Geospatial information for sustainable development in Africa: African action plan on global geospatial information management 2016-2030

Abstract

Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development in Africa, which is embodied in the African Action Plan on Global Geospatial Information Management (AAP-GGIM), is the implementation tool of the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa. It responds to the recommendation of the Africa preparatory meeting, GGIM: Africa, held in August 2011, urging member States, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to finalize and implement an African Action Plan on geospatial information management. The present document, Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development in Africa – the African Action Plan on Global Geospatial Information Management, is a first response to the recommendation of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Geospatial Information Management with regard to finalization of the Action Plan. Its implementation, the second part of the recommendation, will follow soon. The present document is therefore the first step towards, and a prerequisite for, the full implementation of the Addis Ababa Declaration. Lastly, the document outlines the logical framework of identified priority actions for United Nations GGIM in Africa. From this framework will emerge at a later stage the specific implementation projects for achieving the objectives of the Action Plan over the period 2016-2030 and beyond.