosts: http://gsdi.org/GSDI10 Sponsors: Media Sponsors:

14. GSDI-10 Specific topics of interest • Design and development of depositories, portals, and registries for geographic data, metadata and services. • Innovative methods for addressing technical, legal, economic or institutional challenges in implementing spatial data infrastructure concepts, components and systems. • Experiences with current spatial data infrastructures at local, regional, national and multi-national levels and their evaluation. • Emerging participatory, inclusive or collaborative approaches in developing content and building infrastructure (examples: participatory GIS, GEOSS, UNSDI, geoweb tools, data commons, open source software). • Challenges and approaches to standardization of data and interoperability of systems. • Barriers to sharing data and methods for achieving success in sharing. • Alternative methods and models for planning, financing and implementing spatial data infrastructure or related initiatives.

15. GSDI-10 Specific topics of interest • Policies supporting creation and responsible management of spatial data infrastructure resources. • Progress achieved by developing nations through information infrastructure development efforts. • Facilitation of international support for the development of spatial data infrastructure. • Analysis of practical cases to determine whether infrastructure initiatives are actually achieving goals such as increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the management of information or helping to advance health, education, social welfare, security, safety and similar social goals. • Education and capacity building efforts. • Basic and applied research in advancing spatial data infrastructure theory and concepts.

16. GSDI 11 Rotterdam, The Netherlands June 15-18 , 2009 Bridging the SDI’s in Europe, the America’s, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa” Eleventh International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure • Year 2009: milestone in Europe! • - EuropeanINSPIRE Directivealready in force • - Europe shows implementation process INSPIRE • - Joint program with 15th annual EC GI&GIS workshop of European Commission • Devoted to „Sharing knowledge and experiences with other regions in the world” • Central theme of the conference: • “SDI Convergence on global level” Hosts: Local organisers: EUROGI, GEONOVUM, JRC and the Delft University of Technology • Addressing the main priorities and actions at global level • Stimulating large participation from different stakeholder groups • Discussions in workshops • Recommendations SDI global agenda topics in the future • Future agenda for GSDI convergence.

17. GSDI-11 Programme - Europe • Plenary sessions and workshop sessions organised by EC • to demonstrate crucial role GI society in EU • countries and on European level in: • implementation process INSPIRE • National Governments • Legally Mandated Organizations, SDICs • Drafting Teams • commitment buildingin the framework • Standardization/ services/ data sharing • Building EU SDI and portals • Contribution to further optimization • Contribution of the Netherlands • SDI innovations in the Space for Geo Information Program realised. • Demonstrating results/ benefits for GI community • Showing international knowledge partnerships • Contributions to effective public sector, sound private sector, excellent scientific GI community • Dutch high level strategic GI committee & successful initiatives of Dutch GI producers in NSDI partnership • GI public platforms working closely together on Dutch E-government issues

18. Additional information www.fgdc.gov Federal Geographic Data Committee www.geo-one-stop.gov Geospatial 1-stop (e-gov) www.geodata.gov Finding US data http://registry.gsdi.org Finding data globally www.opengis.org Open GIS Consortium http://inspire.jrc.it European SDI Directive and beyond www.gsdi.org Global Spatial Data Infrastructure www.eurogi.org European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information www.eurogeographics.org European Organisation of the Surveying, Mapping and Cadastral Agencies www.humboldt-esdi.eu Humboldt Project (EU FP6 Programme) www.esdinetplus.eu eSDI-Net+ Project (eContentplus) www.epsinet.org ePSIplus Program www.hunagi.hu Hungarian GI Association

19. Content GSDI in nutshell Activities Members Committees Publications Small grant programmes Conferences New feature in Europe: INSPIRE Directive Supporting projects Humboldt, eSDI-Net Regional members of GSDI e.g. EUROGI National membersof GSDI e.g. HUNAGI UNSDI, ISDE

20. Legislative SDI Framework in the EU: INSPIRE Directive Principles Data should be collected onceand maintained at the level, where this can be done most effectively Combine seamlessly spatial data from different sources across the EU and share it between many users and applications Spatial data should be collected at one level of government and shared between all levels of government Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its applicability for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use

21. Legislative Framework in the EU: INSPIRE Directive Data sets concerned Annex I Coordinate reference systems Geographical grid systems Geographical names Administrative units Addresses Cadastral parcels Transport networks Hydrography Protected sites Annex II Elevation, Land cover, Identifiers of properties, Ortho-imagery, Geology Annex III Thematic data incl. Buildings, Land use, Human healths, Utilities and Governmental services etc • Harmonised data specification • geometrically • semantically • logically • topology • quality standards

