Global Geospatial Information Management in Africa Action Plan 2016 - 2030

A Call for action to strengthen and sustain national geospatial information systems and infrastructures in a coordinated manner United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ______Geoinformation & UNWGIC Spatial Statistics Deqinq, China ______21 November 2018 Andre Nonguierma Outlines

UN-GGIM Context Why we need Geography? UN-GGIM : African Holistic Geospatial information Vision At its July 2011 substantive The Policy Drivers : Global Need for Spatially- Coordinated approach for cooperative management of session, following extensive Enabled Complex Information Everything that happens, happens somewhere geospatial information that adopts common regional consultation with geospatial standards, frameworks and tools over space and time experts of Member States, the Management of global geospatial information to address 80% of all human decisions involve a “Where?” Economic and Social Council key global challenges including Sustainable development, question climate change, disaster management, peace and (ECOSOC) considered the report You cannot count what you cannot locate security, and environmental stresses of the Secretary General Location affects nearly everything we do in life. Intergovernmental Process where the Member States play (E/2011/89) and adopted a the key role resolution to create the United . Nations Committee of Experts on Geography Nexus Issues Key Pillars Way Forward Global Geospatial Information Availability Key Pillars Policy : Institutional Finding the appropriate information at the mechanisms.. aligned with Management (2011/24). required time and at the relevant scale of SDI : Frameworks with related national efforts, while taking http://ggim.un.org/about.html. aggregation. policies & structures into account international Accessibility perspectives The United Nations Global Even where information is available, it may not be FDS : Fundamental Geospatial Data democracy : Ubiquitous easily accessible, either because of the lack of Datasets availability of relevant spatial Geospatial Information technology for effective access or because of data/information as common Management (UN-GGIM) associated costs AFREF : African Geodetic goods. Adhering to agreed Transformability Reference Frame standards : metadata, data initiative was established to There is a general lack of infrastructure capacities models, encoding, create a formal geospatial for the collection and assessment of data, for their SALB : Second Administrative interoperability transformation into useful information and for their Level Boundaries People : High Level Education information coordination dissemination. to empower African youth in Governance GeoNyms : Geographic Names geospatial science and mechanism involving Member technology culture at all There is also need for improved coordination Geo-Stats : Locate & Count States as the key stakeholders. among environmental, demographic, social and education levels (schools, developmental data information, applications universities) and services. Geospatial Information Management in Africa: Key Messages ▪ Africa making its own marks in the geospatial arena ▪ If you think you're too small to make a difference you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ▪ Putting Africa First ▪ Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story ▪ New Business standards: Collective approach to implementing key initiatives ▪ Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it Geospatial Information Management in Africa A Continued Vision… ▪ Coordinated approach for cooperative management of geospatial information that 2017 adopts common regional UN-GGIM Africa standards, frameworks and 2015 tools UN-GGIM • Action Plan

Phased Approach Phased • Strategy for integration GIS & Stats ▪ Management of global • 8/2015 - UN-GGIM-4 Resolution 5/112 geospatial information to • Endorsed the formal establishment of the Regional address key global challenges 2013 Committee of UN-GGIM: Africa and welcomed CODIST UNECA as the Regional Committee’s Secretariat including Sustainable development, climate change, • Recommends that the oversight and supervisory functions of the geoinformation disaster management, peace subcommittee of CODIST be transferred to an and security, and 2001 equivalent subcommittee of StatCom Africa CODI.II with the name of GGIM-Africa. environmental stresses

▪ Intergovernmental Process • 2001 – CODI.II • Resolution urging Member States to adopt where the Member States play National Spatial Data Infrastructures the key role (NSDI) and Regional SDI (ARSDI) Time The African Action Plan : Holistic Geospatial information Vision Geospatial Inform. for Sustainable Development (Gi4SD) in Africa Collective approach to addressing key global challenges

Partnerships Networks Strategy Training Regional Collaboration Capacities Spatial awareness High Level Education Core thematic Common Tools

Cooperative management Open and Free Standards Data

Informed decisions The African Action Plan : Based on African Contemporary Issues and Challenges

