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The Egyptian Public Authority for Survey participated for the first time with a delegation to raise the level headed by Eng. Ali Abdel-Magid Menoufy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian General Authority for Survey withIn the workshop organized by the Arab Committee of the United Nations experts for geospatial information management in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria on 15 and 16 February 2020 under the title of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework as they represented Egypt in the seventh meeting of the Arab Committee of the United Nations experts for geospatial information management in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria Days 17 through February 19 2020. It should be noted that the Arab Committee is a regional committee for the United Nations initiative to develop a global management of geospatial information and the Arab Committee was established in accordance with Resolution No. 4111 issued by the fourth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts for Geospatial Information Management held in New York in August 2014. It is noted that the Arab Committee performs its function according to the general framework of the regional committees approved by the United Nations Committee of Experts for Geospatial Information Management and submits its recommendations and work reports to the United Nations Statistics Department and to the secretariat of the United Nations Committee of Experts for Geospatial Information Management. The number of Arab member states is estimated at 18.The committee aims to lay the foundations for data exchange and exchange of experiences gained in line with international specifications and standards for geospatial information management. It is worth noting that the meetings of the Arab Committee started in Riyadh in February 2015 then Algeria in August 2015 then Abu Dhabi in February 2016 then Doha in February 2017 then Muscat in February 2018 then Jeddah in February 2019. Delegations from most of the Arab countries participated in The organizations specialized in spatial data surveying bodies as well as those specialized in statistical data. In addition to the United Nations foreign experts specializing in all axes as well as the representatives of the World Bank and ESCWA. Representatives of the Egyptian General Authority for Surveying have previously attended the meetings of the Arab Committee in Muscat 2018 and Jeddah 2019. In addition a representative of the Authority attended the meeting of the third working group for the geodetic reference in Riyadh 2016. In the seventh meeting the United Arab Emirates the Republic of Tunisia the Republic of Sudan the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the State of Qatar Morocco Palestine Libya Lebanon Kuwait Jordan the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Algeria participated.Algeria Palestine and Egypt each presented their different experiences in the field of geospatial information management. The experts also presented the global experiences gained in all axes and the work accomplished in all four axes was presented with the knowledge of the axes heads from Arab countries.Engineer Ali Al-Menoufy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian General Survey Authority presented what the organization has accomplished in updating the specifications of surveying works and maps and both the Chairman of the Arab Committee and the host country Algeria and the State of Lebanon President of the Arab Federation of Survey delivered a paper copy of the specifications and a secretariat was delivered The Arab Committee has digital copies on cylinders for distribution to the rest of the Arab countries members of the Committee.The attendees praised the heads of the delegations of the Arab countries and the United Nations Secretariat for the elegance of the Egyptian General Authority for Surveying and for the presentation that was made in the efforts made in updating the specifications in line with international standards in a short period.
