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NGCC-National GIS Coordination CommitteeThe National GIS Coordination Committee(NGCC) was established in November 2002 and is responsible for the development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure(NSDI) for Botswana. The mission of the NGCC is to support the development, implementation and maintenance of the SDI. It is the forum for discussions for agreements on policies and strategies concerning geographic data and information The NSDI is developed to have coordination between all GIS stakeholders (producers and users) and to have standardised ways of managing geographic information in order to increase exchange and sharing of data and decrease dubble efforts in production. NGCC consist of organisations from the Government, Para-Statals and Academia. The NGCC has agreed on a Vision: ------------------------------------------------------------------ "We will have a fully-fledged National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Botswana. It will be easy to find, access and integrate geographic data from different sources in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness of governance and provide new business opportunities." ------------------------------------------------------------------ Terms of Reference for the NGCC can be found here. The member organisations are (May 2004): Department of Information Technology Departmenet of Water Affairs Botswana Power Corporation Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Water Utilities Corporation Department of Meteorological Services Department of Mines University of Botswana Ghanzi Land Board Department of Surveys and Mapping Department of Crop Production and Forestry Department of Lands Central Statistics Office Department of Roads Department of Town & Regional Planning Ministry of Local Government Department of Waste Management and Pollution Control Department of Geological Surveys Department of Wildlife and National Parks Apart from these organisations, there are some other organisations involved in the Working Groups |
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