Enabling legal framework for geoinformation utilization in Africa critical legal and regulatory aspects : draft paper for discussion
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United Nations. Economic and Social Council;United Nations. Economic and Social Council;
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;
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Increasingly governments around the world are recognizing the need to develop a legal and regulatory framework that supports the management of geospatial information. Such a framework is becoming more important as the cost of collecting, using and distributing geospatial information has decreased and awareness of the role of geospatial information in applications that spur economic growth and productivity, enhance governance and improve an individual's quality of life has grown. There are three primary sets of stakeholders that must be considered in the development of a legal and regulatory framework to support geospatial information management: government agencies; private industry; and, citizens. In addition, a number of non
government organizations (NGO's) are also major collectors and consumers of geospatial information.
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“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2013-03). Enabling legal framework for geoinformation utilization in Africa critical legal and regulatory aspects : draft paper for discussion. UN. ECA Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-III)Committee (3rd session: 2013, Mar. 12-15: addis Ababa, Ethiopia).. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/34883”Conference
UN. ECA Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-III)Committee (3rd session: 2013, Mar. 12-15: addis Ababa, Ethiopia).Collections
- Africa Sustainable Development Report [5050]
- Africa UN staff news (1973) [5437]
- All Conferences [5833]
- Conferences on Information Development, Science and Technology [81]
- Geo Spatial Information Systems [1422]
- MAJI: Information bulletin on water resources activities in Africa (1996) [1689]
- Statistical training programme for Africa (STPA) News (1987) [5924]
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