FIG Working Week 2005 and Conference on the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI-8) Conference Summary. Holger MAGEL.

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1 FIG Wrking Week 2005 and Cnference n the Glbal Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI-8) Cnference Summary Hlger MAGEL President f *) Thanks t my advisers in the drafting grup: Rb Mahney, Reinfried Mansberger, Gerhard Muggenhuber and Matt Higgins

2 FIG WW 2005 and GSDI-8 Cnference Frm Pharahs t Geinfrmatics

3 The regin represents the challenges f ur wrld It s imprtant that FIG cmes t see these issues at first hand Urban deprivatin Infrmal settlements Mega Cities Ppulatin characteristics biased twards the yung Increasing pverty Scarce fd resurces Envirnmental prblems, scarcities f natural resurces

4 The ptential t face challenges.. A vibrant sciety Open minded leaders and decisin makers acrss sciety Our prfessin is well represented (AUS part f the Arab League) Strng links with UN, Wrld Bank, and ther Internatinal Partners A strng educatinal system underpinning capacity The questin fr ur Egyptian Clleagues is: Hw well they are prepared fr the future they face?

5 The FIG - Family COM 2: 2: Prfessinal Educatin COM 1: 1: Prfessinal Standards and Practice COM 10: Cnstructin, Ecnmics and Management COM 9: 9: Valuatin and the Management f f Real Estate COM 3: 3: Spatial Infrmatin Management COM 8: 8: Spatial Planning and Develpment COM 4: 4: Hydrgraphy COM 5: 5: Psitining and Measurement COM 6: 6: Engineering Surveys COM 7: 7: Cadastre and Land Management

6 Cllabratin... T fulfil ur jint missin t serve sciety and ur ne wrld we need cllabratin between Gedesists, Surveyrs and the Spatial Infrmatin Sciety That was the intentin and the idea f this jint cnference!

7 Barcelna Frum (WUF II) T serve Our ne wrld, which means: In a glbalised wrld... prblems cannt be exprted.... there is n utside.... everything is lcal.

8 FIG WW 2005 & GSDI-8 An Extrardinary Event Our Thanks t: Egyptian hsts (LOC) Sister Organisatins and GSDI Speakers, chairpersns and rapprteurs Participants and delegates Exhibitrs and spnsrs FIG Office and FIG Cmmissins FIG Cuncil members

9 Statistics f the Cnference Mre than 900 participants cming frm abut 80 cuntries 5 plenary sessins 51 technical sessins and wrkshps Mre than 400 papers and psters Several meetings (FIG: Cuncil, ACCO, Cmmissins, Wrkgrups, Reginal Grups; GSDI; ISCGM; JBGSIS) AUS as a representative and prfessinal vice f the regin IAG, ISPRS, ICA, IMDA, ISCGM and ISM XIV FIG-Cngress 2010 in Sydney

10 FIG Visin and Missin We just heard that the Egyptian dreams have becme true! FIG has and must have Visins and Missins t: Humanitarian rle Scial respnsibility Peace keeper by anticipatin Guardian f Prperty Rights Supprting demcracy, equity and civil sciety Cmbating crruptin Sustainability Gd gvernance

11 Frm the Pharahs t Where? Future is cming faster than expected DEVELOPMENT The past is a freign cuntry, they d things differently there (L.P.Hartley)? Yu cannt fight against the future. Time is n ur side. (M.E.Gladstne) 3000 b.c. TIME 2005 We have t be better and faster prepared

12 The Washingtn Challenge Dr. Anna Kajumul TIBAIJUKA (UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Directr f UN-Habitat): The wrld needs ideas t slve tday s prblems, nt simply slutins fr the lng-term future FIG Cngress Washingtn, 2002 Never the less we have t d bth we need a lng term future strategy based n visins and increasing respnsibilities and t slve tday s prblems

13 FIG has t balance... Frm sustainability Ri Triangle (ecnmic, eclgical and scial) t a secnd triangle: Institutinal Arrangements Fulfilment f Millennium Develpment Gals Technical Slutins and Develpments Plitical Interactin as a NGO

