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Earth Observation Training, Education,
and Capacity Development Network
AFRICA REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
TASK TEAM MEETING
Terefe Hanchiso, Effiom Oku - Task Team Leads
20 September 2023
For those who are new…�EOTEC DevNet partners, aim and themes
AIMS
THEMATIC FOCUS
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Today’s agenda
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Time (UTC) | Agenda item | Presenter/moderator |
13:00 | Welcome and introduction | Effiom Oku Terefe Hanchiso |
13:05 | CoP spotlight Assessing EO Capacity Needs in Africa: Case Studies | Sophie Baranes, CADRI |
13:25 | Exchange on needs assessments initiatives
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13:55 | Global partner/Secretariat updates
| Erin Martin EOTEC DevNet Secretariat |
14:10 | Summary of next steps and thank you | Terefe Hanchiso Effiom Oku |
14:15 | Conclusion | |
CoP spotlight
Sophie Baranes
Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI)
10 February 2022, Geneva
The CADRI Partners capacity diagnosis methodology and tool – an overview
EOTEC DevNet Community of Practice
Africa Region, 20 September 2023
The CADRI Partnership: an inter-agency facility offering countries access to DRM/ACC expertise from the entire "UN system" and other actors (IFRC, GNDRR, NGOs, UNDAC…)
A unique inter-agency tool to identify solutions to tackle multidimensional climate and disaster risks across sectors
for capacity diagnosis and planning
Disaster risk reduction
Disaster preparedness
Climate change adaptation
DRR/CCA with conflict sensitivity
Risk information
One diagnosis and planning tool for different deliverables& reports
A capacity diagnosis & planning methodology to:
Identify entry points for risk reduction in national development plans
Inform national �contingency planning
Develop national DRR/ CCA strategies & action plans
DRR/CCA in �UN-CCA/ UNSDCF
Joint UN �programme
Joint UN�funding proposal
How do we define capacities?
How do we diagnose capacities?
How �do we diagnose capacities?
Risk information management – Agriculture and Food Security
Some specific questions relating to GIS & EO
To what extent are basic technology and equipment available such as ICT and GIS?
To what extent are generic technologies and equipment (ICT, GIS, emergency response) effectively used to support DRR and CCA measures?
To what extent does your institution have the technologies and equipment to downscale and efficiently use observations of the Global Climate Observing System Global (GCOS) and/or the Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)?
Are there standards on how GIS data should be collected (what format), what metadata standards to use, how to make the GIS data interoperable and how to store GIS data?
Are digital technologies (e.g. GIS, remote sensing) used for environmental data collection and analysis? Is the data collected and described using standardized methodologies?
Are GIS and Remote Sensing applications in place that strengthen the planning capabilities to improve the delivery of critical services and optimize resources before, during, and after emergencies?
CAQ
CAQ
FOQ
SOQ
SOQ
SOQ
CADRI
E-Catalogue:
A portal to access & discover training resources offered by UN agencies
CADRI country support to date
*Blue : Past support
*Orange: On-going support
23. Lesotho
24. Macedonia
25. Madagascar
26 Maldives
27 Mali
28. Mauritania
29. Mauritius
30. Moldova
31. Namibia
32. Niger
33. Nigeria
34. Sao Tome & Principe
35. Serbia
36. Senegal
37. Sudan
38. Tanzania
39. Timor-Leste
40. Togo
41. Turkey
42. Zambia
43. Zimbabwe
� @cadripartners
Thank you!
Droughts working groups
Droughts kick off September 27 - two sessions
Who do you know who might be interested? Please share with your network!
Floods working group update
Global use case, regional event analyses available on flood tools tracker and new website
Discussion and exchange
Experience with EO capacity needs assessments
The next CoP task team product?
Needs assessment tracker - for collaboration
JOIN THE EFFORT!
Please visit the document and add resources
Secretariat updates
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Website launch
Be part of the conversation: www.eotecdev.net
SEE YOU ONLINE!
Toward coordinated EO capacity building
Collaboration with SPACE4GEO LSP
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Network intelligence update
Continued growth in our capacity building community
EOTEC DevNet network has been growing both extensively (94 entities) and intensively (882 new connections).
We have started to capture the next layer of data (data of the EOTEC DevNet constituencies)
June 2021
April 2022
October 2022
Feb 2023
Sept 2023
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Network intelligence update
Public dashboard in development
Provides data on trends and actors within EOTEC DevNet networks
Updates and opportunities
Opportunities and resources
SAMPLE OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES | |
ISRO: Earth Observation for Climate Action, 15 September - 14 October, self-paced MOOC | EO AFRICA F2F Course on Soil Moisture and Inland Water Monitoring with Satellite Radar, 16-20 October, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (In-person), Application deadline 27 September |
Assessing vegetation dynamics from space with cloud-based EO analyses, 19-23 November, Cairo, Egypt (in-person); apply by 19 October | EO AFRICA F2F Training: Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses, 16-20 October, Kigali, Rwanda |
Data into Building Infrastructure Data Sets for Disaster Risk Modeling, 3-10 October (Online) ESRI Academy MOOC: GIS for Climate Action, 25 October - 6 December (free), deadline for registrations 9 November | ECMWF: Training on Use of Data from Copernicus Climate Change and Atmosphere Monitoring Services, 4 October (online) (registration by 1 October) |
PLACES TO FIND TRAINING | |
CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org | NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe |
UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0 | |
GEO Events Calendar: bit.ly/3YG3Lfq | EO College: eo-college.org |
EUMETSAT training catalogue: catalog.trainhub.eumetsat.int | UN CC: e-Learn (climate change, green and circular economy |
Conferences
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CONFERENCES/CALLS FOR PAPERS | |
GEO Week 2023, 6-10 November, Cape Town, South Africa | 7th AfriGEO symposium, September 20-22, Swakopmund Namibia (in person) |
EU Space Week, 7-9 November, Seville, Spain (hybrid) | Big Data from Space 2023, 6-9 November, Vienna, Austria (in-person) |
CALMet XV Conference, 13-17 Nov, 2023 (online) | World Space Forum, 12-14 December, Vienna, Austria (In-person) |
2023 UN Climate Change Conference COP28, 30 November - 12 December, Dubai, UAE (in-person) | 11-15 December, San Francisco, USA (hybrid) |
Summary and next steps
Drought Working Group Kick-off: September 27, 7:00/14:00 UTC
Next Flood Working Group Meeting: October 18, 13:00 UTC
Webinar Copernicus Space Data Ecosystem: November 15, 13:00 UTC
Next CoP task team meeting: December 6, 13:00 UTC
Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.
See you online!
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!