Institutions Guides
Profiles of organizations working in the area of satellite technology and disaster management provide an overview of who does what. Fulfilling the UN-SPIDER mission requires global and regional networking of institutions, organizations and initiatives featuring mandates, expertise and capacities in different fields of disaster management and space-based information. Networking and communication are facilitated by respective institutional and organizational profiles.
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SPARRSO was established in 1980 as an autonomous organisation of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It keeps close collaboration with national, regional and...
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CONASUR is a public institution with humanitarian vocation that was set up in order to adopt a strategy for prevention and reduction of the disastrous effects of natural disasters...
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The Department of Meteorology of Burkina Faso has jurisdiction over all the matters related to meteorology and its applications in Burkina Faso. It was created on December 30th,...
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The Directorate of Plant Protection and conditioning is the national entity in Burkina Faso in charge of the International Plan Protection Convention that aims to protect the...
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Given the burden of malaria in the country, Burkina Faso has implemented a national programme against malaria (in 1991, restructured in 1995) to reduce mortality and morbidity due...
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Above-normal precipitation is very likely over most of Burkina Faso. The start of the rainy season in June marks the beginning of normal cropping in the southwest, west and part...
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The General Directorate of Agricultural Statistics and Forecast Branch (HPFB) is a central structure of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries. One of its...
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The General Directorate for Civil Protection of Burkina Faso is part of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MATS). Its main functions are the...
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The Geographic Institute of Burkina Faso is a Public Establishment Administrative in charge of the design, implementation and monitoring of national policy mapping. In July 1974,...
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The Environment Plan for Sustainable Development defines the main axes managers and benchmarks for a sustainable development. It aims to determine the strategy around which to...
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The ARGV is responsible for implementing within the IRGM a program of geophysical and geochemical studies. This structure focuses on natural hazards, structural, geodynamic and...
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the responsibility of promoting and protecting Cameroon's and its citizens' interests abroad. Contact: Hon. Henri Eyebe Ayissi +237 3221 1993
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The Ministry is in charge of implementing and developing government policies and programmes in higher education. It studies and advises the government on ways to adapt the higher...
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The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization is under the authority of the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization assisted by the Minister...
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The Ministry is responsible for the coordinated development of all transportation. It maintains and regulates the organization and the functioning of air, rail, road and maritime...