5.2 ExternaIliaison organizations to ISO/TC211
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Homepage:
http://www.sear.org
UN ECE (United Nations Eeonomieal Commission for Europe)
Statistieal Division
The UNECE is a UN organization promoting a e10se eooperation of the European
statistical bodies aeeording to UN reeommendations. Statistical agencies rely on
digital geographie information beeause a lot of statistieal data have spatial relations.
Seope:
Homepage:
The main objeetives of the Conferenee of European Statistieians
are:
• to improve national stabsbes and their international
eomparability in regard to the reeommendations of the
Statistieal Commission of the United Nations, the Speeialised
Agencies and other appropriate bodies as neeessary,
• to promote e10se eoordination of the statistical aetivities in the
ECE region of international organizations in order to aehieve
greater uniformity in eoneepts and definitions and to minimise
the burden on national statistieal offices,
• to respond to any emerging need for international statistieal eooperation arising out of transition, integration and other proeesses of eooperation both within the ECE region and between
the ECE region and other regions.
http://www.uneee.org/stats/stats_h.htm
United Nations Geographie Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
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The UNGIWG is a U.S. based initiative to promote the use of geographie information for better deeision-making.
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Homepage:
The overarehing objeetive of the UNGIWG is to promote the use
of geographie information within the United Nations System and
Member States for better deeision-making
http://ungiwg.unep.org
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Homepage:
http://www.sear.org
UN ECE (United Nations Eeonomieal Commission for Europe)
Statistieal Division
The UNECE is a UN organization promoting a e10se eooperation of the European
statistical bodies aeeording to UN reeommendations. Statistical agencies rely on
digital geographie information beeause a lot of statistieal data have spatial relations.
Seope:
Homepage:
The main objeetives of the Conferenee of European Statistieians
are:
• to improve national stabsbes and their international
eomparability in regard to the reeommendations of the
Statistieal Commission of the United Nations, the Speeialised
Agencies and other appropriate bodies as neeessary,
• to promote e10se eoordination of the statistical aetivities in the
ECE region of international organizations in order to aehieve
greater uniformity in eoneepts and definitions and to minimise
the burden on national statistieal offices,
• to respond to any emerging need for international statistieal eooperation arising out of transition, integration and other proeesses of eooperation both within the ECE region and between
the ECE region and other regions.
http://www.uneee.org/stats/stats_h.htm
United Nations Geographie Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
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The UNGIWG is a U.S. based initiative to promote the use of geographie information for better deeision-making.
Seope:
Homepage:
The overarehing objeetive of the UNGIWG is to promote the use
of geographie information within the United Nations System and
Member States for better deeision-making
http://ungiwg.unep.org