14 Challenges t FIG as a Glcalist Harland Onsrud in his GSDI reslutins talked als abut lcal t glbal! FIG is wrking n fulfilling the UN Millennium Develpment Gals wrking n three levels Glbally Reginally Lcally Reducing inequalities f Civil Sciety Partnering with ur Sister Organisatins Supprting decisin makers Imprving Ecnmic Develpment in Africa (NEPAD) Addressing the Digital Divide in Africa (CODI) Better Managing Natural Resurces in Africa (TIGER) Meeting the challenges f a cuntry like Egypt as addressed by Minister Prf. Dr. Mahmud Abu-Zeid and Dr. Ismail Serageldin ( scientific apartheid )

15 Meeting these Challenges... We need t ask urselves sme questins: Hw t sustain ur mmentum? It depends n ur wn engagements, effrts and capabilities! Hw t wrk mre cllabratively (internally / externally)? Hw t share knwledge mre effectively? Hw t harness ur diverse intellectual pwer? Hw t be mre inclusive regarding age, gender, culture, language, resurces? Hw t be mre respnsive? Hw t achieve all this withut lsing ur identity?

16 Strategic/Plitical Level (1) Messages t take hme: Pverty reductin and alleviatin is a fundamental gal (develping and develped cuntries are in ne bat!) Remval f fd insecurity Respnd t threats frm natural disasters (Surveyrs as peace keepers by anticipatin ) Land and water habitats g acrss brders Always striving fr gd gvernance

17 Strategic/Plitical Level (2) Messages t take hme: Create a win win situatin by respecting ur diverse disciplines We need a balance between private and public sectrs Crss cutting cllabratins are required plitically, institutinally and prfessinally Bridging sme gaps (e.g. between surveying and GIS) We must ensure that we are engaged with the Infrmatin Sciety including the Wrld Summit n the Infrmatin Sciety (WSIS), Tunis, Nvember 2005

18 Technical Level (1) Messages t take hme: We are Data Rich and Infrmatin Pr There is a War f Frmats GIS is emerging as a new language GIS is abut integrating knwledge Slutins require infrmatin frm a multiplicity f surces: integratin f GNSS, IfSAR, imaging, etc.

19 Technical Level (2) Messages t take hme: Gedetic reference framewrks are essential and becming mre accurate Earth bservatins are making dramatic advances CONCLUSION: Frm intentins and ideas t an accepted and prved reality: Mre than ever there is a need fr clser cperatin f gedesists, surveyrs and SDI partners Therefre it has made great sense t start with this jint cnference

20 Institutinal Level Messages t take hme: Intensify the cllabratin with sister rganisatins - (Jint Bard f Spatial Infrmatin Scieties) FIG is already seen as a valuable partner f the UN but has been invited t becme a mre central player Legal framewrks must be adpted t supprt e-services and new technlgies Emergence f new institutinal ecnmics

21 FIG Wrking Week Outcmes The imprtance fr ur prfessin f the New Partnership fr Africa s Develpment (NEPAD) (summit in Sharm el-sheik and Africa Actin Plan ) We shuld d even mre!

22 FIG Wrking Week Outcmes The jint bard n Gespatial Infrmatin Scieties has created a wrking structure including firstly tw ad-hc cmmittees addressing cmmnality f apprach t: Disaster Management Capacity building in Africa FIG cntinues t pursue hlistic visins thrugh jint activities with IAG, and ther partners AFREF (African Reference Frame Prject) under NEPAD A seminar n Educatin in Africa, next year in Accra FIG-Reginal Cnference

23 Gd Bye and See Yu in Havana, Cuba, September, 2005 FIG 4th Reginal Cnference Accra, Ghana, 8-11 March, 2006 FIG 5th Reginal Cnference Munich, Germany, 8-13 Octber, 2006 XXIIII FIG Cngress Santiag de Chile, Chile, 6-10 Nvember, 2006 GSDI 9