UN-SPIDER Carried Out a Technical Advisory Mission to Paraguay
UN-SPIDER carried out a technical advisory mission to Paraguay, enhancing capacities to generate relevant space-based information in a timely manner, and promoting the use of space-based information and technologies in disaster management applications
UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices Meeting 2022
Regional Support Offices Meeting 2022 was conducted and organised by UN-SPIDER at the premises of the VIC in Vienna
UN-SPIDER Conducted a Technical Advisory Missions to the Philippines
From 26 to 30 September 2022, a UN-SPIDER expert team visited the Philippines to support organizations in strengthening their work related to Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response by effective use of space-based information.
NASRDA, UN-SPIDER and ZFL Organize an Interinstitutional Workshop in Nigeria
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), UN-SPIDER and the Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) of the University of Bonn organized a 3-day interinstitutional workshop to improve disaster preparedness in case of very large floods in Nigeria
United Nations Workshop on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its UN-SPIDER programme, and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will hold a workshop in Bangkok, Thailand from 7 to 9 December 2022
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