Webinar series - Business transformation in cadastre and land registry
2021-04-15 10:30 - 11:30 (Europe/Brussels)
This event is part of a series of webinars based on EuroGeographics Members experience and case studies.

HM Land Registry’s Business Transformation, Karina Singh, HM Land Registry, Great Britain
Business transformation at Rosreestr, Valentina Radke and Olga Terentieva, Rosreestr, Russia
Q&A Session in slido

Webinar recording (Opens in YouTube)

QKEN Virtual Plenary Meeting Spring 2021
2021-04-21 10:00 - 2021-04-22 12:30
The QKEN Spring 2021 Plenary meeting will be held as a virtually as three two-and-half-hour sessions organised on the 21-22 April.
The first session held in the morning of the 21st April will be the virtual plenary meeting of the QKEN. The second and third sessions will take place on the 22nd April. The morning will feature a number of presentations on quality issues and will be part of the EuroGeographics Series of Thursday Webinars. While the final session on the afternoon will continue the virtual plenary meeting of the QKEN.
A copy of the agenda can be found here.
Presentations in PDF format:

Session 1

Head office news
Carol Agius

ISO Questionnaire results
Karin Mertens

National reports
Tamas Palya

Session 2

Data quality challenges when combining Land Cover and National Mapping in OSI
Kevin Thompson

Quality assessment of Points of Interest in Belgium
Joren Van Gysegem

Control registers for cadastral data quality in Latvia
Ilze Paulina

Release of national 3D data in The Netherlands
Richard Witmer

Recording of Session 2 (opens in YouTube)

UN-GGIM: Global Geodesy Forum - 'The Power of Where: The Value of Geodesy to Society'
2021-04-22
The United Nations Global Geodesy Forum will be convened on Earth Day – 22 April 2021 with the title “The Power of Where: The Value of Geodesy to Society“.
The virtual open forum organized by the Subcommittee on Geodesy will focus on the significance of geodesy for the wellbeing and betterment of society, environment and economy. The forum will highlight to policy- and decision makers, chief executives, directors-general and senior executives from Member States and relevant stakeholders the benefits enabled by an accurate and reliable Global Geodetic Reference Frame, and the crucial role of geodesy in providing safer and more resilient communities, in particular, to measure the cause and effect of sea level rise, storm surges, earthquakes and tsunamis, and assisting developing countries with effective land and environmental management and efficient digital economies.
Concept note, agenda and further information about the forum are available online on the UN-GGIM website here.

Webinar series - Making use of APIs in NMCAs
2021-04-29 10:30 - 11:30
This event is part of a series of webinars based on EuroGeographics Members experience and case studies.

Operative and effective response to COVID-19 through GIS, Vahagn Muradyan, Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia
The new Data Hub, Michael Gordon, Ordnance Survey Great Britain
Q&A using slido

Webinar recording (Opens in YouTube)

Webinar series on INSPIRE themes implementation in NMCAs: Addresses
2021-05-06 10:30 - 12:00
In 2020 the final milestone in the INSPIRE implementation roadmap was been reached. All datasets for all INSPIRE themes should be implemented now. A look at the INSPIRE Geoportal to a large extend confirms this. There are plenty of datasets available, many of which are shared via view and download network services. Therefore, it is a perfect moment to sum up the INSPIRE implementation process and also share some NMCAs experiences of how they have practically implemented the directive.
The webinars will be divided by INSPIRE themes –each webinar will focus on one theme starting from Annex I themes in the following order: Addresses, Administrative units, Cadastral parcels, Geographical names, Transport networks and Hydrography.
This webinar will focus on the implementation of the INSPIRE Theme Addresses with the following agenda:

Introduction and welcome, Marcin Grudzień, INSPIRE KEN Chair
Harmonisation of Addresses from the Czech perspective, Eva Pauknerova & Veronika Kůsová, Czech CUZK
Spanish addresses in cadastral data, present and future, Francisco Javier Luque Rodriguez, Spanish Cadastre
Panel and Q&A session via slido

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Thematic PolKEN on INSPIRE review
2021-05-11 10:30 - 12:00
We are pleased with the response to our second thematic Policy Knowledge Exchange (PolKEN) meeting where the ongoing consultations on the INSPIRE evaluation were further clarified. Presentations from the meeting are available at the link below.

