Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
Geospatial Information Services to
Support Emergency Response:
Current situation (fact finding analysis)
and
way forward (strategic framework)
Kyoung-Soo Eom
Chief UN Geospatial Information Section
(former UN Cartographic Section)
UN-GGIM Secretariat
Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges
Fact finding analysis
• Allowed identifying not only the challenges
and bottlenecks encountered by
stakeholders and partners during recent
crisis but also the major success factors and
opportunities to address them;
• These finding got crystallized into a
proposed strategic framework which, if
implemented, would allow for the necessary
geospatial information and services to be
available, of quality and accessible in a
coordinated way to decision making and
operations during disasters.
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Proposed strategic framework and flowcharts
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Side Event (3 August 2015)
The discussions that followed highlight the importance of:
• Getting all the lead players to agree on their respective roles
and mandate regarding geospatial information and services
during disasters;
• Conducting drills involving all the players prior to disasters;
• Looking at the bigger picture to ensure UN-GGIM does assist
existing processes
• 55 participants;
• 25 countries;
• 4 presentations
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Other references to Disasters
• The 22nd meeting of the ISCGM and led to
resolution emphasizing how National
Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIA)
can contribute to Disaster Risk Reduction;
• The session on Activities related to SD &
Post 2015 where the link with the Sendai
Framework and the geospatial role have
been highlighted.
Disaster Risk Reduction and/or Disaster management have
been discussed and mentioned during several sessions
including, but not limited to:
Topic that federates, goes across
sectors and talks to decision makers
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UN-GGIM contribution
The UN-GGIM, through its mandate, is well placed to
contribute to several of the core strategies included in the
framework, and this starting with:
• Raising the awareness of Member States on the
importance of data preparedness, National Spatial Data
Infrastructure (NSDI) and open data policies;
• Developing and promoting common standards, protocols
and processes aiming at improving data quality and data
interoperability at the global level;
• Developing and implementing policies aiming at
improving the availability, quality and accessibility of
geospatial information and services.
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For the UN-GGIM Committee to:
Recommendations
• Consider including geospatial information and services
in disasters as a formal UN-GGIM agenda item;
• Establish a Working Group on geospatial information
and services in disasters within UN-GGIM with the main
objective to develop a policy framework to be presented
to ECOSOC and the General Assembly for consideration;
• Advocate for humanitarian and response community to
review the framework as a way to improve geospatial
information and services to support disaster response.
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Thank you for your kind attention!