Description: The fifth meeting of the Expert Group on Land Administration and Management is hosted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía) of Mexico and will also incorporate the Second International Seminar on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management with the theme "Effective land administration". This in-person meeting allows members of the Expert Group together with invited experts to review, discuss and consider a number of substantive items that are presently before the Expert Group. The International Seminar on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management with the theme ""Effective land administration", will provide an open forum for dialogue and deliberating key considerations leveraging the nine pathways of FELA to provide the reference and guidance for Member States when establishing, strengthening and modernizing their land administration nationally or sub-nationally. This International Seminar seeks to share and exchange knowledge, information and experience, facilitate peer-to-peer engagement and learning; promoting and raising awareness of the merits and benefits of effective land administration; accelerating efforts to recognize and record people to land relationships in all its forms; addressing climate-related challenges and improving resilience including the technical complexities around the land/sea interface; and broadening perspectives in effective land administration.
Description: This in-person Aguascalientes expert consultation and meetings with expert representatives of Member States and relevant stakeholders seek to review and enhance the inclusive, integrated, self-paced, country-owned and country led approach to strengthen and enhance national geospatial information management arrangements, resources and capacities towards accelerating implementation of the Committee's adopted norms, frameworks, principles and guides for the achievement of the SDGs according to national circumstances. It will engage and consult with the Bureau and the Expanded Bureau of UN-GGIM, the High-level Group of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (HLG-IGIF) and contributing countries and partners from the SDG Data Alliance. It will incorporate the formal meeting the Expanded Bureau of UN-GGIM, the third plenary meeting of the HLG-IGIF and the meeting and workshops of the SDG Data Alliance. These formal meetings will allow the Expanded Bureau, the HLG-IGIF, and key contributing countries of the SDG Data Alliance to engage and consult on the implementation of the UN-IGIF and discuss upcoming priorities for strengthening and enhancing geospatial information management arrangements for accelerating the implementation of the SDGs. The formal meetings will primarily address strategic strategic directions and priorities of the Committee of Experts to ensure a lasting impact to support Member States in enhancing geospatial information management arrangements for accelerating the implementation of the SDGs. Topics will include considerations of the work programs of the Committee of Experts and its Secretariat, the work and achievements of the HLG-IGIF, the contributions of the Centers of Excellence, the implementation of the UN-IGIF at the country-level through the SDG Data Alliance, the Seventh High-level Forum on Global Geospatial Information Management, the future geospatial information ecosystem, and the new agenda item on climate and resilience. There will also be a number of workshops embedded within the program on strengthening and enhancing the effectiveness of the Committee of Experts, particularly for the achievement of its operations focused on the SDGs and the UN-IGIF, to strengthen and ensure its continued effectiveness and benefits to all Member States.
Description: The 11th Experts Meeting on Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) will take place at INEGI Aguascalientes, Mexico, during November 28-December 1, 2022. It wil be co-organized by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía of Mexico (INEGI) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), on behalf of the SDMX Sponsors. The Experts Meeting is a biannual event that brings together SDMX experts from national statistical offices, central banks, international agencies and the private sector, from around the world, to discuss and promote good practices, share lessons learned and advance the standard to adapt to new technologies and evolving requirements. We invite SDMX experts to submit their proposals to sdmx@inegi.org.mx no later than October 8, 2022. Presentations should be brief to introduce a topic and encourage discussion among participants. They should contain title, abstract (maximum 500 words), name of presenters and affiliation. The topics to be discussed on the Meeting are the followings: Implementation of SDMX 3.0 Data Modelling Data and Metadata Governance Capacity Building SDMX and other technologies, standards and models