Brief policy update – Marjana Zelic, EuroGeographics
INSPIRE evaluation study – Lise Oules, consultant at Milieu Consulting

The meeting highlighted on several instances the importance of participating to both the targeted consultation (deadline 21 May) and the general consultation (deadline 12t July) in order to maximise the chances of NMCAs being heard during the evaluation process.
Webinar recording is available here.

EuroGeographics General Assembly 2021
2021-05-17 10:00 - 2021-05-18 17:00 | Brussels, Belgium
The General Assembly 2021 will be delivered through a series of webinars, on Monday May 17th and Tuesday May 18th. The same dates as the planned physical 2021 General Assembly.
The agenda of the Conference part of the General Assembly is available here.
The Formal business agenda is available here.
Minutes of the 2021 General Assembly
Monday 17th May
GA2021 Webinar Session 1

Welcome to the General Assembly 2021
Colin Bray, President, EuroGeographics

Introduction and seting the scene
New Heads
Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director

Positive positioning of NMCAs due to COVID pandemic

Eurostat Presentation

Centre of Geomatics, Republic of Armenia

Chaired by: Amalia Velasco, Management Board

Márta Nagy-Rothengass Head of Unit, Eurostat and Oliver Mueller, Team Leader, Eurostat

Vahagn Muradyan, Head of the Centre of Geomatics, Republic of Armenia

NMCAs post COVID – what are the threats and opportunities to come out of the pandemic and how to be prepared for 2022

Sli.do

Facilitated by: Kristian Møller, Vice President, EuroGeographics

Panellists:

Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Director General, NGI Belgium
David Henderson, Chief Geospatial Officer, Ordnance Survey
Eydis Lindal Finnbogadottir, Director, National Land Survey of Iceland
Ludmila Ivanova, Chief Expert Financial and Economic Activities, Geodesy, Cartography & Cadastre Agency, Bulgaria

GA2021 Webinar Session 2

Welcome
Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director

Exploring user requirements with key stakeholders

European Environment Agency

Frontex

DG Agri 1
DG Agri 2

Chaired by: Pier-Giorgio.Zaccheddu, Management Board

Henrik Steen Andersen, Project Manager Copernicus In Situ Component EEA

Catarina Clemente and Katalin Bodis, Frontex

Mohamed El-Aydam, DG Agri
Elisa D’Urso, DG Agri

Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Sli.do

Facilitated by: Colin Bray, President EuroGeographics

Panellists:

Joep Crompvoets, Secretary General, EuroSDR
Artu Ellmann, Deputy Director General, Estonian Land Board
Andre Streilein, Head of Topography, Swisstopo
Nick Land, Business Development Manager, ESRI Europe
Seb Lessware, CTO, 1Spatial

Tuesday 18 May
GA Webinar Session 3

Welcome
Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director

EuroGeographics project and funding strategy

Open Maps for Europe & future funding strategy

Funding Landscape review

Chaired by: Sébastien Soriano, General Director IGN France

Angela Baker, Programme Manager EuroGeographics

Pinar Temel, Manager, Erdyn

Discussion on the future funding strategy and Landscape funding review

Sli.do

Facilitated by: Sanja Zekušić, Management Board

Panellists:

Paula Dijkstra, Kadaster Netherlands
Lidija Krstevska, Agency for Real Estate Cadastre Republic of North Macedonia
Oleksii Pinchuk, StateGeoCadastre Ukraine
Pinar Temel, Manager, Erdyn
Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director EuroGeographics

GA2021 Webinar Session 4
Formal Business and voting

Welcome
Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director

GA2021 Management Board Report to the General Assembly
Colin Bray, President, EuroGeographics

EuroGeographics Update
Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director

