dc.description.abstract | The AfricaGIS 2017 conference continued in Addis Ababa Wednesday with Director, Oliver Chinganya, of the ECA’s African Centre for Statistics, reminding delegates that addressing geospatial information coordination challenges in Africa requires the promotion of advancement in science and technology supported and backed by political commitment. Speaking at the opening of the Third Meeting of the Regional Committee on the United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management in Africa (UN-GGIM: Africa), Mr. Chinganya said it’s only with engagement at high political commitment that experts will ensure impactful change on the ground. | en |
dc.title | Political commitment & technology key to addressing Africa's geospatial challenges, says Chinganya | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT::GEOGRAPHY::GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS | en |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY::DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY AND PROMOTION OF SCIENCE::SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STATISTICS | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS | en |
ags.subjectThesaurus | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STATISTICS | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa: | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA, | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-28T08:43:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-22T06:55:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/40130 | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |
dc.coverage.spatial | AFR | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | |
dc.format.extent | 2 p. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Press release | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STATISTICS | |
ags.subjectClassification | 03.01.00 Geo-information | |
ags.availabilityNumber | b11877236 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 2017 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.JN | b11877236 | |