Geospatial information for sustainable development in Africa
African Action Plan on Global Geospatial Information Management
The United Nations Secretariat launched the Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) initiative in 2011. It establishes a formal mechanism under United Nations auspices to discuss and coordinate GGIM activities and involves member States as the key players.
Two key programmes, namely the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the General Assembly in September 2015, and the African Union Agenda 2063, approved by the African Union in January 2015, further emphasize the need for a global coordination mechanism for geospatial information management (GIM).
