The thirty-fourth session of the Spatial Data of the Federation of BiH Council (SDI FBiH Council) was held in the premises of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs on February 22, 2023. The members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.

The thirty-third session of the Spatial Data of the Federation of BiH Council (SDI FBiH Council) was held in the premises of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs on December 20, 2022. The members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.In relation to the previous session of the Council, on December 15, 2022 at the 342^nd session, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed a new member of the Council in behalf of the Federal Ministry of Justice.

On 17^th of November, 2022 the thirty-second session of the SDI FBH Council was held within the conference “3rd Days of Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The thirtieth session of the Spatial Data of the Federation of BiH Council (SDI FBiH Council) was held in the premises of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs on August 30, 2022. The members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.

The twenty-ninth session of the Spatial Data of the Federation of BiH Council (SDI FBiH Council) was held in the premises of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs on June 21, 2022. The members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.

The twenty-eighth session of the Spatial Data of the Federation of BiH Council (SDI FBiH Council) was held in the premises of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs on April 19, 2022. The members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.

The twenty-seventh session of the Spatial Data of the Federation of BiH Council (SDI FBiH Council) was held in the premises of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs on February 23, 2022. The members of the Council participated in the session in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.

Twenty- sixth session of the Federation of BiH Spatial Data Infrastructure was held in premises of the Federal Geodetic Administration on 20 December 2021. Council members from competent institutions in accordance with the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Decision attended the session.

Twenty- fifth session of the Federation of BiH Spatial Data Infrastructure was held in premises of the Federal Geodetic Administration on 17 November 2021. This was the first constituent session with the new council convocation, in accordance with the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decision from 3 November 2021.

Twenty-fourth session of the Federation of BiH Spatial Data council was held on 7 July 2021. Council members from competent institutions in accordance with the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decision attended the session.

Twenty-third session of the Federation of BiH Spatial Data council was held via electronic communication channels on 23 February 2021. Council members from competent institutions in accordance with the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina decision attended the session.

The twenty-second session of the Council for Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Federation of BiH was held through electronic communication channels on December 14, 2020. years. Members of the Council of Competent Institutions participated in the session in accordance with the decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH.

The twenty-first session of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Spatial Data Council was held via electronic communication channels on 30 November 2020.

The twentieth session of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Spatial Data Council was held via electronic communication channels on 29 October 2020.

On June 2, 2023 a workshop was held in Mostar with stakeholders of spatial data infrastructure (SDI) within the Work Plan for the establishment, maintenance and development of spatial data infrastructure in 2023.

Geospatial World Forum (GWF) has become a not-to-be-missed conference for the professionals engaged in geospatial and allied sectors. It is a collaborative and interactive platform that demonstrates the collective and shared vision of the global geospatial community. GWF is an annual gathering of geospatial professionals and leaders representing the entire ecosystem of public policies, national mapping agencies, private sector enterprises, multilateral and development organizations, scientific and academic institutions, and large end-users from government businesses and citizen services. 

The conference “3rd Spatial Data Infrastructure Days of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina” was held in Neum on November 17 and 18, 2022, in the organization of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs, the coordinating body of the Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

During the Eurogeographics General Assembly held in Sarajevo on 15-17 May 2022, it was also held a Management Board election. We are extremely honored that Mr. Denis Tabučić, Assistant Director of the Federal Geodetic Administration will represent the interests of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the region within the Management Board of EuroGeographics in the next two years.

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 State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia organized the conference “Day of SDI 2021” which was held on October 20, 2021 in Rovinj, Republic of Croatia. This year’s conference covered current topics in the field of spatial data infrastructure, and lectures divided into two sessions.

The 14th INSPIRE Conference 2021 entitled “Towards a Common European Green Deal data space for environment and sustainability” will be held from 25 to 29 October 2021 as an online conference. The main topic of the INSPIRE conference 2021 is the adaptation and usability of the INSPIRE for the purpose of achieving the EU common data space with green open data and the European Green Deal.

Applications will be open from September 15, 2021, and you can find out more about the conference at the web site of the Conference.

As part of the projects implementing during 2021, the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs has planned trainings related to capacity building in the field of spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and inclusion of as many entities and spatial data as possible in the SDI web applications in FBiH. Trainings are provided through the Dutch Spatial II project.

Education held on 19.05.2021. and 20.05.2021 covered the following topics: 

• Introduction to the concept of SDI
• Presentation by the FGU of the current situation
• SDI implementation in the Netherlands
• Metadata standards for geographic information:
• Demonstration of the Dutch Metadata Catalog and PDOK
• Analysis of existing metadata implemented by FGU
• Metadata quality assurance and innovation.

All SDI subjects participated in the training, and the next training in the field of spatial data infrastructure is planned for 09.06.2021. and 10.06.2021. on the topic of data harmonization.

The Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs had three agenda items related to the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Federation of BiH on 249^th regular session of the FBiH Government on 28 December 2020. The session’s members discussed the Proposal on the new convocation of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Council, the Work report for 2020 and information on publication of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of FBiH web viewer. The viewer can currently view 12 available data sets whose structure is harmonized according to the INSPIRE directive requirements.

Director of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs Mr. Zeljko Obradovic and Assistant Director Mr. Denis Tabucic were held online meeting with new Secretary General and Executive Director of Eurogeographics Ms. Léa Bodossian.

With its conclusion from the 20th session, the FBiH SDI Council invites institutions of all levels of government in FBiH, which are in charge of spatial data prescribed by the Regulation, to harmonize their own data in order to make them an integral part of FBiH SDI. In that sense, and in accordance with the Regulation on SDI FBiH, it is necessary for institutions to harmonize and prepare data and metadata within their competence in accordance with INSPIRE standards.