UN-SPIDER Updates January 2013
Issue Date:
Mon, 04/02/2013
Download the January 2013 Updates
In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- Temporary job opening: Associate Information Systems Officer/Knowledge Portal Specialist – P2
- Partnerships: UN-SPIDER organizes Matchmaking Workshop
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER activates Disasters Charter for Floods in Israel
- UNOOSA launches Social Media presence on Facebook and Twitter
News from our Regional Support Offices
News from our Community
- ESA: Ice mission satellite has high potential for flood mapping
- Disaster Risk Reduction: UN task team develops second Thematic Think Piece
- Roscosmos: Plans for GLONASS Programme
- Azerspace: Azerbaijan's first satellite to be launched
- International Charter activated for floods in Mozambique
- Beidou: China opens Navigation System for Civilian Use
- World Disasters Reports 2012 highlights Forced Migration and Displacement
- German Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information launches regular operations
Upcoming events
- 11-22 February 2013: Fiftieth session of the COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
- 13-15 February 2013: Fourth Africa regional platform for disaster risk reduction
- 11-15 March 2013: United Nations/Pakistan International Workshop on Integrated Use of Space Technologies for Food and Water Security
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