Report of the Working Group 3: Spatially Enabled Government and Society
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UNITED NATIONS E/CONF.102/6 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Nineteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, 29 October – 1 November 2012 Item 4 of the provisional agenda Report of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Information System Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific Report Of The Working Group 3: Spatially Enabled Government And Society Submitted by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Information System Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) Working Group 2: Spatially Enabled Government and Society * ___________________ * Prepared Mr. Greg Scott, Chairman, Mr. Ahmad Fauzi bin Nordin and Mr. Ahmad Toyserkani, Vice-Chairmen Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific Working Group 3 Spatially Enabled Government and Society Status Report 2009-2012 for the 19th UNRCC-AP Conference and 18th PCGIAP Meeting Bangkok Thailand 29th October – 1st November 2012 Chairman Mr. Greg Scott, Australia [email protected] Vice Chairman Mr. Ahmad Fauzi bin Nordin, Malaysia [email protected] Vice Chairman Mr. Ahmad Toyserkani, Iran [email protected] 2 1) Resolutions Adopted at the 18th UNRCC-AP (2009) 1) Data Access (parts of) The Conference, Recognizing the benefits of having access to data in time of disaster for assessment and relief, but also the ongoing difficulties of many member states in accessing all forms of spatial data, such as GIS, remote sensing and land administration for disaster management. 2) Data Integration (parts of) The Conference, Recognizing the importance of integration of fundamental data with other spatial data including hazard and exposure data sets in support of disaster mitigation and reduction, Also recognizing the power of spatial tools in integrating various data from many sources and multiple formats, Noting that the discovery, access, integration, and delivery of geospatial data can become much easier with enhanced interoperability. 3) Spatially enabled government and society The Conference, Noting the progress made in the development of national spatial data infrastructures in Asia and the Pacific region, Also noting the global importance of spatially enabled government and society and the outcome of the forum on this matter, convened by PCGIAP and held in Seoul Korea, Recognizing that spatially enabled government is an important part of the information and communications technology, e-government and information sharing strategies of counties and is the key activity that fosters innovation, Recommends that PCGIAP undertake a study to understand, compare and determine 3 the state of spatially enabled government and society, including levels of maturity and governance of spatial data infrastructure, in the region. Activities PCGIAP Working Group 2 – Geospatial Data Management and Service is currently compiling a survey to collect this information to understand, compare and determine the state of spatially enabled government and society, including levels of maturity and governance of spatial data infrastructure, in the region. 4) Annual forum on land administration (parts of) The Conference, Noting the importance of good land administration systems in supporting sustainable development, poverty alleviation, social justice and economic development, Also noting the role that land administration and the cadastre plays in providing large scale people-relevant spatial data within spatial data infrastructures, Mindful of the growing importance to integrate all forms of spatial data, and particularly natural and built environmental spatial data in support of spatially enabled society. Further noting the importance of the Tehran Declaration on Land Administration to support sustainable land markets and e-government, Recognizing the needs of nations in Asia and the Pacific region to have an annual land administration forum supported by PCGIAP, Recommends that PCGIAP formalizes and maintains its annual forum on Land Administration in Asia and the Pacific, Also recommends that PCGIAP renames the existing WG3 (Spatially enabled government) as “Spatially enabled government and society” being responsible for the two inter-connected components of spatially enabled government and society, and land administration. Under the direction of PCGIAP, WG3 facilitates the annual land administration forum and liaises with the respective agencies in the Asia and the Pacific region in pursuit of this objective. 4 Activities Adopting the recommendation made at the 18th UNRCC-AP, PCGIAP Working Group 3 was renamed to “Spatially Enabled Government and Society” by the PCGIAP Executive Board at its first meeting immediately following the UNRCC-AP in Bangkok, 29 October 2009. 2) Actions Taken by the Working Group Since the 18th UNRCC-AP Much has been achieved in applying geo-information to disaster response, especially in using imagery and fundamental spatial data to “record” what disasters took place and what areas were affected. However, these achievements are variable, reactive, often uncoordinated and not to appropriate standards and/or practices. Further, the ability to apply geo-information technologies to disaster mitigation and reduction (before events happen) has been limited due to a lack of capacity and capability within many member nations. There are also ongoing and consistent factors that are challenging the establishment and use of geo-information in disaster risk management: the nature and culture of disaster management; and the lack of appreciation/recognition/availability of geo-information tools. Disaster management, especially the crisis response period, presents unique requirements. Decisions have to be made quickly, often under extreme pressure; there is a lot of uncertainty, due to lack of timely information; and decision making is often based on experience and intuition rather than information. With this in mind, PCGIAP WG3: Spatially Enabled Government and Society is reporting on a number of endorsed case study activities that demonstrate efforts being made by member countries to improve access to data so as to support disaster management in a number of ways, including capturing timely data to support regional hazard assessment, and enable nations to understand and pursue the principles of data integration within the context of spatially enabled society. These activities contribute to and complement the objectives of WG2: Geospatial Data Management and Service. 1) Case Study 1: Geospatially Enabling the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) in Jakarta In April 2009, the Australian and Indonesian Governments established the Australia- Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) in Jakarta. The AIFDR is a unique 5 partnership through which both countries work together to reduce the risk of natural disasters. It reflects Indonesia and Australia’s concern over the growing impact of disasters in the region, including their potential for human suffering and the reversal of hard-won development gains. The AIFDR supports Indonesia’s goal to strengthen national and local capacity in disaster management and to promote a more disaster resilient region. AIFDR supports a range of capacity building and community outreach programs to build Indonesia’s disaster management expertise and capacity. AIFDR also supports Indonesian science agencies and Universities to better identify and quantify the natural disaster hazards and risks in Indonesia, and then uses this information to support training and planning exercises for national-level and provincial-level disaster managers. This end-to-end approach to saving lives was demonstrated through AIFDR’s recent work in pioneering the use of realistic natural hazard disaster scenarios as a rigorous foundation for better contingency planning and preparedness. For example, in Jakarta the AIFDR, World Bank and UNOCHA, have worked with the local disaster management agency, university students and representatives from every Jakarta village to map over 6,000 critical facilities, including schools, hospitals and government offices using OpenStreetMap technologies. This was then combined with flood modeling to estimate the likely impact of future floods. This information is now being used to ensure that the government of Jakarta is better prepared to manage and reduce the impact of future floods. Through building the capacity of science agencies and working closely with disaster managers and communities, the AIFDR is ensuring that better knowledge of disasters is easily understood, believed and, above all, actioned. The AIFDR is also now working with the Indonesian Geospatial Agency (BIG) and the World Bank to help integrate community mapping approaches into Indonesia’s definitive mapping systems through the new Participatory One Map Initiative. 2) Case Study 2: Post-Disaster Data Collection, West Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia, September 2009 The final report on Case Study 2: Post-Disaster Data Collection, West Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia, September 2009 has been compiled in a Geoscience Australia record titled The 6 30TH September 2009 West Sumatra Earthquake1 and is attached. 3) Case Study 3: Strengthening Spatial Data Development and Delivery in the Philippines In order to accurately analyse the risk from natural hazards, detailed geographic information is required to represent or derive: hazard; exposure; vulnerability; and topography. To assist in developing these fundamental datasets, it was determined that airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) would provide