1st meeting, Eleventh Session of the United Nations…

The eleventh session of the Committee of Experts will address several emerging and critical issues related to geospatial information management globally. Numerous substantive activities have since been undertaken and, as follow-up, they will be reported back and deliberated upon at this eleventh session. These include:

• the strengthening of the institutional arrangements of the Committee;
• strengthening geospatial information management;
• the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework;
• how geospatial information supports and informs the Sustainable Development Goals; the sustainability and quality of the global geodetic reference frame; the implementation of the Global Statistical Geospatial Framework, the Framework for Effective Land Administration and the Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters; and progress and activities of the Committee's regional committees; subcommittee, high-level, experts and working groups; and thematic networks, among others.

The eleventh session will again be held in a scaled-down virtual format, consisting of three two-hour meetings, on 23, 24 and 27 August 2021. Please refer to the organization of work for the session (E/C.20/2021/2).