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New Secretary General at
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
April 2014
![](http://bbjd.fig.net/unggimgs/images/members/iscgm.jpg) After seven years in the position of Secretary General of International
Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM), Yoshikazu Fukushima
steps down since he is retiring from the public service at the Geospatial
Information Authority of Japan (GSI). During these seven years the
number of the countries which participate in the project has increased from
172 countries/regions to 183 countries/regions, and the number of the
countries whose data were released from 30 countries to 118
countries/regions. These increases have been achieved through many
institutional cooperation and endeavors.
At the Global Map Forum in Tokyo, ISCGM declared that they completed the
global data coverage in 2008. Furthermore, they could have strengthened
coordination with various organizations and initiatives, such as
strengthening coordination with spatial data infrastructures initiatives,
acquiring a consultative status of the United Nations, strong relationship
with GEO and ISO/TC211, and more formal and strong relationship with UNGGIM
and its working group.
Mr Yoshikazu Fukushima says: "I have been very happy
having opportunities to work with all three brilliant chairs of ISCGM
including the time when I was a secretariat more than ten years ago. In
2012, achievement of global map was noted in “The Future We Want” at Rio+20
again with a new term of importance of reliable geospatial information."
This endeavor will be entrusted to his successor, Mr. Toru Nagayama,
new Secretary General appointed by Dr. Paul Cheung, Chair of ISCGM,
for the coming years.
ISCGM is member of JBGIS - Joint Board of
Geospatial Information Societies.
11 April 2014
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