22. Legislative Framework in the EU: INSPIRE Directive Implementation rules Metadata Interoperability of Data Sets and Services Network services (discovery,view,dowload, invoke) Data and Service Sharing Coordination, Measures for Monitoring/Reporting Roadmap Start in Summer 2001 Approved by the EU February 2007 In Force: April 2007 Adoption by the Member States: -2009 Implementation: - 2013 State of Play 2003, 2005… INSPIRE Committee 2007- Annual EC GI/GIS Workshops Next: Copenhagen, June 2008 LMOs, SDICs

23. HUMBOLDT Project • Main goal: • HUMBOLDT fosters the harmonization of spatial information in Europe • and supports the development of an eSDI • Feature goal: Trans-sectoral use of information • Approaches: • Consistent modelling, Domain GDIs, SOA principle • Expected results: • “HUMBOLDT Open Source Framework“ • Collection of tools, components, and concepts for harmonisation and use of spatial data • “HUMBOLDT Applications“ • Scenarios the HUMBOLDT framework will be used in • “HUMBOLDT Developer Community“ • Formation of a developer community for the advancement of the HUMBOLDT framework • “HUMBOLDT User Community” • Formation of a community of end users using HUMBOLDT-based applications • Contributions to standards • Contributions to the development of the market for geoinformation Source: Daniel Holweg

24. Facts, Participants Full title Development of a framework for data harmonisation and service integration Term 48 months1/10/2006 – 30/09/2010Effort ~ 13.5 mill. €, ~ 110 person years Contracting authority Commission of the European Community FP6 – Aeronautics and Space (GMES) Consortium 27 partners Coordinator: Fraunhofer IGD Partners: ETRA (ES), HSRS (CZ), Logica CMG (UK), IGN (F), Intergraph (CZ), ETH Zürich (CH), TU Delft (NL), Uni Rome (I), FÖMI (H), MARIS (NL), KTC (Lit), INI-GraphicsNet (D), IFREMER (F), NERC/BODC (UK), HCMR (G), SMHI (S), UWE (UK), Telespazio (I), GISIG (I), RT-GIS (D), CNR-IREA (I), FMI (CZ), IGP (P), CLS (F), HiG (S), Promiteas (Cyp) http://www.humboldt-esdi.eu Source: Daniel Holweg

25. eSDI-Net+ European Network on Geographic InformationEnrichment and Reuse Goal: Network for promotion of cross border dialogueand exchange of best practices on Spatial Data Infrastructures(SDI’s) throughout Europe Establishment of a Thematic Network funded within the eContentplus programme of the European Commission (ECP-2006-GEO-320005) Approach: Enrichment of geographical data by metadata Development of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) Extensive geographic information reuse Improve administration in the EU by securing the availability of qualified, useable spatial data Solution: A coordinating body at a neutral level to manage and distribute input from European SDI stakeholders Development of a broad reference group from industry, science and politics: Coordinator Dr. Joachim Rix INI-GraphicsNet StiftungEmail: joachim.rix@inigraphics.nethttp://www.inigraphics.net

26. Objectives: • To establish a Thematic Network as platform or communication and exchange among stakeholdersinvolved in the creation and use of SDI`s • To bring together potential SDI stakeholders in order to increase awareness and to facilitate the creation of guidelines, and best practices • To establish communication • mechanisms between European • and local levels • to maximize benefitsof • INSPIRE, GMES and GALILEO • and e-government programmes • To develop solutions for • multicultural and • multilingual access, • exploitation, use, and reuse of • digital GI content in Europe Participants 1. The Foundation “INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung”, Germany (IGS)2. AGH University, Poland (AGH)3. AM/FM GIS Italia, Italy (AMFM)4. Association for Geospatial Information in South-East Europe, Bulgaria (AGISEE)5. Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe, Netherlands (AGILE)6. Association USIG (Users of Geographic Information), Portugal (USIG)7. CNR-IMATI, Italy 8. EUROGI, Netherlands 9. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany (FHG-IGD und FOKUS)10. GISIG, Italy 11. Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI)12. Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Romania (ICIA)13. Intergraph, Czech Republic (INGR)14. Kuovola Region Federation of Municipalities, Finland (KRF)15. Linköpings Universitet, Department of Computer and Information Science, Sweden (LIU-IDA)16. Regione Piemonte, Italy (PIEMONTE)17. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (K.U.Leuven R&D)18. The South East European Research Centre, Greece (SEERC)19. The University “Jaume I” (King James I), Spain (UJI)20. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy (URS)21. Università TELMA, Italy (TELMA) Source: Dr.Joachim Rix

