Experts from UN-SPIDER, the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), the Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL) of the University of Bonn, and the Space Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (SRI NASU-SSAU) have convened in Kiev for a stakeholder workshop in the context of their joint project “Earth-observation-based Information Products for Drought Risk on a National Basis” (EvIDENz). The event, which takes place form 14 to 16 May, brings together key decision-makers, operational technical audiences from the agricultural sector, the economic and the disaster risk reduction communities, space agencies, and research and technology entities.
The objective of the EviDENz stakeholder workshop is to introduce decision-makers and technical staff of several governmental and non-governmental institutions in Ukraine to the workflows developed by ZFL and UNU-EHS... read more