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
United States of America
- Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop, Co-Chair HLG-IGIF
Strategic overview
Argentina
- Marcelo Emery, Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Global UN-IGIF Survey Results
- Mohammad AlMabrook and Odete Semiao, Sustainable Funding Working Group Co-Chairs
Sustainable Funding Guide Launch
Argentina
- Marcelo Emery, Co-Lead Capacity Development Work Group
Capacity Development
- Mohammad AlMabrook and Odete Semiao, Sustainable Funding Working Group Co-Chairs
Sustainable Funding
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Jamie Clark, Co-Lead Communications Work Group
Communications
South Africa
- Clinton Heimann, UN:GGIM Africa Chairperson
UN-GGIM: Africa
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