Core Data : 2.5 % of the Continent is Poor Mapping Mapped at 1/25.000 Coverage (Europe: 86.9% ; Russia : Lack of 100%) consistency Frameworks & Poor Interoperability Tools : Lack of Standardisation Non codified rules for data access Applications: Several applications build Duplication of repetitively the same efforts datasets Data are not publicized Capacity : Critical mass. Recognition & Turnover Retention of Professionals Governance: Redundancies in Lack of initiatives. Coordination Inadequacy The African Action Plan : Logic of Intervention

▪ The Vision of GI4SD for Strategic Objective Focus Areas the 2030 horizon on Policy and Governance 1). Geospatial information management is adopted as a critical development the African continent enabler by member States in Africa is "Advancing Africa’s 2). A specific geospatial information policy is in force in every member State Sustainable 3). Policy action to ensure integration of geospatial and statistical information. Development Agenda through Common framework, 1). Action to use geospatial information for the attainment of the SDGs and Fundamental Datasets, Agenda 2063 targets sound Geospatial Tools, Standards, Services 2). A high-quality ground-level infrastructure for geospatial information Information production

Management". 3). Fundamental data sets, metadata and geospatial standards are ▪ The Mission Statement developed with related geoportals and online services of GI4SD in Africa is as 4). Private sector is involved in the geospatial information management follows: Africa (Funding) Capacity development 1). Development of institutional, Infrastructural and Individual capacity Produces and Uses and knowledge transfer Authoritative and 2). Building spatial awareness (critical mass of spatially-aware citizens) Evidence-Based International coordination, Operations are based on United Nations project and programme Geospatial And cooperation in management rules. Information for the meeting global needs Attainment of its Integration of geospatial Design a National Statistical Spatial Framework for the integration of Sustainable information and statistics geospatial and statistical information Development Goals Advocacy to ensure policy-level engagement and user commitment to and Agenda 2063 employ the NSSF objectives. Geospatial information technology is mainstreamed (all the way through training, data and processes) into national statistics offices activities in Africa The Business Model

▪ Coordinated Phased Approach process that adopts common Governance Structures Plans Actions Monitoring regional standards, frameworks and tools ▪ Addressing key global challenges Interim Bureau Working Groups People SMART Goals & Success Criteria GI4SD including Policies Related Actions Sustainable Technicalities development, climate change, disaster 2015 2017 2018 2014 2016 Time management, peace and Continental security, and Linkages with Response to global Framework Delivery of services, international challenges Benchmarking environmental decisions & activities stresses Governance & Administrative Arrangement

▪ Executive Board ▪ Chair: Senegal ▪ 1st Vice-Chair: Botswana ▪ 2nd Vice-Chair: Algeria Algeria Cameroon ▪ 1st Rapporteur: Senegeal Cameroon Uganda

▪ 2nd Rapporteur: Botswana Uganda ▪ Secretariat: Economic Commission for Africa The African Action Plan : Mechanisms & Frameworks ▪ UN-GGIM:Africa Working Chair Members No UN-GGIM Asia- UN-GGIM Group Voting UN-GGIM Africa UN-GGIM Americas UN-GGIM Europe Pacific Arab States Member Pillars (2015) (2013) (2014) (2018) (2012) (2014) s ▪ SDI : Frameworks Madagascar WG1: African 2. Burkina Faso Nigeria Japan SEN, Saudi Arabia Mexico Sweden Geodetic 3. Morocco Senegal with related policies ROK/Mongolia BTW, ALG, CAM, Algeria Chile Netherlands/ 1. Kenya South Africa China UGA, ECA Jordan Mexico EuroGeographics Reference 4. Botswana AFRIGIST & structures Frame 5. Cameroon RCMRD UNECA WG 1 WG 1 Geodetic Côte d’Ivoire ▪ FDS : Fundamental Geodetic WG WG European WG2: 2. Cameroon infrastructure Institutional, Madagascar Reference Frame NSDI Commission Fundamental 3. South Sudan Standards Legal, Policy + Eurostat 1. South Mali Geospatial Datasets for SD Geo spatial 4. Burkina Faso Niger Africa datasets and 5. Algeria Nigeria Senegal ▪ AFREF : African WG 2 WG 2 Standards WG WG UNECA Data Sharing & Fundamental Euro Fundamental Data Integration Burkina Faso Geodetic Integration for Datasets and Geographics WG3: 2. Nigeria & Geo Standards Stat & Geo Disaster Mgt Standards Institutional 3. South Africa Morocco Reference Frame arrangements 1. Algeria 4. Ethiopia UNECA and Legal 5. Central WG 3 WG WG A frameworks Africa [TBD] ▪ SALB : Second Place-Based WG 3 WG Regional Core Data 2. Kenya South Africa Information for Institutional Geodetic Coordination & Burkina Faso Administrative Level Economic Growth & Legal Reference Cooperation WG4: 3. Eswatini Capacity and 4. Côte AFRIGIST 1. Nigeria capability d’Ivoire RCMRD Boundaries AARSE development 5. Central WG 4 WG WG WG B UNECA Africa [TBD] ▪ GeoNyms : Capacity Building Integration GI in DDR Data Integration Stat&Geo WG5: Burkina Geographic Names Integration of 2. Namibia Kenya Geospatial 3. Mali Niger 1. South WG 5 and Statistical 4. Cameroon Senegal Sudan Togo ▪ Geo-Stats : Locate - Integration of Information for 5. North Africa Geospatial & Stats UNECA Count Sectoral [TBD] Applications Key Building Blocks and Pillars

