Guatemala - Expert Mission (2011)

In recent years Guatemala has been impacted by disasters of various kinds including volcanic eruptions, floods and droughts. In November 2010, UN-SPIDER conducted a Technical Advisory Mission (TAM) to Guatemala at the request of the Planning and Programming Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (SEGEPLAN). As a follow-up to the TAM, an expert mission was conducted in November 2011 to support the institutionalization of a technical group focusing on remote sensing applications for disaster risk reduction and emergency response.

31/10/2011 - 06/11/2011
Drought, Earthquake, Fire, Flood, Mass Movement, Volcano
SEGEPLAN

The mission included visits to SEGEPLAN, to the National Geographic Institute (IGN), to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). The mission was lead by Mr. Juan Carlos Villagran de Leon, UN-SPIDER.