December 2009

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• UNOOSA staff bridge climate change mitigation and space-based technology at COP15
• UN-SPIDER 2010-2011 Workplan approved by Member States
• COPUOS S&T to consider UN-SPIDER Progress and Planned Activities
• UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Jamaica
• UN-SPIDER participates in the 4th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
• Technical Advisory Mission conducted in Fiji
• Technical Advisory Mission conducted in Samoa
• Fifth UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office established in Algeria
• UN OCHA Sri Lanka office launched new Map Atlas
   

Conferences and Workshops

• NIDM – UNOOSA Workshop: Use of Space Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, New Delhi, India, 11-13 January 2010
• Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2010, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 17-19 January 2010
• The 16th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-16), Bangkok, Thailand, 26-29 January 2010
• GI4DM 2010 Conference, February 2-4, 2010, Torino, Italy
• International Training Course on Application of Space Technology for Disaster Management Support with Emphasis on Geological Risk Management
• Fourth Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2010: Water: Life, Risk, Energy and Landuse - May 27-28, 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Upcoming Events Supported by UN-SPIDER

• NIDM – UNOOSA Workshop: Use of Space Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, 11-13 January 2010, New Delhi, India
• Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2010, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 17-19 January 2010
• GI4DM 2010 Conference, 2-4 February 2010, Torino, Italy
• UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop "Building Upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa", in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-21 May 2010
• Fourth Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2010: Water: Life, Risk, Energy and Landuse, May 27-28, 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic