What is UN-SPIDER?

About UN-SPIDER

In its resolution 61/110 of 14 December 2006 the United Nations General Assembly agreed to establish the "United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response - UN-SPIDER" as a new United Nations programme, with the following mission statement: "Ensure that all countries and international and regional organizations have access to and develop the capacity to use all types of space-based information to support the full disaster management cycle".

A number of initiatives in recent years have contributed in making space technologies available for humanitarian aid and emergency response. Yet, UN-SPIDER is the first to focus on the need to ensure access to and use of such technologies during all phases of the disaster management cycle, including the risk reduction phase which is crucial for reducing the losses of lives and property.

 

 

The UN-SPIDER programme is achieving this by focusing on being a gateway to space information for disaster management support, by serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management, risk management and space communities and by being a facilitator of capacity-building and institutional strengthening, in particular for developing countries. UN-SPIDER is being implemented as an open network of providers of space-based solutions to support disaster management activities. Besides Vienna (where UNOOSA is located), the programme also has an office in Bonn, Germany as well as an office in Beijing, China.

Financial and in-kind support, in the case of Vienna, is provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

The Bonn Office benefits from the financial and in-kind support provided by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the German Aerospace Center.

The Beijing Office benefits from the financial and in-kind support provided by the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) of the People’s Republic of China.

Please find below a list of relevant official documents. Reports in all six official UN languages are also available on the UNOOSA website.

Relevant Official Documents

Background Documents

 
General Assembly Resolution 61/110 establishing UN-SPIDER English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report of the United Nations Secretary General 105/893 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي

Workplans

 
UN-SPIDER Workplan 2016-2017 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
UN-SPIDER Workplan 2014-2015 English          
UN-SPIDER Workplan 2012-2013 English          
UN-SPIDER Workplan 2010-2011 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي

Activity Reports

 
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2023 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2022 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2021 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2020 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2019 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2018 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2017 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2016 English          
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2015 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2014 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2013 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2012 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2011 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2010 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2009 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2008 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Activities 2007 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي

Reports on Technical Advisory Support

 
Report on UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Support 2013 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Support 2012 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Support 2011 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Support 2010 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Support 2009 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي

Reports on Outreach Activities

 
Report on UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities 2009 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities 2008 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities 2007 English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي

Conference and Workshop Reports

 
Report on the Bonn international conference on the theme "Space-based solutions for disaster management in Africa: challenges, applications, partnerships" (Bonn, Germany, 6-8 November 2019) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Policy Perspective and Commemoration of 10 Years of the UN-SPIDER Beijing Office (Beijing, China, 11-12 September 2019) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Resilience through Integrated Applications (Beijing, China, 23–25 October 2017) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management: Understanding Disaster Risk (Beijing, 19-21 September 2016) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Conference Room Paper: The United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation — Global Solutions for the Challenges of Sustainable Development in Societies at Risk English          
Report on the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management: A Consolidating Role in the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Beijing, 14-16 September 2015) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management: Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment (Beijing, 15-17 September 2014) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations/Germany Expert Meeting on the Use of Space-based Information for Flood and Drought Risk Reduction (Bonn, 5-6 June 2014) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management: Disaster Risk Identification, Assessment and Monitoring (Beijing, 23-25 October 2013) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the United Nations/Germany Expert Meeting on the Use of Space-based Information in Early Warning Systems (Bonn, Germany, 25-26 June 2013) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
International Conference: Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change (Beijing, November 2012) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
             
International Expert Meeting: Crowdsource Mapping for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response (Vienna, December 2012) English        
Report on joint activities carried out in 2014 by the regional support offices of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Network of Regional Support Offices of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response, 13 to 14 February 2014 English          
Planned contributions of the UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices in 2012-2013 English          

Thematic Reports

 
Conference Room Paper: Space-based information and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction English          
GA Resolution: International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Report on the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal: recent advances (2015) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
Space-based information for Crowdsource Mapping (2011) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي
UN-SPIDER Capacity Building Strategy (2009) English Français Español Русский 中文 عربي