Welcome back and voting procedure

Facilitated by Carol Agius

Sallie Payne, Head of Operations and Association Management

Formal Business

EuroGeographics AISBL 2020 Financial Report and Accounts
▪ Vote to approve EuroGeographics AISBL 2020 Financial Report & Accounts and discharge of the administrators

Martin Salzmann, EuroGeographics Treasurer

EuroGeographics 2021 revised budget
▪ Vote to approve EuroGeographics revised 2021 budget

Martin Salzmann, EuroGeographics Treasurer

Membership subscriptions
▪ Vote to approve 2022 membership subscriptions

Martin Salzmann, EuroGeographics Treasurer

Presentation of Management Board Candidates
▪ Vote to elect Management Board members

Léa Bodossian, Secretary General & Executive Director

Invitation to the GA2022 in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina and the GA2023 in Valletta, Malta

Željko Obradović , Director Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs

Ray Attard, Assistant Director, Malta Planning Authority

Round up and close
Colin Bray, President, EuroGeographics

The first sessions will be held on Monday 17th May. The morning session will run from 10.00 – 12.30 CET, and the afternoon session will run from 14.00 – 16.45 CET, both sessions include a coffee break. There will also be an informal online social networking event running from 17.00 – 18.00 CET.10.00 – 12.30 CET, and the afternoon session will run from 14.00 – 16.45 CET, both sessions include a coffee break. There will also be an informal online social networking event running from 17.00 – 18.00 CET.

The first session on Tuesday May 18th will start at 10.00 CET and conclude at 12.00 CET. Following a lunch break; in line with our Articles of Association and in accordance with Belgium law, the webinar session on the afternoon of Tuesday May 18th, starting at 14.00 CET and concluding at 16.45 CET, will be our official General Assembly. During this session items of formal business will be presented and members will asked to cast their votes.

Formal business will be conducted via an interactive remote voting platform accessible via smartphone, tablet or computer. Detailed information and an explanation of how to vote will be sent in the coming weeks along with a more detailed agenda.
Registration will close on Thursday 13 May at 17.00 CET.

EUREF 2021 Symposium
2021-05-26 - 2021-05-28
will be held as an online event.

Joint PCC - EuroGeographics CLRKEN conference and plenary
2021-05-26 - 2021-05-27
Joint PCC and EuroGeographics Cadastre and Land Registry KEN conference and plenary under the Presidency of Portugal will be held as a virtual event on 26 and 27 May 2021.
Main topic of the conference will be ‘Cadaster – contributions for a low-carbon economy and society‘ integrated into a broader theme of one of the strategic axes of the Portuguese Presidency ,”Building a green, carbon and neutral Europe”.
The agenda is available here.
Registration will close on 24th May 2021. Links to the web sessions will be sent to al delegates on 25th May. List of participants is available here..
Find here the Summary report of the questionnaire on Status and adopted Innovations over the last decade in Cadastre and Land Administration in Europe.
The event is targeted to PCC and EuroGeographics members and invited guests.
In case of questions or further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at pcc-congresso@dgterritorio.pt.
Day 1

No
Title
Presenter/Biographical note
Size [MB]

