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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  • Myanmar Fire Service Department
    Fire is the most frequent disaster in Myanmar as on average approximately 900 cases are reported every year in Myanmar. The Fire Services Department under Ministry of Social...
  • Myanmar Ministry of Science and Technology
    To promote the effectiveness and success in the development of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology was established on 2 October 1996.The Ministry of...
  • Myanmar Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
    This ministry was established in 1952. It was reconstituted under the name of the Ministry of Relief, Resettlement and National Unity in 1957. Then, it was a department under the...
  • Myanmar Relief and Resettlement Department
    Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD) was established with the objectives to provide relief for victims of natural disasters to ease their sufferings and take precautionary...
  • Namibian Disaster Risk Management of the Office of the Prime Minister
    The Directorate exists to develop a functional national disaster risk reduction system that minimizes community vulnerability to hazards and effectively manages the impact of...
  • Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
    The mission of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is to realize the potential of the agricultural, water and forestry sectors towards the promotion of an efficient...
  • Namibian Red Cross Society (NRCS)
    NRSC’s largest core area in humanitarian aid is health and care. NRCS implements health programmes such as HIV and AIDS, water and sanitation, hygiene promotion and first...
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act in 1958. NASA, as agency of the Unite States government, has “...
  • National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
    The National Emergency Management Agency was established via Act 12 as amended by Act 50 of 1999, to manage disasters in Nigeria. Therefore, from inception, NEMA has been tackling...
  • National Hurricane Center (NHC)
      The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is a division of the NOAA National Weather Service and it is also part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)...
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
      NOAA was created in 1970 as a science-based agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce. Its mission is “to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s...
  • NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC)
    Under the auspices of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) established the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning...
  • OCHA Sri Lanka
    The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) makes possible the coordination between governments and the humanitarian community in case of...
  • Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID-OFDA)
    The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) coordinates and provides U.S. Government humanitarian assistance in case of humanitarian emergency outside the United States...
  • PreventionWeb
      The PreventionWeb proposes to be a single entry point to the full range of global disaster risk reduction activities and enable countries to build and strengthen National...