27. Relation to other European Initiatives Source: Dr.Joachim Rix

28. Content GSDI in nutshell Activities Members Committees Publications Small grant programmes Conferences New feature in Europe: INSPIRE Directive Supporting projects Humboldt, eSDI-Net Regional members of GSDI e.g. EUROGI National membersof GSDI e.g. HUNAGI UNSDI, ISDE

29. EUROGI Vision GI should become a fully integrated component of the European knowledge-based society Mission Goals In order to ensure good governance, economic and social development, environmental protection and sustainability, and informed public participation, the mission is to maximise the availability and effective use of GI throughout Europe. This will require EUROGI to stimulate, encourage and support the development and effective use of GI and relevant technologies, and to act as the voice for the European community. Members from 21 European Countries Full Members, Extended Candidate Members, Candidate Members, Sponsors,Organisations, Individuals Working and Advisory Groups Datasets and services; User access; International Affairs: Capacity building; Communication; Applications; Working and Advisory Group on International Affairs Assist NGIA in developing nations, Promote SDI on a global basis, Strength GI in the EU aid programme, Facilitate cooperation of experts, Identify global trends, Promote relationships with European neighbouring countries Ongoing actions: Meetings with relevant European Institutions Preparing the cross-regional project AESI-Align Strengthen links with European Neighbour Countries: Eastern Europe and Mediterranean countries www.eurogi.org

30. Domains of Present Activities INSPIREImplementation Rules, User requirements, National information days, Dissemination, collaboration with EC – SDIC A GSDI actor Data sharing, access and usabilityPublic sector agreements, leverage the public sector efficiency, Re-use of spatial data sets by third parties, Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Assess pricing policies within the framework of technical, legal, financial and organisational issues of European countries Cross borderInventory of case studies, Interoperability GI in European Eastern countries (EU enlargement) Conduct a survey on existent NGIA, local key players, GI usage and opportunities GI Showcase of ApplicationsCreate simple structure, Populate with applications, Broadly disseminate EGIN (European GI Network) Strength the network, Exchange of information, Capacity building GI role in EU ProgramsFP7, eContentplus, i2010, e-government Topical workshopseGovernance etc (yearly) Members’ Meeting (yearly) Opportunities European GI Network of National associations and Networks European NGO organisation managing dynamic portal European contact point for GI (Lobby, Expert witness, event promoter, GI standard supporter , etc.) Supporting its members at the grassroots Participating (through the members) in funded projects EUROGI Extended Members’ Day and General Meeting to be held in Lisbon, on October 26-27, 2007 eSDI-Net+ Workshop in Rome on December 5-6, 2007

31. AESI-Align - African-European Spatial Infrastructures ICT Alignment SDI as essential element for sustainable development Role of ICT in information infrastructure Includes eastern Europe as well as African organisations Background 1st Meeting in Pretoria January 2007 on INSPIRE and MAFA FP7 Project Proposal: International Cooperation Expected benefits: practical and political Broad Long-Term Strategic Objectives African SDI – helping to reach the UN Millennium Dev Goals Alignment with Implementing Rules (IRs) in the INSPIRE framework EU Aid Programme & national development agencies (better targeting & monitoring) Significant contribution to build on the Global SDI Partners in Africa UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); EIS-Africa (environmental NGOs) Reg. Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) Human Sciences Research Council (African coordinator) + several other regional & national spatial info organisations as participants in studies, reviews and workshops SDI-related Meeting hosted by the Embassy of South Africa in Brussels October 11, 2007

32. AESI-Align Key Work Packages include: Strategy for communication and dissemination Review technical aspects related to INSPIRE IRs: data, metadata, & network services Review non-technical aspects of IRs: data sharing, IPR, charging/cost recovery monitoring, reporting, evaluation, understanding the differences Identify lessons learned (local to national) Align the IRs to suit African conditions: institutional, political and infrastructural Identify role of ICT in SDI implementation and relationship to current regional ICT initiatives across Africa (AISI – African Information Society Initiative) Explore the costs and benefits of developing SDI on open source ICT Impact assessment of the African SDI IRs on the key development needs & requirements