1
The National Cadastral Information System
Paulo Torrinha
2

2
Portuguese Tributary and Customs Authority
Nuno Miguel Félix
1,0

3
Institute of Registries and Notaries [IRN]
Filomena Gaspar Rosa
0.5

4

[e-Bupi] – Simplified Land Digital Registry Mission Unit

Pedro Tavares
35,0

Session 1 Chair: Julius Ernst, Austria

5
Summary of Questionnaire results (Parts 1 and 3)
Daniel Steudler
2,5

6
Building one access point to cadastral and other data that may help the environment
Ewa Surma
7,9

7
The Swedish real property register, geodata and environmental information
Magdalena Andersson and Gunnar Ersbo
1,3

Session 2 Chair: Pekka Halme, Finland

8
Summary of Questionnaire (Part 2)
Daniel Steudler
0,3

9
Spatial Open Data Management Portal in Lithuania – REGIA
Laura Vaitiekunaite
1,8

10
Strategic Plan of Spanish Cadastre for Rural Territory
Amalia Velasco
3,5

11
SMOS Land Cover Monitoring System Project
Mário Caetano
6,9

Session 3 Chair: Amalia Velasco, Spain

12
Fundamental Role of Cadastral Systems and How That Might be Challenged by the Climate Change
Pekka Halme
1,1

13
Cadastral Map as the basis for decarbonised economy
Anna Tkachenko
3,7

14
Cadastral and topographic information as a foundation for planning, enabling and securing ownership in solar and wind-based facilities
Martin Salzmann and Laris Noordegraaf
2,6

Day 2
Session 4 Chair: Daniel Steudler, Switzerland

No
Title
Presenter
Size [MB]

15
United Nations – Global Geospatial Information Management [UN-GGIM]
Tomaž Petek
2,0

16
Working Party on Land Administration [WPLA]
Fredrik Zetterquist
2,2

17
Summary of Questionnaire (Part 4)
Paulo Torrinha
0.8

Session 5: Discussion Panel – Cadastre contributions for a low carbon economy and society
Chair – Martin Salzmann (Netherlands)
Panelists:

Marco Painho
Portugal

Magdalena Andersson
Sweden

Gunnar Ersbo
Sweden

Ramona Kurstedt
Germany

Laris Noordegraaf
Netherlands

PCC Plenary:
Introduction of the Slovenian Presidency by Tomaz Petek

12th session of the UNECE WPLA
2021-05-31 - 2021-06-01
The 12th session of the Working Party on Land Administration will be held as a hybrid meeting online/in person in Valletta, Malta. The event will be hosted by the Ministry for Social Accommodation of Malta.
The event will provide an international platform for exchange on issues related to land administration and management. At the Session on 31 May and 1 June, representatives of the UNECE member States will review the implementation of the programme of work of the WPLA since the Eleventh Session in 2019 and agree on the next programme of work for the biennium 2022-2023.

PolKEN thematic meeting on Artificial Intelligence Act
2021-06-02 10:30 - 12:00
At our 3rd thematic Policy Knowledge Exchange (PolKEN) meeting, Mr. Martin Ulbrich, Senior expert for AI policy at DG CNNECT presented recently published Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence which is open for the feedback until 20th July.
Martin’s presentation is available here.
In parallel, the Commission will continue to collaborate with Member States to implement the actions announced in the New Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence .
Summary slides on Coordinated Plan on AI and next data strategy related actions available here.
Please see full recording of the webinar here.

Funding workshop
2021-06-10 10:00 - 12:00
Following the well-received presentation ‘Landscaping study on European funding opportunities’ given by Pinar Temel, Erdyn Manager during the General Assembly, we have run a follow up Funding Workshop. The webinar covered a more detailed overview of the Funding Landscape Report, including 5 specific funding programmes which were presented in more detail. These were:

Digital Europe & CEF
Horizon Europe
European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)

You can access the presentation given by Erdyn here and the recording of the webinar here.

Agenda
10.00 – 10.05 Welcome and Introduction – Lea Bodossian Secretary General and Executive Director EuroGeographics
10.05 – 10.25 Overview of the Funding Landscape Review – Emilie Baffie, ERDYN Project Manager
10.25 – 10.35 Questions via Sli.do – Angela Baker, EuroGeographics Progamme Manager
10.35 – 11.00 Examples of funding programmes – Emilie Baffie, ERDYN Project Manager
11.00 – 11.05 Five minute Comfort break
11.05 – 11.30 Examples of funding programmes – Emilie Baffie, ERDYN Project Manager
11.30 – 11.50 Questions via Sli.do – Angela Baker, EuroGeographics Programme Manager
11.50 – 12.00 Round up and next steps – Lea Bodossian Secretary General and Executive Director EuroGeographics
12.00 – Close

FIG e-Working Week 2021
2021-06-20 08:00 - 2021-06-25 17:00
Registration for the first ever virtual FIG e-Working Week is now open and EuroGeographics is delighted to be taking part with a keynote from our Secretary General and Executive Director, Léa Bodossian.
This year’s event takes from 20 to 25 June 2021 and aims to bring together the surveying, land administration and mapping community via a virtual platform.
The conference theme is ‘Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management – Challenges in a New Reality’ and the programme will showcase the latest innovations in surveying, host discussions on the key issues facing our world, and empower our community to move forwards stronger and more connected than ever before.

