Global Geospatial Information Management in Africa Action Plan 2016 - 2030
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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