In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- Malawi: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission successfully concluded
- UN-SPIDER and IFRC launch World Disasters Report
- China: UN-SPIDER Beijing Conference on Disaster and Risk Identification, Assessment and Monitoring
- China: Capacity Building Programme on Space technology for Flood & Drought Risk Mapping and Assessment
- China: Interactive training session for NDRCC
- Internships at UN-SPIDER’s Vienna or Bonn offices
News from our Regional Support Offices
- Columbia: IGAC organizes Geomatics week
- UNOOSA Director visits Regional Support Office in I.R. Iran
- ICIMOD announces Grants Programme for geospatial Tools and Services
News from our Community
- Africa: 2013 TIGER workshop held
- Haiti: New geoportal for spatial and environmental data launched
- India and US to launch joint weather satellite
- ESA: Making satellite flood maps easily available
- China: Fengyun Weather Satellite successfully launched
- Southeast Asian Nations collaborate on satellite fire data
- United Nations celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction
- SPOT Vegetation: New portal for free satellite data
- International Charter activated six times in October 2013
Upcoming events
- 11-22 November 2013, Sanya, China: Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation
- 9-11 December 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam: 9th International Conference on Geoinformation for Disaster Management (Gi4DM)
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