Register here: https://www.fig.net/fig2021/registration.htm

UN-GGIM: Europe & the UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy - European Geodesy Forum
2021-06-23 10:00 - 11:30
Further to the recent announcement that the UN-GGIM: Europe and the UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy are hosting the European Geodesy Forum, which will be convened virtually on 23 June 2021 at 10:00 -11.30 AM CEST as a follow up of the Global Geodesy Forum held on Earth Day, 22 April 2021.
Titled “Towards a sustainable Global Geodetic Reference Frame: European Contribution”, and with a panel from UN-GGIM: Europe and members of the UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy, the main focus of the forum is to seek feedback from European Member States, as part of our regional consultation on the two papers prepared by the Subcommittee on Geodesy which will be finalized and tabled at the 11th Session of UN-GGIM:
. Position Paper on Sustaining the Global Geodetic Reference Frame
. Concept Paper on Establishing a Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence
The aim of the forum is to generate further support for the work of the Subcommittee on Geodesy and the forthcoming establishment of the UN Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence in Bonn, Germany.
The Concept Note for this event can be found here.
Please register your interest if you would like to attend this virtual event, deadline for registration is the 21 June 2021. Connection details will be circulated to registered individuals on the 22 June 2021.

QKEN Webinar on the use of FME in NMCAs
2021-07-01 10:30 - 12:00
Members from the Quality KEN will present cases studies of how FME in used in various NMCA data production processes.

Using FME to quality assure the Local Land Charges dataset of England and Wales, Rod Else and Jamie Di-Cataldo from HMLR
Quality Assuring Digital Landscape Models -FME’s Automated Data Validation & Reporting Capability at Work, Ciara Beddy from OSi
Use of FME at Ordnance Survey for Maintaining Quality, Ed Mainwaring from OS

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

European Commission and EU Agencies geospatial requirements workshop
2021-07-06 13:30 - 2021-07-07 12:00
The geospatial data EuroGeographics provides to the European Commission and Agencies are based on the information from the National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Agencies of Europe, the only existing authoritative pan-European datasets … They are used in many services and for a variety of usage: for example the maps of ECDC showing the evolution of COVID or the NUTS I,II and III boundaries.
This workshop aims to understand the growing needs of the various European Commission users in order to help EuroGeographics and its members to prioritise the evolution of our datasets.
This virtual workshop is by invitation only, and the intended audience is users of geospatial data in the various European Commission and EU Agencies. Please register your interest in participating in the workshop. Agenda, event details and connection information will be sent together with the confirmation of your registration.
The workshop will be a half day event, it will run on the afternoon 6th July and will be repeated on the morning of the 7th of July. Please choose your preferred date on the registration form, or choose the option that’s says you are available for either date. This will allow us to balance the number of delegates at each workshop, or indeed see if we only need to run one event.

Webinar series on INSPIRE themes implementation in NMCAs: Administrative units
2021-07-08 10:00 - 12:00
In 2020 the final milestone in the INSPIRE implementation roadmap was been reached. All datasets for all INSPIRE themes should be implemented now. A look at the INSPIRE Geoportal to a large extend confirms this. There are plenty of datasets available, many of which are shared via view and download network services. Therefore, it is a perfect moment to sum up the INSPIRE implementation process and also share some NMCAs experiences of how they have practically implemented the directive.
The webinars will be divided by INSPIRE themes –each webinar will focus on one theme starting from Annex I themes in the following order: Addresses, Administrative units, Cadastral parcels, Geographical names, Transport networks and Hydrography.
This webinar will focus on the implementation of the INSPIRE Administrative units.

Publication workflows of the Belgian INSPIRE administrative units, Benoît Fricheteau, FPS Finance
INSPIRE implementation: Example of DLM250 – Administrative Units, Krystallo Grammenou, BKG Germany
Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Hidrográfico – Hydrographic Information for society, Paulo Nunes, Hydrographic Institute of Portugal

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Technical producers webinar - ERM Validation Tool
2021-07-14 14:00 - 15:00
The Quality Management team from Kadaster NL invited all technical producers to a webinar to share and update on the ERM Validator tool.
You can find the presentation given at the webinar here.
A recording of the webinar can be found here.

14th EFGS Conference
2021-09-07 10:00 - 2021-09-08 17:00
The 14th European Forum for Geography and Statistics EFGS Conference will be held on 07-08 September 2021 as a virtual event.
The motto of the conference will be “Unlocking value from data!”
The conference will be organized jointly by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) and the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) Germany with support from EFGS and Eurostat.
More information will follow soon.

Cambridge Conference in Conversation: Applying Geospatial Information to Climate Challenges
2021-09-15
Cambridge Conference in Conversation is a preliminary virtual event of the Cambridge Conference 2022. It is aligned with the four goals established for COP26, the UN’s annual summit on climate change in November 2021:
1. Secure global net zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach
2. Adapt to protect communities and natural wildlife
3. Mobilise finance
4. Work together to deliver
We’ll discuss the contribution national mapping and geospatial agencies can make to global climate action, including the COP26 agenda. The output from this will be a statement paper that all NMGAs can use in their preparatory dialogue with their national governments to help solve climate challenges.
We’ll be offering two sessions to suit different time zones; eastern hemisphere: 07:00 to 11:00 UTC or western hemisphere: 14.00 to 18.00 UTC.
Please contact cambridgeconference@os.uk if you have any questions regarding the events.

EuroGeographics Workshop - Supporting the EEA with Copernicus In situ data
2021-09-16 10:00 - 12:30
As part of our continuing programme of work with the EEA, we would like to invite you to a workshop to discuss the new proposed Framework Agreement between EuroGeographics and it’s members to enable access to data for the Copernicus Services. This workshop will include a presentation from the EEA and a discussion on the proposed new licensing structure.

Introduction and welcome,EuroGeographics
Mission of the EEA, Henrik Steen Andersen, EEA
Update on activity and presentation of proposed framework structure, EuroGeographics
Panel and Q&A session via slido

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Workshop - Welcome to Open Maps for Europe!
2021-09-30 10:30 - 11:30
Join us for our Thursday webinar to find out more about the Open Maps for Europe gateway which has just been launched. Many of you have provided data to our pan European datasets which are now available free and are easily accessible. Get an update on the project and hear about how you can help promote the new gateway and your organisations involvement in the project. We will also give a live demonstration of the gateway. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end.
Agenda:

Welcome
Open Maps for Europe update
Live Demo
How can you support the promotion of Open Maps for Europe
Q&A via slido

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Webinar series on INSPIRE themes implementation in NMCAs: Cadastral Parcels
2021-10-07 10:00 - 11:30
In 2020 the final milestone in the INSPIRE implementation roadmap was been reached. All datasets for all INSPIRE themes should be implemented now. A look at the INSPIRE Geoportal to a large extend confirms this. There are plenty of datasets available, many of which are shared via view and download network services. Therefore, it is a perfect moment to sum up the INSPIRE implementation process and also share some NMCAs experiences of how they have practically implemented the directive.
The webinars will be divided by INSPIRE themes –each webinar will focus on one theme starting from Annex I themes in the following order: Addresses, Administrative units, Cadastral parcels, Geographical names, Transport networks and Hydrography.
This webinar focused on the implementation of the INSPIRE Cadastral Parcels. Find the presentations below:

“GIS-Centras” “INSPIRE datasets in Lithuania: a story of implementation”, Juliana Karčiauskienė, SE
“Cadastral Parcels implementation experience in Slovakian NMCA”, Kinga Dombiová, GCCA Slovakia
“Complexities of delivering INSPIRE data from semi structured datasets”, Alan Howie, Registers of Scotland

