Visit at the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Town and Country Planning

Francois Salgé, one of the founder of EUROGI in his office in the Grand Arche. Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2oo8
Upon arrival in the French capital, an appointment was agreed with Mr. Francois Salgé, member of the ExCom of EUROGI and management board member of AFIGEO, the French sister society of HUNAGI. Mr. Salgé is member of the Interministerial Committee on Geoinformation called CNIG which keeps liasions with the stakeholders in France. CNIG has a role also in the implementation of INSPIRE in France. The talks covered the IYPE Global Launch Event which will start tomorrow here, the connection of the French INSPIRE Committee and CNIG/AFIGEO, recent institutional changes and some policy actions in geoinformation.
Useful websites to visit includes
http://www.cnig.gouv.fr
http:/inspire.brgm.fr