Hungarian UNESCO Committee counts on collaboration with HUNAGI

The building hosting the Secretariat of the Hungarian UNESCO Committee . Image: (c) HUNAGI Visuals Resource, 2006

GIS as enabling technology to achieve UNESCO goals
Initiated by Secretary General Peter Gresiczki of the Hungarian UNESCO Committee, a talk with HUNAGI representative was arranged on August 18 in order to exchange views on the potentials of GI and related technologies in the field of information society, one of the five dedicated activity areas of UNESCO. HUNAGI will assist to formulate a theme paper introducing this enabing technology emphasizing its applicability in the "Information for All" context.

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Keywords: data accessibility, spatial data infrastructure, Earth observation, satellite positioning and navigation, dissemination of knowledge, awareness raising and multilevel learning