Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)

The sixteenth session of UN-GGIM will be held from 5 – 7 August 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. There are several side events and meetings related to the substantive work of the Committee of Experts at the global level which will be convened from 3 – 4 August 2026 during the ‘week’ of the sixteenth session. A draft overview of the side events and meetings for the week will be made available and then updated as preparations progress, on this website.

This annual session of designated representatives, senior executives and experts from national geospatial information authorities of Member States, and geospatial information experts from international organizations, UN system and relevant stakeholders will continue to enhance the coordination and coherence in global geospatial information management towards the accelerated implementation of the Committee’s norms, frameworks, principles and guides for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals according to national circumstances. The Committee of Experts is the apex intergovernmental mechanism in the United Nations for making joint decisions and setting directions towards enhancing nationally integrated geospatial information management and its resources and capacities within national, regional and global policy frameworks and development agendas.

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