United Nations committee of experts on global geospatial information management
Vanessa Lawrence & Greg Scott
It is generally accepted that poverty can be alleviated by appropriate land governance and secure land tenure. This in turn relies on a suitable land administration system to record and manage the land rights, ownership and use. For land administration to be truly successful it must be underpinned by an authoritative spatial framework which is regularly maintained, provided to a high level of specified accuracy and from a trusted source. This requires not just the availability of data, but high level support and robust legal, policy and technical frameworks to be in place together with the development and training of those with the skills to create, use and understand geospatial information. The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management provides a mechanism which brings together all countries at a high level to raise these issues up national agendas. In addition it provides a forum where, regardless of their current capacity in geospatial information, countries can work together to share best practice, work towards the development of global frameworks and standards, and meet some of the challenges that exist in this important area.
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