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
- Fiji
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- United States of America
Member States nominated by:
UN-GGIM Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Mozambique
- Rwanda
- South Africa
UN-GGIM: Americas
- Argentina
- Chile
- Jamaica
- Panama
UN-GGIM: Arab States
- Bahrain
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates
UN-GGIM-AP
- India
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Republic of Korea
- Russian Federation
UN-GGIM: Europe
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
(Membership as at February 2026)
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Procedural Documents
Chile
- Sofía Nilo Crisóstomo, President UN-GGIM: Americas
UN-GGIM: Americas
Saudi Arabia
- May Mohammed A. Wahab Al-Khalifa, UN-GGIM: Arab States UN-IGIF Work Group Lead
UN-GGIM: Arab States
Indonesia
- Antonius B Wijanarto, President, UN-GGIM: Asia Pacific
UN-GGIM-Asia and the Pacific
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- James Norris, Chair UN-GGIM: Europe IGIF Working Group
UN-GGIM: Europe
- Tim Trainor, SDG Alliance
SDG Data Alliance HLG presentation
- Pengde Li, UN-GGKIC
Strategic Plan and Work Programme 2025
- Chee Hai Teo, UN-GGIM
UN-GGIM Secretariat
United States of America
- Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop, Co-Chair HLG-IGIF
Priorities and plan of action for upcoming period
- Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop and Fernand Guy Isseri, Co-Chairs, HLG-IGIF