UN-SPIDER NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2009 Vol. 1/09
In this isuue:
Technical Advisory
- UN-SPIDER Provides Advisory Support to Burkina Faso Ministries
- Conducts Technical Advisory Mission to help nation integrate space-based information capacities and services
Disaster Management
- UN-SPIDER Staff Continue to Link Disaster Managers with Satellite Operators
- International Charter mechanism activated three times recently at the request of UNOOSA on behalf of disaster managers
Horizontal Coordination
- UNOOSA to Co-Chair UN Geographic Information Working Group
- Priority areas of the incoming Co-Chairs to include: increasing UNGIWG participation by experts in the UN System and strengthening UNGIWG links with other UN structures
- UN-SPIDER will continue to work with Burkina Faso in order to move forward with the insights gained
- UN-SPIDER Strengthens Collaboration with Bonn-based UN Agencies and Organizations
Outreach
- Kuwait Involves UN-SPIDER in Regional Geo-informatics and Disaster Conference
- Government authorities increasingly aware of the need to acquire appropriate geospatial and space-based information
- UN-SPIDER Shares Experiences with UN Editors Group
- African Outreach Activities Receive Support from UN-SPIDER
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