UN, Remote Sensing Authority Organizes Workshop on Disaster Management

By: Sudanvisiondaily
The United Nations Office for outer space Affairs and the Remote Sensing Authority will organize a workshop on space-based solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response from 9th to 12th December 2007.
The general objective of the United Nations/Sudan International UN-Spider workshop is to increase the awareness of national and regional users of the potential of both new UN-SPIDER programme and of Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management, more specifically, nominated National focal points. Northern and Eastern African and Western Asia will have an opportunity of working together during the workshop to share experiences and knowledge and learn of the potential of space-based solutions to support disaster management activities in their respective countries. Learn how to access and use such solutions and also how to implement national policies and activities to take advantage of such solutions.

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