UN-SPIDER May 2012 Updates

 The UN-SPIDER May 2012 Updates contain the following topics:

UN-SPIDER at a glance:

• Technical Advisory Mission to Cabo Verde: Call for experts
• Space-based Information for Crowdsource Mapping: Join the Discussion Forum
• UN-SPIDER continues to provide support to Pacific Island Countries
• UNOOSA opens Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Western Asia
• Follow-up training of Technical Advisory Mission in Cameroon
• UNDP Africa Human Development Report Acknowledges UN-SPIDER
• UN-SPIDER participates in development fair “Engagement connects”
• UN-SPIDER participates in Workshop on Use of Space Applications in Humanitarian Operations
• New section on the Knowledge Portal 

News from our Regional Support Offices

• IGAC and Colombian Calamities National Fund sign agreement
• Károly Róbert College and Hungarian National Directorate General for Disaster Management strengthen cooperation
• CATHALAC: First National SMIT Workshop

News from our Community

• Envisat: ESA declares end of its mission
• International Charter activated for volcano eruption in Guatemala
• International Charter activated for floods in China
• Publication: Ecosystem Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction
• International Charter: New issue of newsletter available

Upcoming Events

• Postponed: United Nations International Expert Meeting on Crowdsource Mapping
• 55th session of COPUOPS
• UNOOSA organizes Rio+20 side event “Space for Sustainable Development”