▪ Key Pillars Building Blocks ▪ SDI : Frameworks with related policies and Structures ▪ FDS : Fundamental Geospatial • International Partnership Datasets Cooperation • Networking ▪ AFREF : African Geodetic Reference Frame Data & • Fundamental Tools Data ▪ SALB : Second Administrative • Standards Level Boundaries Capacities • High Level • Spatial ▪ GeoNyms : Geographic Capabilities Education Awareness Names Policy & • Governance • Institutional • Legal ▪ Geo-Stats : Locate & Count Governance Arrangement Frameworks Key Stumbling Blocs

▪ Arousing political interest among decision- makers and policymakers. ▪ Lack of Financial resources ▪ Most of African countries face with challenges to put in place policies, resources and structures to make available geographic information technologies easily accessible to decision makers and the community. ▪ For instance, many NSDI initiatives were stalled after setting up the management committee ▪ Exceptions are Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal South Africa ▪ Capacity Development : Lack of critical mass of highly trained "geospatialists" Action Plan : Logical Framework

▪ The African Action Plan on Global Areas Costing ($US) Geospatial Information Management (AAP-GGIM), is the Policy and Governance 3 090 000 implementation tool of the United Nations initiative on Global Common frameworks, Fundamental 132 086 000 Geospatial Information Datasets, Tools, standards and services Management for Africa. Capacities development 14 100 000 ▪ It focuses on five key strategic areas. International Coordination and 90 000 ▪ Each focus area is set out in detail Cooperation in Meeting Global Needs with specific objectives, expected results, estimated budget figures and related activities. integration of geospatial and statistical 5 023 000 ▪ The Acrion Plan requires a total information. provisional budget of Total Cost 154 300 000 $154,300,000. Logical Framework: Policy & Governance

▪ Goal : Geospatial Information Management in Africa is supported by solid, consensus-based and coherent geospatial information policies at national sub-regional and regional levels ▪ Strategic objectives 1 : Geospatial Information is adopted as a full Development sector by member states in Africa ▪ Strategic Objective 2: Geospatial Information is made accessible to the Civil Society in Africa ▪ Strategic Objective 3: Sub-regional Geospatial Information Directives are developed to harmonize national Geospatial Information policies internally in the Regional Economic Communities Logical Framework: Common Framework and Tools ▪ National and regional geodetic infrastructure development ▪ Production of fundamental datasets ▪ National & regional policies for space, mapping and geoinformation ▪ Development of metadata, geospatial standards and geoportal ▪ Technology Transfer ▪ Infrastructure support ▪ Private sector simulation ▪ New trends Logical Framework: Capacities Development ▪ Institutional Capacity Building ▪ Infrastructural Capacity Building ▪ Individual Capacity Building (African indigenous capacity and skills retention) ▪ Spatial awareness : Building spatially-aware citizens with the essential technological skills and abilities to critically participate and contribute to an information society Logical Framework: Integration of Statistics and Geospatial ▪ Design of a National Statistical Spatial Framework (NSSF) for the integration of geospatial and statistical information in Africa ▪ Advocacy action is taken to ensure policy level engagement and user commitment to use the NSSF in Africa member States ▪ Action is taken to ensure effective implementation of an Africa Spatial Statistical Frameowrk at national, sub-regional and regional levels in African Africa Member States, and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Action Plan : Priority Issues and Challenges ▪ Leadership: Governance & National Regional Continental Management ▪ Framework: • Establishment of • Institutional • UN-GGIM:Africa Mobilisation of Data, effective national arrangements for leadership operationalizing resources to Information, • Member States an integrated effectively Services capabilities to and coherent implement the activities ▪ Capabilities ensure geospatial approach with data, products and other ▪ Resources services are readily information Mobilisation available infrastructures ▪ Partnership ▪ Communication Quick Win 1 : MAfA