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Geospatial Information for Digital Transformation
2021-10-27 - 2021-10-29 | Online
During past 20 years, the Norwegian Mapping Authority has been implementing capacity development projects in Eastern Europe, West Balkans, Central Asia, and other regions. This capacity development has focused on the establishment of national spatial data infrastructures, delivery of core geospatial datasets, building-up technical and professional capacity, contributing to economic growth and supporting the Sustainable Development Goals.
Every year since 2016, regional conferences took place in one of the beneficiary countries. Due to the pandemic, the event in Kyrgyzstan in 2020 was cancelled.
This year, the regional conference will be held over three days in a hybrid form, and it will be focused on the importance of geospatial information in the digital transformation.

On 27 October, Léa Bodossian, Secretary General and Executive Director, EuroGeographics is delighted to be speaking on: Enabling Digital Government through Geospatial Data and Location Intelligence: What needs to be done with information management in accession countries?

QKEN Autumn Virtual 2021 Plenary Meeting
2021-11-03 10:00 - 2021-11-04 13:00
The QKEN Autumn 2021 Plenary meeting will be held virtually as three two-and-half-hour sessions on the 3 – 4 November.
The first and second sessions held in the morning and afternoon of the 3 November will be the virtual plenary meeting of the QKEN. The third session on the morning of the 4 November will feature a number of presentations on quality issues and will be part of the EuroGeographics Series of Thursday Webinars.
A copy of the agenda can be found here.

EGHO News
Carol Agius

National Reports
Tamás Palya

Improving addresses in SGDC data
Javier Luque

How to assess and communicate changes in data quality
Jocelyne Marc

Data Governance
Jonathan Holmes

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Joint PCC - EuroGeographics CLR KEN conference and plenary
2021-11-10 09:00 - 2021-11-11 14:30
Joint PCC and EuroGeographics Cadastre and Land Registry KEN conference and plenary under the Presidency of Slovenia will be held as a virtual event.
Main topic of the conference will be ‘Role of National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities in Resilience and Recovery program’.
Find more information about the Presidency of Slovenia represented by the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia in the letter of the General Director Mr. Tomaž Petek on the PCC website.
The final agenda is available here.
Find here the Summary of the Questionnaire that was carried out for the preparation of the PCC Conference jointly organized with the CLRKEN of EuroGeographics on ‘Role of National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities in Resilience and Recovery program’.
Record Day 1 part 1 , part 2
Record Day 2
Presentations of the conference:
Day 1

No.
Title
Presenter/Biographical note
Size [MB]

1
Digital dimension of the Recovery and Resilience Program and relevant results from ELISE
Francesco Pignatelli and Peter Ulrich
2.4

2
The technical Process RPCU
Franck Guillaume and Martine Caussanel
2.75

3
Real Property Register – a crucial component!
Magdalena Andersson, Gunnar Ersbo
0.3

4
Results of the Questionnaire
Daniel Steudler
0.5

5
Informatisation in the field of geodesy and cartography on the example of GUGiK activity during Covid-19
Ewa Surma
5.0

6
Becoming Green, Digital, and Resilient – Implementing the NLS Strategy
Pekka Halme
0.5

7
Digital Transformation of Environment and Space
Mateja Urbančič,
0.7

8
Renovation of real estate records of the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia
Ema Pogorelčnik
1.0

9
Methodology used in the positional improvement of graphic data of the land cadastre
Marjan Čeh
3.0

Day 2

No.
Title
Presenter
Size [MB]

10
UNECE Working Party on Land Administration – recent and planned activities
Fredrik Zetterquist
1.9

11
ELRA and Land Registries during and after the Pandemic
Jan Moerkerke
0.6

12
UNGGIM Europe activities for digital geospatial data ecosystem
Carol Agius
1

13
EuroGeographics updates
Patricia Sokacova
1.9

14
Use of cadastral data for monitoring and recovering from the Volcano catastrophe in La Palma
Fernando Serrano
2.9

15
Changes in the National Cadastral Information System (SNIC) and actions supported by Resilience and Recovery Program
Paulo Torrinha
1.65