33. Content GSDI in nutshell Activities Members Committees Publications Small grant programmes Conferences New feature in Europe: INSPIRE Directive Supporting projects Humboldt, eSDI-Net Regional members of GSDI e.g. EUROGI National membersof GSDI e.g. HUNAGI UNSDI, ISDE

34. Features of the SDI in Hungary Sound geodetic reference base Intranet connected Two-level Land Office Network Integrated cadastre and Land & Property Registration Legislation framework based on Act of 1996 CEN/ISO standards in use Operational use in agriculture and environment Territorial information Systemin physical planning Core Data Sets Availability Digital Vectorised Cadastral Data full coverage Digital Topo Map 1:50k full coverage Digital orthophoto (2000, 2005) full coverage Rich aerospace imagery archive full coverage Land cover/Land use database full coverage Land Parcel Information & Reference System full coverage Active GNSS Network to be completed All NUTS Administrative boundaries database full coverage Stakeholders Government Private Sector Academia, Universities and Colleges NGOs SDI Strategy Redrafted by the stakeholders in 2006 Waiting for Governmental approval INSPIRE Committe Hungarian Member delegated by MoEW 3 LMOs 2 SDICs as of October 2007 EXAMPLE: REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY AREA: 93,033 km2, POPULATION: 10 mn EU MEMBER STATE SINCE 2004 Images: courtesy by FÖMI

35. National GI Associationwww.hunagi.hu est.d in 1994 Mission To facilitate the availability, accessibility and useability of GI Provide forum for and representation of NSDI developments in local, national regional and global level Objectives To promote, stimulate, encourage and support the development and use of GI and its associated technologies To strengthen the institutional links between the multidisciplinary GI communities in Hungary and in abroad UN SDI Hungarian Coordination Office www.unsdi.hu Background and achievements: Mandate to join UNSDI and run HUCO September 2006 Consultation meeting INSPIRE-UNGIWG DG JRC Decembe2006 http://sdi.jrc.it 2nd Meeting of the HUCO Steering Coomiitee (stakeholders) Dialogue: UNSDI Global Partner Meeting, Frascati March 2007 3rd Stakeholders’ Meeting with the Chinese NSDI Strategy Committee members 2007 www.ungiwg.org Other global contribution: Int. Soc.Digital Earth IJDE, Symposiain Brno, Tokyo, Berkeley Next: Potsdam + International Year of the Planet Earth (UNESCO, Academia 108 MEMBER INSTITUTIONS 49 STUDENT MEMBERS 8 COUNTRYWIDE PROJECTS LINKS TO EUROGI, GSDI, GISIG HOSTED BY DLAG MoARD Some references www.fomi.hu http://teir.vati.hu www.takarnet.hu www.mafi.hu www.met.hu etc

36. Some achievements so far The first National Coordination Offices established UNSDI NCO kick-off and follow on meetings, websites Rich collection of dedicated presentations Henricksen’s UN SDI Strategy and its implementation Revised, extended version of GeoNetwork Opensource UNGIWG-INSPIRE collaboration Joan Blaeu @ Prize established UGPM Dialogue and the Frascati Declaration drafted UN SDI Initiative Background 2000 Establishment of UNGIWG 2002 Addis Abbeba: the UN SDI Initiative 2006 FAO-WFP co-chairmanship: Geographic data sharing for everyone: the GeoNetwork by OCHA, UNEP, WFP, FAO pilot National Coordination Offices: NL, CZ, HU 2006 7th UNGIWG – GSDI9 UNSDI Strategy adopted 2006 December: UNGIWG-INSPIRE Consultation 2007 March: UNSDI Global Partner Meeting 2007 April: OCHA-UNCHA co-chairmanship 2007 November: decision by UNGIWG in Bangkok Goals Mechanism to facilitate and improving system coherence for applications and spatialdata exchange between UN agencies Harmonisation of the data provision of the Member States Support of the UN institutional reform ‘UN Delivering as One’ Contribute to reach the UN Millenium Development Goals

37. www.hunagi.hu hunagi.blogspot.com www.unsdi.hu

38. Acknowledgements:GSDIProf.Bas KokProf.Harlan OnsrudJarmo RatiaAlan R. StevensUSDI EIS DG JRCAlessandro AnnoniEUROGIJoao GeirinhasProf.Mauro SalveminioHUMBOLDTDaniel HolwegeSDI-Net+Joachim RixHUNAGIMembers and Stakeholders Thank you for your kind attention! www.gsdi.org GreenMapAtlas