1. Jan Cees Venema Head UNSDI-NCO

2. Role of National Coordination Offices (1)
Limit # of PoCs for UNSDI-CoE
Delivering / Collecting as One
Delivering Deliverables
Products / services / support
National UNSDI portal
Harmonization / linking with National SDIs
Disclose international geo-info for national users
Disclose national (generated) geo-info for international users

3. Role of National Coordination Offices (2)
Institutional and
human capacity
NSDI & GIS
Thematic geo-info addressing “the Issues”
portal
NCO
UN-FAO
UNEP
UN-DPKO
UN-WFP
WHO
EU-SDI
US-SDI
XX-SDI XX
FGDC
INSPIRE
NCO
portal
Technology
& Standards
UNSDI
UN-OCHA
institutional strengthening
UNHCR
Other UN bodies ++
Corporate Governance
Large Enterprises, Multi-nationals
Public sector
Governmental institutions, NGOs,
Institutes, Universities
NSDI
Private sector
SMEs

4. (UN)SDI success factors
SDI = infrastructure tool (long-term)
All elements needed
National Policy / Government support
Institutional Capacity
Skilled People
Data / Information
Technical infrastructure
Standards
Address Relevant Issues in the countries

5. NL contributions to UNSDI (1)
Institutional Strengthening
SDI courses
GIS & Remote Sensing
On-site in Developing Countries
Thematic Information
Food security, agriculture
Water management
Disaster relief, humanitarian aid
Roads, Climate
......

6. NL contributions to UNSDI (2)

7. NL contributions to UNSDI (3)
National UNSDI portal
or via
FAO-GeoNetwork based
Sources 23 UN & CGIAR institutes
> datasets
Users from 151 countries
> downloads in 4.5 years
Last, but not least
UNSDI CoE funding ….. In progress….

8. CITO/OICT