{"id":348312,"date":"2025-10-17T16:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348312"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:50:48","slug":"regional-committee-of-the-united-nations-global-geospatial-information-management-for-asia-and-the-pacific-un-ggim-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/regional-committee-of-the-united-nations-global-geospatial-information-management-for-asia-and-the-pacific-un-ggim-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Context:<\/b> India has been elected as the Co-Chair of the Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP) for the 2025\u20132028 term.<\/p>\n<h2>About India elected as Co-Chair of the Regional Committee of the UN-GGIM-AP<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001KVLJ.jpg?resize=312%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"181\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>India\u2019s Representative:<\/b> <b>Surveyor General of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0represented India and was <strong>elected to the Co-Chair position.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The elections took place during the <\/span><b>14th Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM-AP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> held i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n <\/span><b>Goyang-si, Republic of Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Host:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The event was hosted by the <\/span><b>National Geographic Information Institute (NGII), Republic of Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Participants:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Delegates from member states, technical experts, and observers participated, discussing regional geospatial management issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Focus Areas for the 2025\u20132028 Term<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strong Leadership and Governance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Digital Transformation and Data Security<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inclusivity and Transparency in Decision-Making<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strengthening Partnerships and Regional Cooperation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building Capacity for Sustainable Development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promoting Innovation in Geospatial Information Management<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>apex inter-governmental mechanism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for setting global directions and policies in <\/span><b>geospatial information management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Established by:<\/strong> UN<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To play a leading role in setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information and to promote its use to address key global challenges.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It addresses global challenges and integrates geospatial information into <\/span><b>development agendas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>policy frameworks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"ca_top_sec\">\n<div class=\"copans_ttl\" role=\"heading\">\n<div class=\"cs_branding\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"answer_container\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Copilot Search\">\n<div class=\"qna_tlgacont gsqnanrt\">\n<div class=\"qna-mf\" data-priority=\"\">\n<div class=\"b_sideBleed b_topBleed b_bottomBleed\">\n<div class=\"mf-item-cntr \">\n<div class=\"b_antiSideBleed b_antiTopBleed\">\n<div class=\"mf-item\">\n<div class=\"ans-itm-cntr qna-aggr-genItems \">\n<div id=\"b_genserp_container\" class=\"b_genserp_container\" data-appns=\"SERP\" data-k=\"5747\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"gs_main b_removeShadow\">\n<div class=\"gs_section gs_header \">\n<div class=\"gs_temp\" data-k=\"5180\" data-appns=\"SERP\" data-sct-idx=\"0\">\n<div class=\"gs_h gs_caphead \">\n<div class=\"gs_temp_content gs_temp_with_iv gs_temp_with_largeqna\">\n<div class=\"gs_caphead_main \">\n<div class=\"gs_text gs_mdr gsqna_renderText18\">\n<div class=\"gs_p\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"gs_cit_txt\" data-sups=\"1,2,3\" data-hover-id=\"1\"><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">committee\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">includes\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">various\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">regional\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">bodies,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">such\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">UN-GGIM- AP <\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">Asia\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">Pacific,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">which\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">focuses\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">promoting\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">geospatial\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">information\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">use\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn show\">region<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About UN-GGIM-AP<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is one of <\/span><b>five regional committees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> under the <\/span><b>United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It represents <\/span><b>56 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> across <\/span><b>Asia and the Pacific<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To maximise <\/span><b>economic, social, and environmental benefits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of geospatial information through <\/span><b>cooperation, shared solutions, and capacity development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: India has been elected as the Co-Chair of the Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP) for the 2025\u20132028 term. About India elected as Co-Chair of the Regional Committee of the UN-GGIM-AP India\u2019s Representative: Surveyor General of India\u00a0represented India and was elected to the Co-Chair&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/regional-committee-of-the-united-nations-global-geospatial-information-management-for-asia-and-the-pacific-un-ggim-ap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1236,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-348312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}