▪ Purpose-oriented datasets ▪ Structured and comprehensive data foundation that would be consistent, comparable and compatible at the local, national, regional, and global levels. Quick Win 2 : AFREF

▪ Network of permanent GPS/GNSS base stations covering the whole continent ▪ At least two in every country ▪ Eventually, everywhere in Africa less than 500 km from a base station ▪ Uniform geodetic reference frame ▪ Consistent with the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) ▪ Basis for national three-dimensional reference networks Quick Win 3: The African Statistical Spatial Framework : Overarching Principles (From the GSGF)

▪ Integration of Statistical and Support the publication, access, analysis and visualization of geospatial information Geospatial Information : Principlee 5: Accessible The user can easily draw conclusions and make full use of the data available for local and usable geospatial Overarching Principles action statistics - Analyse ▪ Mainstreaming the enabling capabilities of geospatial Overcoming structural, syntactic and semantic barriers between statistical and Principle 4: Statistical and geospatial data and metadata Geospatial Interoperability technology into National ISO Standards - OGC Standards - Statistics Principles Standards techniques Statistics Offices activities (all the way through training, Make use of authoritative geographies to disseminate Principle 3: Common geographies for all statistical results the dissemination of statistics data and processes) Geographic Areas ) ▪ Linking NSDs and NSDI: Establish persistent storage of geocoded statistical Principle 2: Geocoded unit record data in a data National statistical, planning microdata in a relational database management management environment and cartographic authorities system Unique identifiers have effective collaboration Assign each statistical unit precise and between them in the unambiguous location information from Principle 1: Policies -More institutional development of respective authoritative, relevant and nationally agreed Political leadership and support basic data sources data infrastructures (NSDI, integration) Quick Win 3 : NDII

▪ A New Paradigm : The National Development Information Infrastructure (NDII) ▪ The foundational, authoritative and up-to- date spatially-enabled statistical information that are consistently available and accessible over time for informed decision-making at the local, national, regional, and global levels. ▪ The Global Statistical Geospatial Framework UN-GGIM: Africa Action Plan : Risks

▪ Lao Tseu : Do not fear M1. Good M2. More going forward slowly. Risks understanding of Commitment member States and Fear only to stand still.. Constituencies from Bureau needs and priorities Members ▪ New Business standards: Collective R1. Participation M3. of Member States Mitigation Communiction approach to and Executive Strategy implementing key Bureau measures Website initiatives ▪ UN-GGIM:Africa : R2. R3. Sufficient M4. Awareness resources (Staff Collaboration Africa making its own and Waning + funds) made and marks in the of interest available Partnerships geospatial arena Getting There… Without Getting Lost…

▪ Leaving No One Behind ▪ More active participation of Member States and Executive Board Members ▪ Mobilizing resources for Implementation ▪ Involvement of the Private Sector ▪ Translating the Action Plan into concrete projects ▪ How can the UNWGIC be an enabler for the implementation of the Action Plan Thank You [www.un-ggim-Africa.org]

▪ Download the Action Plan here: ▪ English: www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/Pu blicationFiles/un-ggim_- _geospatial_information_for_sustaina ble_development_in_africa- 20171115.pdf ▪ French : www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/Pu blicationFiles/geospatial_information_ for_sustainable_development_in_afri ca_fre-20171115.pdf