Symposia Local Governance A data grid approach to sharing address data from municipalities Serena Coetzee,     Judith Bishop Lecturer Department of Computer Science University of Pretoria South Africa GIS based Solid waste Information Systems for Municipal management in Ibadan City Fabiyi Oluseyi .O Lecturer Department of Geography University of Ibadan. Nigeria Municipal Demarcation Board Fazel Head of GIS/IT Municipal Demarcation Board South Africa Improved GIS location quality and business processes for Voting Stations Operations James Deputy Manager GIS Election Commission South Africa The Smart GIS for Local Government Morena Letsosa Director - GEO-INFORMATICS Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality South Africa Participation of African Countries at United Nations Group of Experts on Standardisation of Geographical Names Trueman Kubheka Head of the South African Geographical Names Unit Department of Arts and Culture South Africa