A seminar on regional coordination in geospatial information management took place in Doha, on 7 February 2013, on the margins of the Second High-level Forum on GGIM (4-6 Feb. 2013). It aims to discuss the following topics:

(i) The state of geospatial information at a national level in the countries of the region (i.e. National spatial data infrastructure-NSDI);

(ii) Overview on the international/regional cooperation and United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) initiative; and

(iii) Coordination of geospatial information in the ESCWA region (the set up of a regional committee on Geospatial Information).

Session 1:

Global GGIM

Regional GGIM - European Cooperation

Regional GGIM - Asia and the Pacific

Session 2:

National GGIM/SDI Situation

Egypt     

Qatar    

Tunisia

Session 3:

Regional Cooperation in the ESCWA region