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Guyana team participates in surveying and spatial Professionals Week in Vietnam
Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Mr. Trevor Benn, is currently leading a deleg
At centre is Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Trevor Benn, and team members; Veit Mendonca, Senior Land Administration Officer; and Mr. Joel Trotman, Land Use Planner
ation to the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working week conference in Hanoi, Vietnam.
FIG Working Week is a conference that brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to discuss key challenges within the surveying profession.
During a presentation to the delegates of the conference, Mr. Benn used the opportunity to highlight efforts that Guyana is making to modernize its National Spatial Data Infrastructure, (NSDI) in support of National growth. The NSDI is a digital and open-data geospatial information system, which facilitates communications among different sectors and enhances decision-making processes.
The Lands and Surveys Commission has worked in tandem with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to bring an NSDI action plan into fruition.
Mr. Benn told the conference that he was extremely pleased with the development of the action plan. This action plan, he reminded, sets out the priorities for improving the cooperation in data and information management.
Explaining why NSDI is critical and much needed in Guyana, Mr. Benn told the delegates, “The NSDI helps different sectors to combine their information and database to create one map, so that all sectors can make decisions together.”
He added, “It will enable the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission to interact better with other agencies and have better information to support farmers, the agriculture sector, the Guyana Police Force and all other critical agencies.”
Only last week the Commission informed a number of local stakeholders on progress made on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Action Plan for Guyana.
While in Vietnam, Commissioner Benn also met with the Chairman of the Vietnam Natural Resources and Environment Corporation, Mr. Le Xuan Dung, at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Vietnam to discuss areas of cooperation for Guyana’s successful implementation of NSDI.
Accompanying the Commissioner are Mr. Veit Mendonca, Senior Land Administration Officer; and Mr. Joel Trotman, Land Use Planner. The conference which was officially declared open on April 22 ended on Friday.
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