A workshop on “Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Decision-Making Tool” was arranged by National Institute of Management Lahore on Thursday, 05^th September, 2024 with Dr. Urooj Saeed, Senior Specialist GIS, Urban Unit as the guest speaker for the participants of 41^st MCMC

The honourable 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.