UN-SPIDER News
- Fifth International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop
- 3rd Annual RSO Meeting conducted in Vienna
- UN-SPIDER to carry out a Technical Advisory Mission to Tonga (20 – 26 March 2012)
- Karoly Robert University of Hungary joins UN-SPIDER as an RSO
- UN-SPIDER supports the Third Workshop on Space Technology Applications in Disaster-Risk Reduction and Emergency Response
- VALID project update: Substantial scientific support.
- European Seminar on Disaster Risk Management in Berlin.
- UN-SPIDER participation in “Expert Group Meeting on Geo-reference Disaster Risk Management System in Asia-Pacific Region”, Bangkok, Thailand.
RSO News
- Algeria inaugurated the Centre of Satellite Development (CDS)
- ADRC conducted Training for Government Officials in Charge of DRM in Indonesia
- RCMRD conducted “Workshop on Disaster Rapid mapping and International Charter Operations”
- Iranian Space Agency, successfully launched the Navid-e-Elm and San'at (promise of Science and Technology) Satellite on February 3, 2012
Community News
- Secure World Foundation organizes a Round Table on “the Future of GMES”
- A new generation of meteorological satellites
- Advanced Tool for Weather Forecasting Turned On Aboard NPP
- SMOS water mission turns hurricane hunter
- GMES: e-GEOS wins contracts from the European Commission to provide satellite data and maps for emergency management
- Princeton system tracks drought to aid disaster relief
- Esri and GeoEye Developing Global Crisis Response Service
- Timely Upgrade of Weather Information Systems
- Earth Observation and Tsunami Warning System Seen as Critical to Revitalizing Japan
- Romantis Provides Turnkey Satellite Telemedicine Network to All-Russian Center for Disaster Medicine
- ISRO sets ball rolling for Indian ‘GPS' / navigation system
- SAFER is activated for Bulgaria and Algeria
- The International Charter is activated for Algeria and Peru
- Sentinel Asia is Activated for Philippines
Upcoming UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities
- UN-SPIDER supports disaster management officials from member states to attend one month training programme on “Application of space technology for disaster risk reduction’
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