1. Office of ASG/CITO T. Suha Ülgen Co-chair, United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) UN Secretariat, New York Centre of Excellence for United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure 24 Nov. 2011Consultative Workshop on Geographic Names in African, Gaborone, Botswana Gazetteer Framework Project

2. Office of ASG/CITO Outline UN Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) and the UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) Centre of Excellence for UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (CoE4UNSDI) Project deliverables UNSDI Gazetteer Framework Stakeholders Q & A

3. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group A voluntary network of UN specialized agencies, programmes and funds Established in March 2000 by HLCP to: –Facilitate technical collaboration and formulate policies concerning geographic information in the UN-System and with member states –Address common geospatial issues – maps, boundaries, data access and exchange, adherence to international standards, naming conventions and location –Provide a forum to discuss emerging technologies, experience with applications, and coordinate actions

4. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Organization 2011 - 2013 Co-chairs – OICT and CTBTO Members (33) –FAO, WFP, DFS, OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNEP, CTBTO, UNICEF, UNODC, UNOPS, WHO, World Bank, and more Working Groups –Core geo-dataset –Remote sensing –Interoperable services –Map production guidelines –Global navigation satellite systems Special Interest Groups, Task Groups - Task Group on UNGIWG-11 (TG11) - Task Group on UNSDI Governance (TGG) - Task Group on the Centre of Excellence for UNSDI (TGC) - + 6 TGs and 1 SIG (UNGIWG-11)

5. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Core and Thematic Data Imagery Elevation Geodetic control Boundaries Hydrology Transportation Settlements Soils Economic Logistics Flood zones Demography Security Core data Thematic data Affected population Sustainable development, Humanitarian and Peacekeeping operations

6. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Without SDI: individual data and investment DB Health DB Education DB Water DB Agriculture DB Transport$$ $$$$$$$$ Lance, 2005, adapted from Nebert, FGDC

7. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group With SDI: alignment in data & investment Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health, Transport, Water,... DB Shared data & services $$ $$ $$ $$ Poverty reduction programmes Infrastructure development, maintenance Environmental and natural resources management Humanitarian responses Lance, 2005, adapted from Nebert, FGDC

8. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group SDI Axioms SDIs are about working smarter, not harder Re-use: –data –technical capabilities –skills developed –intellectual effort and capital (agreements) Sharing the costs: –‘sharing-not-wearing’ the costs of people, technology and other shared infrastructure assets, helping to realize more rapid returns on investment Learning from others: –Generalizing best practices (avoiding pitfalls)

9. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group SDIs at multiple scales Framework to facilitate access, exchange and quality of geographically-related information using common standards, protocols, and specifications. Regional / transnational Local National Supporting user needs / decision-making Components: Policies, standards, institutional arrangements Human capacity, investment Data systems Information products Technology Global UN agencies Thematic SDIs

10. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group UN Spatial Data Infrastructure “System of systems” UNSDI as Interoperable Thematic SDIs Humanitarian Peace keeping Safety and security Environment Human rights Development etc.

11. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group History of UNSDI 2005 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (FAO & WFP) - Decision to develop a UNSDI 2006 Santiago, Chile - Development of the UNSDI Strategy 2007 Bangkok, Thailand (OCHA & UNHCR) - Selection of the approach to implement a UNSDI 2008 Vienna, Austria - Development of the UNSDI Framework 2009 Bonn, Germany (UNOOSA & ECA) - ASG/CITO’s support is secured 2010 - CoE4UNSDI Project formulated by & hosted at OICT (ASG/CITO) - CoE4UNSDI Pproject as a UN ICT harmonization initiative 2011 Geneva, Switzerland (OICT & CTBTO) - The CoE4UNSDI Project Trust Fund established - Partial funding is obtained

12. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group CoE4UNSDI Project Deliverables Minimum Technical Governance Requirements - Standards and best practices for provisioning of UNSDI Core Geo-datasets Interoperable Geospatial Services - Spatial Data Warehouse - Visualization Facility

13. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Thematic Geodata & Services 1.UNDSS Spatial Data Infrastructure (new) 2.PRTR.net: Online Mapping of Pollutant Release & Transfer Registers (new) 3.Delivering the Socioeconomic Development Component of the UNSDI (new) 4.Delivering the Environmental Component of the UNSDI (new) 5.Delivering the Crisis Information Component of UNSDI (new) 6.UNEP/GRID-Europe Geoprocessing Services (new) 7.UN System Contracts and UN ICTB Standardization (new) 8.Global Boundary Geodatabase (new) 9.UN Web Cartographic Service (new) 10.GIS System Architecture (new) 11.UN Earth & UN Image Server Initiative (new) 12.Human Health: Global Geodatabase of Health Facilities & Capacities (updated) 13.Human Population: Rural Demographics Map Series (updated) 14.Infrastructure: Global Transportation Database: WFPSDI-T (updated) 15.Delineating a Continental Standard Encoded Hydrologic Database (updated) 16.Global Land Cover Data (updated)

14. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Capacity Building 1.Indigenous Capacity Building (Country level) 1.1Lessons Learned From Country Level Experience in Developing an NSDI with the Support of the UNSDI Community (ECA) 1.2Open Source GIS on Data Grid (UNITAR-UNOSAT) 1.3E-learning Curriculum Outline - Management of Spatial Information (FAO) 2.UN Capacity Building 2.1Remote Sensing and GIS training (UNCS) 2.2Coordination of National Focal Points in Data Preparedness for Disasters (UNOOSA) ECA ECE ECLAC FAO OICT UNCS UNDSS UNEP UNHCR UNITAR/UNOSAT UNOG/ICTS UNOOSA WFP WHO ECA ECE ECLAC FAO OICT UNCS UNDSS UNEP UNHCR UNITAR/UNOSAT UNOG/ICTS UNOOSA WFP WHO

15. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Lead Agency: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) To describe agency-produced or procured geospatial content such as maps, Geographic Information System (GIS) data, remote sensing imagery, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data logs, and other geo- referenced information using the UN Geographic Information Working Group Metadata Profile to make them discoverable, accessible and re-usable. UNSDI Spatial Data Warehouse CoE4UNSDI Deliverable II

16. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Lead Agency: UN Office in Geneva, Information and Communication Technology Services (UNOG/ICTS) To establish a web-based service with analytical and navigation options to permit highly visual, drill-down and cross-sectional views of related information, facilitating the identification of new relationships in disparate UN data sources, previously denied in absence of any collective publishing and presentation platform. Synergies will build on the availability of updated web resources, enabling this visualization facility to become an alternative means of navigating UN System content. Will facilitate display of UN content on virtual earth platforms. UNSDI Visualization Facility CoE4UNSDI Deliverable III

17. Office of ASG/CITO Geographic Information United Nations Geographic Information Working Group CoE4UNSDI Deliverable I Lead Agency: Office of Information and Communications Technology of the UN Secretariat (OICT) Development of the overarching minimum technical governance requirements to implement a UNSDI via the establishment of a set of policies, standards and institutional agreements to ensure the development and provisioning of authoritative UNSDI core geo-datasets. (aka UNSDI Gazetteer Framework) Standards & Best Practices for Core Geo-datasets

18. Office of ASG/CITO UNSDI Gazetteer Framework Oct 2011 issue of UNGEGN Bulletin May 2011 UNGEGN Session in Vienna Mar 2011 UNGIWG-11 presentations

19. Office of ASG/CITO UNGEGN Bulletin Oct. 2011 No. 41

20. Office of ASG/CITO UNGEGN Session, Vienna 2011

21. Office of ASG/CITO Prototype demonstration

22. Office of ASG/CITO Stakeholders UNGIWG members with UNSDI deliverables Other UN organizations (UNGEGN, Global Pulse, UNEP, OCHA, GGIM) Other global and regional entities (GSDI, GEO/GEOSS, INSPIRE, OGC) Member states (incl. donors)

23. Office of ASG/CITO Advantages for participants Source gazetteer declared as authoritative ISO-compliant documentation Usage statistics and "crowd-sourced" inputs Updated registry of source gazetteer revisions Cloud hosting under the auspices of the UN Technical support User Committee membership

24. Office of ASG/CITO Point of Contact Information T. Suha Ülgen Co-chair of UNGIWG OICT, UN Secretariat, New York ulgen@un.org