By Valrie Grant, Managing Director GeoTechVision
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) in July 2011 (ECOSOC resolution 2011/24) as the official UN consultative mechanism on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM).
The main objectives of the UN Committee are to provide a forum for coordination and dialogue among Member States, between Member States and relevant international organizations and to propose work plans and guidelines with a view to promoting common principles, policies, methods, mechanisms and standards for the interoperability
