WHERE AS, geospatial information is a critical input required to ensure the continuance of the fast and sustainable development of Ethiopia;

WHERE AS, it is found necessary to supervise the methodology and regulate the standard and quality of collecting geospatial information using aerial photographing, surveying, mapping and remote sensing, and disseminating such information to the users economically;

WHERE AS, a central archive of aerial photograph, survey data, maps, remote sensing data and related geospatial information, and results of such activities has paramount importance to use the data nationally in a coordinated and integrated manner;

WHERE AS, to implement these objectives it is found necessary to establish a Federal executing organ vested with the necessary powers and responsibilities;

NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows.