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Capacity building in societal benefit areas - recent results and the way forward as seen by UNOSAT
Einar Bjorgo, UNOSAT manager ([email protected])
Introduction to UNOSAT
• A programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
• UNOSAT established in 2000
• Fully dedicated to satellite imagery analysis, applications of geospatial information technologies, training and capacity development
• 30 people
• Geneva (hosted at CERN), N’Djamena, Nairobi, Bangkok
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Introduction to UNOSAT
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16 terabytes of data stored at CERN Computer Centre – benefiting from economies of scale (100 petabytes at CERN), i.e. UNOSAT share: 1/6000
10 gigabit/second bandwidth
Serving maps and data to UN users and Member States
IT-support and server hosting
Virtual machines in CERN-cloud
Computer security
Research environment, collaboration
Powered by CERN IT
GEO societal benefit areas
• Agriculture• Biodiversity• Climate• Disasters• Ecosystems• Energy• Health• Water• Weather
From satellite analysis and mapping to training and capacity development
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Results-based learning approachADDIE model
AnalysisDesignDevelopmentImplementationEvaluation
Capacity development concept
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Training and Capacity Building – Beneficiary Outreach
Capacity development concept
Data access
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Regional and national training in South-East Asia
In 2011, UNOSAT and ADPC have launched a regional initiative to develop the capacity of countries across the Asia and Pacific region
In 2013, UNOSAT teamed with UN ESCAP for further training and capacity development
The partnership focuses on strengthening capacities of national disaster risk management professionals on the use of geospatial information technology for risk assessment and emergency response mapping
Regional Training in Bangkok (GIS4DRM) in collabration with AIT, ITC and ADPC. Additional training and support in partnership with UN ESCAP
National training in South-East Asia
2011: Vietnam (NRSC and Line ministries) 2012: Myanmar (Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and
Resettlement and others line ministries) 2013: Bangladesh (Ministry of disaster management and
relief) 2014: Cambodia (National Commission for DRM)
ResEau Chad project on sustainable water management
www.geodrr.org
CASIS – UNOSAT partnership
Image courtesy of NASA
Video
IGAD capacity developmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15JqCL2oQlE
www.unitar.org/unosat
