Our GDA Focus

Current Scenario

The world around us is changing rapidly, posing new and complex challenges on social, economic and infrastructure fronts. The sustainability of all forms of life on our planet Earth largely depends on the choices we make, the decisions we take both at an individual level and collectively.

Need of the Hour

To address social, environmental, economic and infrastructural challenges, several development agendas have been adopted at local, regional, national, and global levels covering issues like hunger, poverty, inequality, climate change, conservation, security and sustainable living. Fortunately, the technology evolution has made it possible for the mankind to overcome these challenges, if governments, researchers and the larger civil society work in close coordination.

Role of Geospatial Technologies

Geospatial technologies are a critical component of the digital ecosystem, as they provide the ‘location’ dimension to data and analytics, thereby enhancing the value of the solutions that these technologies provide. Through the Global Development Agenda unit, Geospatial Media aims to ensure that the development community, aid and donor agencies, and other invested stakeholders make appropriate and optimum use of geospatial information and technologies in achieving the development agendas.

Our Offerings

Through the Global Development Agenda unit, Geospatial Media delivers rich content services, including print, online and video; offers research and consultancy services; and holds dedicated seminars and roundtable meetings for the global development organizations, multilateral agencies and aid and donor agencies.

Upcoming Events

Geo4SDGs India
4 December 2019 HICC, Hyderabad Visit website
Geo4SDGs Global
8-9 April 2020 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Visit website

GDA Advisory Board

Aida Opoku-Mensah

Special Advisor SDGs/Agenda 2030
UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA)

Amy Coughenour Betancourt

CEO
CADASTA Foundation

Basanta Shreshtha

Director of Strategic Cooperation
ICIMOD

Greg Scott

Inter-Regional Advisor
UN-GGIM Secretariat

Jagdeesh Rao Puppala

CEO
Foundation for Ecological Security

Onno Ruhl

General Manager
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

Rolando Ocampo Alcantar

Chief of Division - Statistics and Economic Projections
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC)

Ross G. Comstock

Vice President, Information Systems and Technology
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Steven Hellen

Director ICT4D and GIS
Catholic Relief Services