GEO Symposium 2023

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The GEO Symposium 2023 is set to take place in person in Geneva on June 13-14, 2023, followed by the Open Data and Open Knowledge Workshop. This year's event marks a significant milestone for the global Earth observation community, as it will be the first in-person symposium since 2019.

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06/13/2023, 12:00am - 06/14/2023, 12:00am
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UN-SPIDER/DLR/GloFAS/ZFL Workshop On Space Technologies for Flood Management

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The UN-SPIDER/ GloFAS / DLR / ZFL International Workshop: “Space technologies for flood management” aimed at contributing to an increased use of satellite technologies and novel processing techniques to respond to challenges posed by disasters. The International Training Workshop aimed:

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02/20/2023, 12:00am - 02/22/2023, 12:00am
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) / Copernicus EMS / European Commission

Center for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) / University of Bonn

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Spanish Translation of Two Recommended Practices on Flood Mapping

UN-SPIDER is pleased to announce the official translation of two Recommended Practices previously available on the English version of the Knowledge Portal. These Recommended Practices on flood mapping can be found in the Spanish version of the Knowledge Portal, under "Asesoría" > "Prácticas Recomendadas".

Floods in Malawi

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In the end of January 2022, Tropical Storm Ana caused severe floods in Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique.

UN-SPIDER supported Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) and the UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Malawi by creating flood delineation products based on Sentinel-1 data, using UN-SPIDER's recommended practices on radar-based flood mapping.

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The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) 2023 Hybrid Annual Conference

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The International Emergency Management Society 2023 Hybrid Annual Conference is taking place in September 11 - 15 in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The main topic for the 2023 Annual TIEMS Conference is "Crises, Emergencies and Disasters - a Continuum of Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century".

These are some of the sub-topics that will be discussed in the conference:

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09/11/2023, 12:00am - 09/15/2023, 12:00am
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Virtual technical advisory support to Niger

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To continue strengthening the capacity of the General Directorate for Civil Protection of the Niger to use space-based information to respond to floods in the country, and at the request of the Director of the National Civil Protection Directorate of the Niger, UN-SPIDER carried out a second online training course on flood mapping with Sentinel-1 radar imagery in Google Earth Engine. A total of 36 participants from the Directorate, the National Civil Protection Academy and other government agencies, as well as from the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, took part in the training course, which was held on 11 and 12 August.

Training participants were introduced to the basic principles of radar remote sensing, learned to use the relevant recommended practices, explored the process with selected case studies and presented the results in geographic information systems as flood maps. 

Stakeholder Engagement within the Sendai Framework Midterm Review High Level Meeting

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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM) presents all non-state actors with the possibility to engage in the follow-up and implementation of the Sendai FrameworkThe conference will be on the next 27th of March 2023 at Ge

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Virtual technical advisory support to Afghanistan

An introductory meeting to support Afghanistan was carried out on 26 January 2021 under the auspices of the Office of the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs. The meeting focused on understanding policy, institutional coordination, current capacity and supportive legislation related to the use of geospatial information for disaster preparedness, early warning, response and recovery. The information captured during the meeting was used for identifying priorities that resulted in offering advocacy on drought monitoring in Afghanistan in the period from January to May.

On 21 May 2021, the Office of the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs and UN-SPIDER conducted a virtual thematic meeting with key stakeholder agencies on the theme  “Assessing drought and water resource conservation using Earth observation”. The meeting was conducted in collaboration with two regional support offices of UN-SPIDER, namely, Delta State University and the International Water Management Institute.

Virtual technical advisory support to Sri Lanka

UN-SPIDER has been supporting Sri Lanka since its technical advisory mission in 2011. In 2020, UN-SPIDER offered the Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka the services of a national consultant for five months, and those services were continued in 2021, from September to December. The consultant organized the data collected from various stakeholders to demonstrate its utility in the monitoring of targets under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Support was also offered to establish approaches for monitoring forest fires and burn severity mapping and drought monitoring. The systems were developed using open-source satellite images and software tools. UN-SPIDER facilitated the nomination of two officers from the Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka to undertake a nine-month postgraduate diploma course in remote sensing and geographic information systems at the Centre for Space, Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific.

Virtual technical advisory support to Mongolia

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UN-SPIDER has been a supporting Mongolia since it undertook a technical advisory mission in 2014. Following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, UN-SPIDER offered the National Emergency Management Agency the services of a national consultant in order to facilitate the use of space-based information in disaster management. Such support was offered for five months in 2020 and for four months in 2021.

During the period, three capacity-building programmes were carried out with officials from various stakeholder agencies and provincial offices of the National Emergency Management Agency. The national consultant supported the strengthening of the Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring, which was developed by the World Food Programme and the Agency. The consultant also assisted the Agency in undertaking the training programme that was a prerequisite for becoming an authorized user of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters.