United Nations GNSS Activities Forward in 2005 and beyond John Wilde Chair, CGSIC International Sub-Committee On behalf of Office for Outer Space Affairs CGSIC 14 March 2005, Prague

BACKGROUND u Plan of Action of OOSA, following UNISPACE III u Training module on capacity-building in the use of global positioning and navigation systems in various areas of applications u : Series of UN/USA Regional Workshops and International Meeting of Experts on the Use and Applications of GNSS u August 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Asia and the Pacific; u November 2001, Vienna, Austria, for Central and Eastern Europe; u April 2002, Santiago de Chile, for Latin America and the Caribbean; u July 2002, Lusaka, Zambia, for Africa and Western Asia; u November 2002, Vienna, Austria, International Meeting u December 2003, Vienna, Austria, International Workshop u Contributions to the work of the Action Team on GNSS u Requests for support to follow-up initiatives/activities

SURVEY ON GNSS FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES 2003 u Global survey conducted among 300 experts from developing countries who participated in the UN/USA Regional Workshops and International Meeting on GNSS in u : Questions asked: u Initiatives/follow-up actions undertaken u Difficulties encountered u Recommendations to overcome those difficulties in undertaking initiatives and follow-up actions u Thematic areas addressed in the survey: u Surveying, mapping and Earth sciences u Agriculture and management of natural resources u Management of environment and natural disasters u Transportation u Education, training and awareness increase

SURVEY ON GNSS FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES 2003 (continued) u Results compiled and analyzed by a group of selected experts u Surveying and mapping: Lead: I. Fejes (Hungary) u Collaborators: R. Moyo (Zambia), R. Neilan (IGS, United States), Chee Hua Teng (Malaysia), W. Martinez Dias (Colombia) u Agriculture and management of natural resources: Lead: C. Vettorazzi (Brazil) u Collaborators: T. Ahmed-Rufai (Nigeria), J. P. Molin (Brazil) u Management of environment and natural disasters: Lead: W. Nyakwada (Kenya) u Collaborator: M. D. Subari (Malaysia) u Transportation: Lead: T. Ahmed-Rufai (Nigeria) u Collaborators: T. Hlásny (Slovakia), S. Pal (India), H. J. Matamoros R. (Colombia) u Training: Lead F. Walter (Brazil) u Collaborators: C. Vettorazzi (Brazil), C. Merry (South Africa), E. Böth (Hungary) u Replies and reports made available at the web site:

Results 2003/2004 Workshop u Table with proposed follow up projects/initiatives for support by OOSA; Contact persons identified by thematic areas u Surveying and mapping: u Agriculture and management of natural resources: u Management of environment and natural disasters: u Transportation u Education and Training u Action Team on GNSS commented on the table (June 2004); OOSA comments on an on going basis u Formation of an International Committee on GNSS (ICG)

OOSA SUPPORT TO GNSS ACTIVITIES u Organization of an international meetings u Support to the work of Action Team on GNSS, possible implementation of some of the recommendations u Promotion of integration of lectures and field work on GNSS in education curriculum and activities of the regional centres u Model education curriculum on RS and GIS (ST/SPACE/18) already includes lectures and field work on GNSS such as: u Lectures: u Fundamental concepts of GPS u Types of GNSS satellites u Applications of GNSS in resource surveys, mapping and navigation u Field work u Checking of existing map coordinates u Survey of small areas with the help of GPS receivers u Support to a few selected follow-up initiatives and projects

Current Status Part one: u Up dated status of projects and initiatives u Plan of activities for 2005 u Road map of actions to carry forward recommendations of the Action Team on GNSS Part Two: u Agreement on the establishment of an International Committee on GNSS u Two meetings held to define/review Terms of Reference on 16/17 Dec 2004 and 3 March 2005