Posted on January 23, 2018 by Mariangela
Last 16th January, an initial exploratory meeting took place at ESRIN to start a discussion on EO and Official Development Assistance (ODA) with first interested national aid agencies from across Europe, together with representatives from the national...
Posted on January 11, 2018 by Mariangela
The World Bank organised the second edition of the Geospatial Day event at the World Bank premises in Washington DC from 6 to 7 December, 2017. An event that aims at further raising awareness amongst Bank consultants and staff...
Posted on January 9, 2018 by Mariangela
Uganda has an estimated population of 35.8 million, 80% of whom are involved in agricultural production that contributes to about 22% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) demonstrating the importance of agriculture for the country. ESA’s...
Posted on December 18, 2017 by Mariangela
One of the most pressing development challenges in today’s world of rapid urbanization is how to respond to the unmet demand for basic infrastructure services, like adequate housing, clean water and sanitation. Half of the world’s population...
Posted on December 18, 2017 by Mariangela
The World Bank has recently released an online course on its Open Learning Campus platform, focused on information for managing the risks and uncertainties of a changing climate. Especially oriented to practitioners and policy makers, it includes...
Posted on December 6, 2017 by Mariangela
In line with the Millennium Development Goals, Indian Prime Minister Modi launched three major urban development initiatives in June 2015 which are handled by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), in addition to several other programs like...
Posted on October 30, 2017 by Mariangela
The EO4SD- Agriculture and Rural Development cluster provides the SAWAP team with tools and indicators for better evaluating and monitoring the SAWAP objectives, execution and achievements. OSS, responsible organisation for monitoring and evaluation of the SAWAP program,...
Posted on October 27, 2017 by Mariangela
In August 2017, the EO4SD-Urban Consortium was able to provide fast and valuable support to the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, which faced intense flooding. These events, despite not the largest in term of magnitude occurred in the...
Posted on October 25, 2017 by Mariangela
A high-level Stakeholder Consultation meeting took place in Frascati (Rome) marking the conclusion of Phase 1 of the EO4SD-Agriculture and Rural Development project and welcoming representatives from the key Multilateral Development Banks and aid organisations involved in...
Posted on October 24, 2017 by Mariangela
The European Space Agency, in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), organised a workshop in September 2017 in La Paz (Bolivia) to integrate EO4SD-Agriculture services within the IDB workflow. Earth Observation technology is a powerful instrument...