Eurogeographics General Assembly 2022

The Eurogeographics General Assembly 2022 is one of the most important events in the geospatial information field and this year’s Assembly was held in Sarajevo on 15-17 May 2022. The organization of the Assembly was assigned to Bosnia and Herzegovina at the proposal of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs, which is a full member for many years.

The Eurogeographics General Assembly 2022 was opened by Mr. Colin Bray, President. Mr. Zeljko Obradovic, FGA Director presented condition and challenges of the land administration sector in Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina referring to the importance of data accuracy and need for a quality structure of land administration. During the Assembly’s opening session Mr. Fadil Novalic, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina addressed all attendees and stressed out the importance of arranging and managing the spatial data, of the international experts and the association leadership. He also pointed out the importance of preparation and adoption of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Law of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina prepared by the FBiH competent institutions led by the FBiH Government and Federal Geodetic Administration and SDI Strategy adopted by the FBiH Government.

Mrs. Ankica Gudeljevic, Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina also held an introductory speech and stressed out that all decisions, even the most difficult ones, are much easier to make on the quality and representative basis and that is extremely important that Bosnia and Herzegovina participates in sharing experiences as well in lessons learned in the field of geospatial information. At the end of the opening session Mrs. Lea Bodossian, Executive Director of Eurogeographics also addressed the audience and presented the Agenda.

Eurogeographics is an unique association of the equal public organizations active in geospatial information managing from all over the Europe ( European geodetic administrations for mapping and cadastre). It enables the exchange of experiences, best practice and learned lessons, as well as network of collaboration in which the individual attitudes are reinforced as a collective voice.

EuroGeographics provides a network that enables constructive, collaborative dialogue between its members, and between members and interested international stakeholders, in order to overcome technical and institutional barriers that prevent the widespread use of public geospatial data. The Eurogeographics strength lies in its large membership and the association represents 90% of the official bodies responsible for geodetic, topographic, cadastral affairs and land registration in geographical Europe. It currently brings together 66 cadastral and cartographic agencies from 44 states and its role is to help in the implementation of EU policy programs for both, its members and EU participants.

The Elections for the Management Board was also held within this year's General Assembly. In addition to the representatives of Denmark, Spain and Ireland, it was also elected representative of BiH, Mr. Denis Tabucic, Assistant Director FGA.