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Welcome!

Earth Observation Training, Education,

and Capacity Development Network

EUROPE REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

FLOODS WORKING GROUP

18 July 2024

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Today’s agenda

Time (CEST)	Agenda item	Presenter/moderator
15:00	Welcome and introductions	EOTEC DevNet Secretariat All participants
15:10	Spotlight presentation Use of Remote Sensing products in operational flood forecasting and water management: status and examples	Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weerts Operational Water Management group, Deltares and Wageningen University
15:40	Demo of updated flood tools tracker	EOTEC DevNet Secretariat
15:50	Global leadership and Secretariat updates	EOTEC DevNet Secretariat
16:00	Membership updates Share your news on training, tools, and other resources	All participants
16:05	Upcoming opportunities	Secretariat, All participants
16:10	Next meeting, other next steps, and thanks

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Spotlight presentation

Use of Remote Sensing products in operational flood forecasting and water management: status and examples (link to the presentation)

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weerts

Operational Water Management group, Deltares and Wageningen University

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Flood Tools Tracker�A sneak peek at improvements to the tracker

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Main Updates

New user-friendly interface with more images and tool descriptions
Updated classification of tools based on disaster risk response stages and temporal use
Ability for users to leave feedback on the tools they used
Ability to highlight resources on the home page

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How can thematic working group members help improve the tracker?

Volunteer as beta testers and offer feedback on the tracker
Review information on the tools you use for accuracy
Add new tools and capacity building resources
Spread the word about the tracker

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Global and Secretariat updates

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Upcoming EOTEC outreach events

Global Flood Partnership annual meeting, regional GEO meetings, and EO4Africa

EOTEC Presentation on Africa CoP

Flood tools tracker 2.0 to be shared at event

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Case studies and other info available at: https://community.wmo.int/en/governance/executive-council/executive-council/capacity-development-panel
Case study template here: https://filecloud.wmo.int/share/s/z9PRreJaQseA4YO7zBjpgQ
Framework approved by Congress-19 in June 2023

Currently being translated to all UN languages

WMO Capacity Development Framework

Opportunity to share case studies

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Establishment of Drought Working Groups�Lots of progress on formation of drought working groups

Reminder: Review/add resources to the drought tools matrix

Link here

Webinar with UNCCD and GWP

Planning for Drought +10

IDMP Annual Meeting June 25-26

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New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Photo of the week: Share your imagery!

**Upload your image to this form**

https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936

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Website and member platform at www.eotecdev.net

230+ online members and growing!

HOW TO JOIN

Sign up for an account - prompts in the top right corner of home page
Watch for an email to confirm your membership.
Visit the Connect page to sign up for an online EOTEC task team or working group (or both!)
Post a question, comment, or link in any of the groups or your own member feed

SEE YOU ONLINE!

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Member updates�What are you working on? Share updates on your activities…!

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Upcoming opportunities

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Opportunities and resources

SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
UN/Austria Symposium 2024 Climate action: transforming space-based technology projects into sustainable services that support policy-making, July 17-18, Graz, Austria (hybrid).	High-level meeting on National Drought Policies, 30 September - 3 October, Barcelona, Spain; in-person (registration still open).
Introduction to Geospatial Technologies for Monitoring SDGs - Early Warnings for All, 22-26 July, Budapest, Hungary (in-person)	2024 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Sept 30-Oct 4, in-person, Germany; registration is open.
Global Flood Partnership annual meeting: 24-26 July, Nairobi, Kenya, in-person.	EuroGEO Workshop, 8-9 October, Kraków, Poland (in-person, registration open).
GPM 10-in-10 Webinar Series: Webinar 7: Data, August 1, online.	Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR ), Republic of Montenegro, 6-8 November (in-person, call for ignite presentations July 31).
National Earth Observation Conference 2024, 10-12 September, York, UK; registration open.	United Nations/Spain Workshop on GNSS and Related Space Technologies in Support of Urban Sustainability Challenges, 18-22 November in Malaga, Spain.
SPIE Sensors + Imaging, 16 - 19 September, Edinburgh, UK; registration open.	AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington, D.C., USA (hybrid; abstract submission deadline 31 July).
INTERGEO, 24-26 September, Stuttgart, Germany.	ESA’s Planet Living Symposium 2025, 23-27 June, 2025. (SAVE-THE-DATE)

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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 Upcoming course: Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Projection using NASA Earth System Data (23 July - 1 August)
UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal: www.un-spider.org and events page: bit.ly/3LjKHk0	ESA: eo4society.esa.int/training-education/
GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events	EO College: eo-college.org New MOOCs: Cubes and Clouds and Towards Zero Hunger – Hands-on: Crop-Specific Time Series Analysis for Growth Monitoring
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/ Upcoming course: 6th Joint Training Course in Atmospheric Composition (16-20 September)

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Summary and next steps

CoP Task Team meeting: September 19, 15:00 CEST

Next Floods Working Group meeting: October 17, 15:00 CEST

Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.

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