EFGS 2026 Conference
30 September – 2 October 2026
Brussels, Belgium
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Urban Data Platform online
The new Urban Data Platform, developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in close co-operation with DG Regional and Urban Policy, is now online: http://urban.jrc.ec.europa.eu This tool allows the interactive discovery - via maps and graphs - of...
EFGS 2016 Conference Program
The local EFGS team would like to inform, that the first version of conference proram is now available: EFGS2016 Conference program as of 12.10.2016.
The Sixth Session of the UN-GGIM
The Sixth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) was held from 1-5 August 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Preceeded by a number of related side events from 1-2 August 2016, the...
CESS 2016 – Conference of European Statistics Stakeholders
Eurostat, the European Central Bank, the European Statistical Advisory Committee, the Federation of European National Statistical Societies and the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, with the involvement of the Hungarian Statistical Association, are organising the...
Lars H. Backer Prize 2016
The Lars H. Backer prize in memoriam of Lars H. Backer will be awarded for major contributions to the development of a geospatial foundation for official statistics or for significantly improving the relevance of geospatial statistics for evidenced-based decision...
On 25-26 April the 3rd meeting of the United Nations Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (UN EG-ISGI) was held at OECD premises in Paris, France. The meeting aimed to: review the outcomes of the members' consultation on the...


