United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
Comité d'experts des Nations Unies sur la gestion de l'information géospatiale à l'échelle mondiale
Comité de Expertos sobre la Gestión Mundial de la Información Geoespacial
Search Open Yearbook
This information is part of the Open Yearbook, a free service of UIA's subscription-based Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO). It includes profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity. The information contained in the profiles and search functionality of this free service are limited.
The full-featured Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO) includes over 77,500 organization profiles, additional information in the profiles, sophisticated search functionality and data export. For more information about YBIO, please click here or contact us.
The UIA is a leading provider of information about international non-profit organizations. The aim of the Open Yearbook is to promote the activities of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
Contact Details
URL: https://ggim.un.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNGGIM
Founded
2011-07
History
Available with paid subscription only.Aims
Play a leading role in setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information and promote its use to address key global challenges; provide a forum to liaise and coordinate among Member States, and among international organizations, civil society and private sector.
Events
36 past events available with paid subscription only.Structure
Available with paid subscription only.Languages
Available with paid subscription only.Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
E-XE0198 - United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN); S-XM2113 - United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas (UNRCCA); S-XS2326 - United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP). Partner organizations: F-XM0470 - Group on Earth Observations (GEO); B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). UN partner agencies:
- E-XE0295 - Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - Statistics Division;
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - Statistics Division;
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - Statistics Division;
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
- E-XE3388 - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD);
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Partner organizations: F-XF6505 - EuroGeographics; E-XE2097 - European Umbrella Organization for Geographical Information (EUROGI); B-XB2020 - International Federation of Surveyors (FIG); B-XB1291 - International Association of Geodesy (IAG); B-XB1447 - International Cartographic Association (ICA); B-XB2079 - International Geographical Union (IGU); B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO); B-XB2496 - International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS); E-XJ3664 - UN-GGO: Geospatial Societies (UN-GGIM GS); F-XF4297 - Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Links with: A-XA2722 - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
Publications
Available with paid subscription only.Type I Classification
Available with paid subscription only.Type II Classification
Available with paid subscription only.Subjects *
- Geography → Geography
- Information → Information
- Information → Expertise
- Management → Management
- International Relations → United Nations
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XJ7860
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
← return to your search page to find additional profiles.
UIA allows users to access and make use of the information contained in its Databases for the user’s internal use and evaluation purposes only. A user may not re-package, compile, re-distribute or re-use any or all of the UIA Databases or the data* contained therein without prior permission from the UIA.
Data from database resources may not be extracted or downloaded in bulk using automated scripts or other external software tools not provided within the database resources themselves. If your research project or use of a database resource will involve the extraction of large amounts of text or data from a database resource, please contact us for a customized solution.
UIA reserves the right to block access for abusive use of the Database.
* Data shall mean any data and information available in the Database including but not limited to: raw data, numbers, images, names and contact information, logos, text, keywords, and links.