Technical Meeting of the EuroGeographics Data Producers 2021
2021-11-16 12:00 - 2021-11-17 13:00
The 2021 Technical Meeting of EuroGeographics Data Producers was hosted by our member the National Geographic Institute, Belgium at the Ecole Royale Militaire, Rue Hobbema 8, 1000 Bruxelles.
This meeting aimed to brief you on the production for 2022 for EBM, ERM and EGM.
Please find the agenda here.
Please find below the presentations from the meeting:

No
Title
Presenter

1.
Production: EuroBoundaryMap and EuroRegionalMap

Alexander Reichelt, Krystallo Grammenou (BKG)

2.

EuroGlobalMap

Vincent Beauce (IGN‑F)

3.

Reviewing EuroGlobalMap data

Noémie Gremeaux (IGN‑F)

4.

Technical issues concerning EBM and ERM (including PMS)

Alexander Reichelt, Krystallo Grammenou (BKG)

5.

Open Maps for Europe update

Angela Baker (EG)

6.

Open Maps for Europe – technical architecture

Fiona Hemsley-Flint (Idox)

7.

Open Maps for Europe – data

Fiona Hemsley-Flint (Idox)

8.
Reporting on Breakout Sessions Group 1 – A, B & E

Vincent Beauce (IGN-F)

9.
Reporting on Breakout Session Group 2 – C & D

Sigitas Rušinskas (GIS Centras), Andreas Pammer (BEV)

10.
Tactile Mapping project using ERM Link to recording

Daan Rijnberk (Kadaster NL)

11.
Facilitated session on Production
Angela Baker (EG)

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Angela Baker.

PolKEN & INSPIRE KEN joint webinar
2021-11-18 10:30 - 13:00
“INSPIRE beyond 2020”
Two of our KENs, the POLKEN which gathers and shares information relating to European and global policy, and INSPIRE KEN which main role is to help our members to implement INSPIRE directive have discussed on a topic of shared interest – INSPIRE beyond 2020.
You may wish to know more information of the roles of these two KENs or how to join them. Please see the presentation on the Role of POLKEN by Lea Bodossian and Role of the INSPIRE KEN by Marcin Grudzień.
This was an excellent opportunity to share information on the recent developments from both viewpoints. As you know, INSPIRE directive is on its way for being reviewed and we want to provide a strong contribution for EuroGeographics, a contribution based on the expert knowledge of our members. This forum was the best start for that.
Agenda is available here and presentations from the event in the table below.
Record

Marjana Zelic, EuroGeographics

European strategy for data – state of play

Nathalie Delattre, NGI Belgium

Need driven data prioritisation

Jordi Escriu, JRC
INSPIRE is evolving towards the Green Deal data space and update on INSPIRE central components

Nathalie Delattre, NGI Belgium

INSPIRE latest news and activities

Webinar Series - Getting to know EAASI
2021-11-25 10:30 - 11:30
This webinar will provide information about the European Association of Aerial Surveying Industries (EAASI). The Association’s published goals include promoting the benefits of aerial surveying, improving awareness of aerial survey data within fields such as digitalisation, information systems and virtual reality and defining, maintaining and promoting best practice within the aerial surveying industry. EAASI is an incorporated association without profitable goal registered in Brussels, Belgium.

Getting to know EAASI, Marcos Martine, Secretary General EAASI

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)

Webinar series – Special Festive Edition
2021-12-09 10:30 - 11:30
This webinar is part of our webinar series. This week’s is a special seasonal edition. Join the EuroGeographics Head Office Team in revisiting your Association’s highlights and successes of 2021.

Introduction and welcome, Léa Bodossian, SD&ED
EuroGeographics highlights of the year, EGHO Team
Quiz, questions and member engagement via Slido.com

Webinar recording (opens in YouTube)
