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UNOPS and GIS

Explore the UNOPS role in GIS services, partnering with UN agencies and private sector for sustainable development.

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UNOPS and GIS

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  1. UNOPS and GIS Meeting on Cartography and Geographic Information Science UN Headquarters, New York 28-30 March 2000

  2. ISSUES • UNOPS: What it is, what it does, how it operates and in which limits. • UNOPS track record in outsourcing GIS works and services • Subscribing a UN inter-agency approach for the development of GIS capabilities • United Nations Geographic Database: • What we expect? • What we can offer?

  3. UNOPS in 10 points (I) • “Separate entity”, by GA Resolution, not the result of a merger or a new agency • Purpose: project management as a general contractor, no sector mandate • Open to UN system as a whole, no programs of its own, no constituency • Handling of clients’ funds, no ownership of project funds, no “funding activities”

  4. UNOPS in 10 points (II) • Has to compete for business, no captive market • Entirely self-financing, no contributions or subventions • While establishing separate budgets, approved amounts are technically “extra-budgetary”, not a “license to spend”

  5. UNOPS in 10 points (III) • Is obliged to develop and adjust a procurement regime dedicated to UNOPS, not identical to that of the UN • Provides services based on project approach, not only development projects • Has to be competitive as compared to private sector, but must respect values of UN Charter in conducting its business

  6. GIS at the service of our UN Clients

  7. Main thematic areas of UNOPS in or outsourcing GIS-related equipment, data, works and services • Post-natural disaster recovery (P,M&E) • Post-conflict rehabilitation (including mine action) • Alternative development • Local development planning and implementation • Logistical support to elections’ planning and monitoring • Historical clarification commissions • Building local capacities in NICT for sustainable development

  8. UNOPS GIS STRATEGY:Many entry points towards the same standard mainstream • Remote Sensing data procurement (RSD) • Pre-GIS integration processing services (P-GIS) • GIS integration services (GIS) • Hardware/software procurement (HSP) • Web design and integration services (WDI) • Local staff organization, training and technical backstopping services (TAT)

  9. Building partnerships first within the United Nations’ familyUNOPS RESS partners in GIS so far • UNHCR (IMG) • UNEP GRID Sioux Falls, USA • UNEP GRID Geneva • OCHA (IDNDR/ISDR) • WHO • UNITAR • WFP • EDC, SPOT, CNES, ESA, Eurimage

  10. Negotiating partnerships with private sector and local research institutes to make our strategy efficient and cost-effective

  11. UNOPS-SPOT Agreement (1) • Pre-GIS Integration • Selection of sources of remote sensing data • Satellite programming • Procurement of raw data • Geometric rectification • Radiometric enhancement • Mosaic making

  12. UNOPS-SPOT Agreement (2) • GIS Integration • GIS integration of processed images • GIS integration of digital elevation models (DEM) • Production of DEM-derived mapping layers and GIS integration • Multi-date analysis and GIS integration • Thematic interpretation and GIS integration

  13. UNOPS-SPOT Agreement (3) • Support for territorial planning and management • 3-D displaying • Prospective territorial analysis • Territorial modeling and design • Territorial management monitoring • Territorial management evaluation

  14. Example 1: Post-Mitch Project in Central America Toward an inter-agency rehabilitation programme From supporting ESA CNES SPOT Image Mitch Project

  15. Example 2: The ATLAS of Bosnia Communities for decentralized cooperation An Innovative Tool That Helps Manage Cooperation for Human Development At Local Level

  16. Example 3: Planning Regional (alternative) Development in Lebanon

  17. URL:www.unitar.org/unops/baalbek-hermel

  18. What are we expecting from UNITED NATIONS GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE? • ON-LINE ACCESS to GLOBAL COVERAGE of BASIC VECTOR LAYERS[higher quality than commercial] • 50 m topography and basic hydrologic network • Administrative divisions down to commune/municipality level (local) • Main road network (by category 3 classes minimum) • Ranked human settlements system (+ 50,000 inhabitants) • Basic socio-economic (poverty maps, HDI maps, etc…) • DIGITAL LIBRARY (images and raster maps) • pre-operational scaling: 1:500,000 to 1:50,000 • 5 days e-delivery at reproduction cost

  19. WE CAN OFFER... • OUR CORPORATE EXPERIENCE IN OUTSOURCING REMOTE-SENSING AND GIS SERVICES IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER • THE RESOURCE OF THE GENEVA-BASED UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY RS/GIS CONSORCIUM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  20. WORKING TOWARDS A MORE RESPONSIVE AND EFFICIENT UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AS EVER Thank You For Your Attention!

  21. Further contact Alain RETIERE Rehabilitation Advisor (GIS Coordinator for UNOPS) UNOPS Office in Geneva 11-13 Chemin des Anemones 1219 Geneva Chatelaine Switzerland Tel: (41) 22 917 85 17 - Fax: (41) 22 917 80 62 AlainR@unops.org

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