Africa preparatory meeting global geospatial information management concludes with the adoption of the Addis Ababa declaration

Abstract

The African preparatory meeting on the Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) closed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wednesday 10 August with the adoption of the Addis Ababa declaration on geospatial information management in Africa. The three-day meeting recommended that African countries, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission, should finalize and implement the African Action Plan on Geospatial Information Management. In closing the meeting, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Jennifer Kargbo delivered a message which was read out by the director of ECA’s ICTs, Science and Technology Division, Ms. Aida Opoku Mensah in her absence.