About
In 1959, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) paved the way... more
Goals
- 1. Standardization.
- 2. Dissemination.
- 3. Romanization.
Resources
Meetings and events
Upcoming
- 3rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names 1 - 5 May 2023 UNHQ, New York
Recent
- The Ninth Arab Conference of Arab Experts on Geographical Names, entitled:Geospatial integration between name and Location "importance and impact" 5-7 December 2022 Contact: ADEGN (Email:contact@adegn.info)
- UNGEGN Webinar Series 30 September 2022 Contact: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (Email:Pier-Giorgio.Zaccheddu@bkg.bund.de)
- UNGEGN Exonym and Terminology Working Groups Meeting 31 August to 3 September 2022 Ljubljana, Slovenia Contact: Kohei Watanabe (Email: kw10004@cam.ac.uk)
- ECSEED meeting 18 May 2022, 10:00am zech Cadastral and Land Surveying Office, Prague, Czech Republic
- UNGEGN Webinar "Developing Digital Gazetteers Using Free and Open-Source Software" Tuesday 10 May 2022, 7:00am - 8:30 am (NY time). Contact: Cecille Blake, blake1@un.org
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Asia South-East Division 09:00 - 12:00 A.M WIB (UTC+7), 24 November 2021 Zoom meeting
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II International Pan American Symposium on Toponymy (II SIPAT) 17 - 19 November 2021 Virtual Event - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Centenary Conference of the Norwegian Place-Name Archive (text in Norwegian) 27-28 October 2021 Bergen, Norway
- 3rd International Scientific Symposium on "Permanence, transformation, substitution and oblivion of geographical names" 22 - 24 September 2021 Napoli [Naples], Italia [Italy] Contact: Andrea Cantile
- UNGEGN Baltic division meeting 23 - 24 September 2021 Virtual Contacts: Timo Torm and Peeter Päll
- UN-GGIM: Amerias CARIGEO/UNGEGN webinar, "Geographical Names Standardization Supporting National Development" Tuesday 31 August 2021 Contact: Cecille Blake
- UNGEGN ASE Division Webinar "Recognizing Generic Terms in Geographical Names from Local Languages" 30 August 2021, 10.00 A.M-03.30 P.M. WIB (UTC+7) Zoom Meeting Platform Contact: UNGEGN ASE Division (Email: tikadwisaputri2611@gmail.com)
- 2nd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names 3 - 7 May 2021 UNHQ, New York