Flyer: The Centre of Excellence for UN Spatial Data Infrastructure Project [789 KB] (22 December 2011)

Geospatial World Forum - Concept note on exchange forum on evolving PPP for SDI [375 KB] (20 December 2011)

Establishment of the UNSDI Steering Committee [21 KB] (7 December 2011)

Minutes of Meeting bezoek ASG/CITO Dr. Choi Soon-hong [408 KB] (22 October 2011)

UNSDI-NCO White Paper [EN [402 KB] ] [NL [409 KB] ]
UNSDI-NCO White Paper - Background information [EN [358 KB] ] [NL [364 KB] ]

or click the FlipBook below for the White Paper and Background information in English.

Mission statement UNSDI

UNSDI is an institutional and technical mechanism for establishing system coherence for the exchange and applications of geographic data and information for UN activities and supporting SDI development activities in Member Countries.

The UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) initiative aims to contribute to the mission of the United Nations to maintain peace and security, to address humanitarian emergencies and to contribute to the realization of the UN Millennium Development Goals. By facilitating efficient global and local access, exchange and utilization of geospatial information, UNSDI will make the United Nations system more effective and support its “Delivering as One” policies.

Spatial data infrastructures provide the institutional and technical foundation of policies, interoperable standards and procedures that enable organizations and technologies to interact in a way that facilitates geospatial information discovery, evaluation and applications. Given that UN agencies vary in their ability to utilise and manage geospatial information it is foreseen that a UNSDI could reduce development and operational costs by working together to achieve economies of scale through generic standards, guidelines and implementation tools. Thus, the development of a UNSDI is considered essential for increasing system coherence in the use and exchange of geospatial data and information for UN activities.

In the short term, UNSDI is an investment into the capacities of the United Nations System to manage its existing geospatial assets more effectively. In the longer term, UNSDI could serve as a model and vehicle for capacity strengthening in Member States that request assistance from the United Nations in managing and applying geospatial data to support their national development agenda.

UNGIWG documentation on UNSDI can be found at the UNGIWG website.

Geospatial World Forum - Concept note on exchange forum on evolving PPP for SDI [375 KB] (20 December 2011)

Establishment of the UNSDI Steering Committee [21 KB] (7 December 2011)

Minutes of Meeting bezoek ASG/CITO Dr. Choi Soon-hong [408 KB] (22 October 2011)

UNSDI-NCO White Paper [EN [402 KB] ] [NL [409 KB] ]
UNSDI-NCO White Paper - Background information [EN [358 KB] ] [NL [364 KB] ]

INTOSAI's Haiti accountability flyer [78 KB] (21 January 2010)
UNDP - What will it take to achieve the millennium development goals? An international assessment [1.311 KB] (17 June 2010)

Interim UNSDI Framework [701 KB] (19 February 2009)
Interview Jan Cees Venema on UNSDI [334 KB] in P+ magazine (www.p-plus.nl, in Dutch, 7 july 2009)

UNGIWG-10 documents (November 2009)
• Plenary Meeting - Actions and Recommendations [47 KB]

Discussion Draft Proposed UNSDI Technical Governance Framework Executive Summary [608 KB] (7 January 2008)
Message [35 KB] of the Netherlands' Ambassador to FAO on Netherlands' participation in UNSDI (in Dutch, March 2008)
GeoNetwork opensource article in GeoConnexion (May, 2008)
UNSDI Stakeholder Meeting Report [236 KB] (20 June 2008)
Discussion Draft Proposed UNSDI Technical Governance Framework version 1.1 [1.050 KB] (8 July 2008)
Technical Governance of Framework Data Services [281 KB] (31 October 2008)

UNGIWG-9 documents (November 2008)
• Interim UNSDI framework [701 KB]
• UNSDI support resolution [45 KB]
• UNGIWG-9 report [796 KB]
• All UNGIWG-9 Reference documents

Terms of Reference (ToR) for National Coordinating Offices (NCOs) [40 KB]

UNSDI Compendium [5.591 KB] (13 February 2007)
UNSDI Strategy Implementation paper [645 KB] (22 February 2007)

UNSDI Global Partners Meeting (1-2 March 2007)
• Programme [384 KB]
• Participants List [398 KB] & sorted by UN/Member states [404 KB]
• The role of National Coordination Offices in the UNSDI Development Process [40 KB] (background to UNSDI-NCO presentation)
• The role of National Coordination Offices in the UNSDI Development Process [744 KB] (UNSDI-NCO presentation)
• INSPIRE – UNSDI Cooperation Formulation Outline [80 KB]
• UNSDI Global Partners Meeting FINAL report [539 KB]
• The Frascati Statement [125 KB]

The Global UNSDI Initiative [475 KB] article in Geoconnexion (July/August 2007)

Proposed UNSDI Institutional Governance Framework [218 KB] (23 November 2007)
UNSDI Map [263 KB] (30 November 2007 )

Workshop Multi-view framework to assess National Spatial Data Infrastructures (NSDIs) (Wageningen, The Netherlands, 23-25 May)
• UNSDI-UNGIWG & UNSDI-NCO presentation [767 KB]
• Workshop report [1.353 KB]

First National UNSDI Partners Meeting (7 March 2007)
• Minutes of Meeting [64 KB]
• UNGIWG-UNSDI [2.857 KB] presentation (FAO)
• Introduction to GeoNetwork [2.952 KB] presentation (FAO)
• UNSDI-NCO [883 KB] presentation (UNSDI-NCO)
• WAVE30 [6.831 KB] presentation (UNEP)

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006 [1.400 KB] (United Nations, New York, 2006)
Delivering as One [437 KB] (Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel, United Nations, New York, 2006)

Water
• WAVE30 [2.696 KB] (UNEP/FAO)
• World Water Day speech [18 KB] of H.R.H. Willem Alexander of Orange