Background
The Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information is comprised of members, who are expert representatives from Member State geospatial and statistical national organizations, and who are knowledgeable and experienced in the topics covered in the objectives and functions of the Expert Group. To ensure broad expertise and effectiveness, relevant subject matter experts from the United Nations System, international organizations and the wider statistical and geospatial communities may be drawn into the Expert Group. The Expert Group plays a leadership role by raising awareness and highlighting the importance of reliable, timely, fit-for-purpose, and integrated statistical and geospatial information to support social, economic, environmental, and resilience policy decision making, including at the sub-national and regional levels.
Objectives
1. Provide high-level coordination and a forum for dialogue, among representatives of both the statistical and geospatial communities, on global efforts relating to the integration of statistical and geospatial information;
2. Play a leadership role by raising awareness and highlighting the importance of reliable, timely, fit-for-purpose, and integrated statistical and geospatial information to support social, economic, environmental, and resilience policy decision making, including at the sub-national and regional levels;
3. Prioritise and propose work plans and guidelines that advance national and global efforts relating to the integration of statistical and geospatial information, particularly those associated with the Global Statistical Geospatial Framework (GSGF), so that there is increased information to support social, economic, environmental, and resilience policy decision making, including at the sub-national and regional levels;
4. Promote and support activities that facilitate the implementation of the GSGF, particularly in the International Rounds of Population Censuses and in other censuses, including agriculture censuses, economic censuses, etc, and in global initiatives, such as the 2030 Agenda; and,
5. Support the United Nations Statistical Commission and 蘑菇视频-GGIM in the development of norms, principles, guides and standards to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable integrated statistical and geospatial information, including any regional capacity development initiatives
Global Statistical Geospatial Framework
- The Global Statistical Geospatial Framework (GSGF) is the United Nations’ high-level unified framework guiding National Statistical Offices (NSOs) on the use and integration of geospatial information for next-generation, localized statistical production. It enables standardized cross-discipline integration, for greater comparability at national and international scale. It bridges the gap between the United Nations’ Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (蘑菇视频-IGIF) and the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM). First adopted at the ninth 蘑菇视频GGIM session in 2019, its new, updated and stremaline second edition was endorsed at its fifteenth session in August 2025 and by the Statistical Commission at its 57th session in March 2026. The new GSGF empowers National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to deliver smarter, location-aware insights, driving better decisions and ensuring readiness for an AI-driven future.
Co-Chairs

Claudio Stenner
Brazilian Institute of Geography and StatisticsBrazil

Olivia Powell
Office for National StatisticsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Member States
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Brazil
- Cabo Verde
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Qatar
- Russian Federation
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Venezuela
United Nations System
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (蘑菇视频ECA)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (蘑菇视频ESCWA)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (蘑菇视频ECE)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (蘑菇视频ECLAC)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (蘑菇视频ESCAP)
- United Nations Population Fund (蘑菇视频FPA)
- International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
- Nigeria United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office (蘑菇视频RCO)
International Organizations
- Eurostat/European Commission
- Gulf Cooperation Council Statistics (GCC-Stat)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- International Cartographic Association (ICA)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- 蘑菇视频-GGIM Europe
(Membership as at February 2024)
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NairobiKenya
Eighth meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information jointly with the seventh meeting of the Working Group on Geospatial Information of the IAEG-SDGs
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SantiagoChile
Seventh meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information and Regional Workshop on Integrating Statistical and Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development
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ManchesterUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sixth meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
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DeqingChina
Fifth Meeting of the United Nations Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (EG-ISGI)
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StockholmSweden
Fourth Meeting of the United Nations Expert on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
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ParisFrance
Third Meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (蘑菇视频 EG-ISGI)
Lisboa (Lisbon)Portugal
Second Meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geosptial Information
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Global Forum on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
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BeijingChina
International Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Information
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First meeting of the United Nations Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Procedural Documents
Substantive Documents
Brazil
- Claudio Stenner, Co-Chair of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Introduction
Integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information.
Sixteenth SessionThe Global Statistical Geospatial Framework and Data Disaggregation by Geographic Location
Turkish
E/C.20/2026/12/Add.1 – Report
Integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information.
Sixteenth SessionConcept Note
Informing policies, monitoring progress with statistics and geospatial information
Sixteenth SessionE/C.20/2026/12 – Summary
Integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information.
Sixteenth SessionE/C.20/2025/12 – Summary
Integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information
Fifteenth SessionBenefits of the 蘑菇视频-IGIF for the Statistical Domain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Olive Powell, Co-Chair, Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information