A workshop on “Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Decision-Making Tool” was arranged by National Institute of Public Administration Lahore on Tuesday, 29th April, 2025 for the participants of 43^rd MCMC with Dr. Urooj Saeed, a Senior GIS Specialist, Urban Unit as the guest speaker.

The honorable guest speaker dilated upon the basic concepts of Geographic Information System and types of GIS data to build the understanding of the participants. She highlighted as to how GIS can be employed in our policy planning for data collection and decision making. She elaborated upon how GIS is being used by different government departments for decision making. She shed light on the use of GIS tools and techniques in parcel level information, population demography, protected area management, health & education sectors’ management, land acquisition & land record management, industrial planning, development planning, encroachments identification, disbursement of flood relief funds, floods management, agricultural and environmental sectors.

The speaker emphasized that the modern tools like GIS must be integrated in our decision making for improving efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery.