Background
At its tenth session, the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) noted the global significance of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF), which serves as a key umbrella for the many activities under the purview of the Committee of Experts, including the regional committees and thematic groups of UN-GGIM, which could be applied to any country to guide transformational change, and which would be a living and usable document to be reviewed and refined through an iterative process, on the basis of the practical implementation experiences of Member States. In making decision 10/103, UN-GGIM at its tenth session, endorsed the establishment of a dedicated high-level group of experts, with balanced geographical representation and expertise, as a mechanism to provide strategic leadership, coordination and oversight in order to ensure the sustained success of the IGIF, and to mobilize the resources necessary to maintain the momentum and refinement of the IGIF as a continuously evolving process.
Co-Chairs

Fernand Isseri
National Mapping InstituteCameroon

Antonius Wijanarto
Badan Informasi GeospasialIndonesia
UN-GGIM Bureau and regional committees
- Fiji
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- United States of America
Member States nominated by:
UN-GGIM: Africa
- Cameroon
- Comoros
- C?te d'Ivoire
- Morocco (Regional Chair)
- Mozambique
UN-GGIM: Americas
- Argentina
- Chile (Regional Chair)
- Jamaica
- Panama
- Saint Lucia
UN-GGIM: Arab States
- Bahrain
- Saudi Arabia (Regional Chair)
- United Arab Emirates
UN-GGIM: Asia and the Pacific
- China
- India and Republic of Korea (Regional Co-Chairs)
- Indonesia
- Russian Federation
UN-GGIM: Europe
- Serbia and the United Kingdom (Regional Co-Chairs)
- Belgium
- Germany
- Sweden
(Membership as at September 2026)
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Procedural Documents
Burundi
- Julius Niyongabo, Geomatics Center of Burundi
Burundi's Experience with the UN-IGIF
Argentina
- Marcelo Emery, National Geographic Institute
Our Country's Experience with the UN-IGIF
- Jean Maurice Muneza, UN-GGKIC
Lessons Learned on the Use and Implementation of the UN-IGIF
- Sandro Semedo, UN-GGKIC
2026 Global Assessment Survey
- John Kedar, John Kedar Geospatial Initiatives Ltd
Global perspectives Lessons learned and status on the UN-IGIF
- Guillaume Le Sourd, UN- GGIM
Opening and setting the scene
Austria
- Georg Gartner, Technical University
From Geospatial Data to Better Government Decisions: The role of maps
Cameroon
- Fernand Isseri, Co-Chair, High-level Group of the United Nations Integrated Geospatial Framework
Introduction
United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework.
Sixteenth Session- Jean Maurice Muneza, UN Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Centre
UN-IGIF Survey Report
- Pengde Li, UN Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Centre