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AFRICA REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TASK TEAM MEETING
Task Team Co-Leads:
Terefe Hanchiso, Wolkite University
Effiom Oku, University of Abuja
4 December 2024
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Today’s agenda
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Time (UTC) | Agenda item | Presenter/moderator |
13:00 | Welcome and introduction |
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13:10 | CoP spotlight Space for Inclusive Finance: Working with EO to de-risk smallholder agriculture in Africa |
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13:40 | CoP member updates and discussion All participants are invited to share information on upcoming events, new work, and other opportunities Discussion topics:
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14:00 | Global partner/Secretariat updates
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14:10 | Summary of next steps and thank you |
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14:15 | Conclusion | |
CoP spotlight
Space for Inclusive Finance: Working with EO to de-risk smallholder agriculture in Africa
Pierre C. Sibiry Traore, ICRISAT/SERVIR
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Open discussion
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Member updates�Any updates to share…?
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Global and Secretariat Updates
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EOTEC Year in Review
2024 Benchmarks: the network is steadily growing
Sample statistics | 2023 | 2024 | Change (%) |
People engaged in the network | 600 | 1350 | +125% |
LinkedIn followers | 123 | 1154 | +838% |
X followers | 276 | 401 | +45% |
Average views/website post | 807 | 3,147 | +290% |
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ACTIVE USERS
Flood tools tracker
Aug-Nov 2024
EOTEC 2024 Benchmarks
CoP quarterly meeting attendance increasing in most cases
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CoP Task Team Attendance, 2022-24
CoP Floods WG Attendance, 2022-24
EOTEC outreach events
EO4Africa Symposium: Poster presentation
WATCH ALL THE PLENARIES AND SIDE SESSIONS: https://eo-4-africa-symposium-2024.esa.int/eo4africa-symposium-re-watch/
EOTEC drought-related events
Engagement on drought resilience +artificial intelligence
Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/XUN80R8u5UI?si=5zPofiO7csGOrdQE
Call to action�Role of EO in Mapping and Forecasting Natural Disasters
EO College conducting this work with the support of the European Space Agency
https://eotecdev.net/call-to-action-role-of-eo-in-mapping-and-forecasting-natural-disasters/
New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Photo of the week: Share your imagery!
**Upload your image to this form**
https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936
Opportunities
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Opportunities and resources
SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES | |
Newspace Africa Conference 2025, 21-24 April, cairo, egypt, Early bird registration closed 31 December. |
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Climate Change and the Oceans, 13 December 2024, Online, in English | |
Middle East Weather and Climate Forums, 25 December 2024, online | |
Advance Meteorological Technicians Course, 6 January 2025, Nairobi, Kenya (classroom), in English | IGARSS 2025 - Call for Abstracts, 3-8 August 2025, Brisbane, Australia (in person) Abstracts due 10 January 2025 |
MTG Arabic Workshop: Enhancing weather Forecasting with the Third Generation Satellite data, 26 January, 2025, Muscat, Oman (Hybrid), in Arabic | NEW! EO College Introduction to Machine Learning for Agriculture, online, self-paced. |
Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting CDOP4 Users Workshop 2025, 25-27 February 2025, Madrid, Spain (Hybrid), in English | AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington, D.C., USA (hybrid). |
EUMeTrain Marine Course 2025, 31 March 2025, Lisbon, Portugal (classroom), in English | GEO Global Forum, 5-9 May 2025, Rome, Italy (in person), in English |
ISRSE-40 Call for Papers, 17-21 March 2025, Farnborough, UK, in English. Abstracts due 9 January 2025, midnight GMT | ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, 23-27 June 2025, Vienna, Austria |
Satellite Application Course for African Users, 12 May 2025, Nairobi, Kenya (classroom), in English | New Resource! UNDRR - Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (2024) |
Opportunities and resources
PLACES TO FIND TRAINING | |
World Climate Research Programme catalog: wcrp-academy.org/catalog | International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing calendar of training events: https://www.isprs.org/calendar/2024.aspx |
Digital Earth Africa: www.digitalearthafrica.org | EO Africa R+D Facility webinars on youtube: @eoafricardfacility3607 |
CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/ | NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe NASA’s Transform to Open Science curriculum: https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/ |
UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0 | |
GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events | EO College: eo-college.org. |
EUMETSAT training catalogue: catalog.trainhub.eumetsat.int | UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/ |
WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/ | WMO-CGMS VLab: wmo-sat.info/vlab/vlab-training-calendar/ |
Summary and next steps
Next Africa Flood Working Group: January 15, 13:00 UTC
Next Africa CoP Task Team meeting: March 19, 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!