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(ii) Increased number of emergency response communities using space-based information.
(b) Approach to and methodology for using space-based information in multi-hazard identification and risk assessment;
The meeting resulted in the establishment of a cooperationproject to develop early-warning tools for floods using space-based information.
UN-SPIDER staff met the inter-institutional team that had been using space-based information made available with UN-SPIDER support.
UN-SPIDER provided technical advisory support to 23 countriesfor implementing risk reduction and emergency response activities using space-based information.
(c) Strengthen emergency response using space-based information by addressing important concerns such as the provision of high resolution images and microwave images to monitor hydrometeorological disasters.
Activities of the Philippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration using space-based information and geospatial data.
The session also featured presentations on collaboration in using space-based information for services in response to major disasters, on satellite-based monitoring and mapping services in support of disaster management and on novel space-based sensors and data links for disaster management.
(d)(ii) Number of countries that receive technical advisory support for the implementation of risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information.
The presentations providedparticipants with the opportunity to learn about existing initiatives using space-based information, the use of space-based solutions in disaster management and possibilities for collaboration.
In addition to the technical infrastructure, a structured andwell-managed spatial data infrastructure is essential for effectively using space-based information.
The first session was entitled" Disaster risk management andspace-based information". It included five presentations about the experiences of Member States in using space-based information and the role of international organizations and private companies in disaster management.
Visits were made to the Secretariat for Planning and Programming, the Ministry of Environment and the department of Escuintla, where a special meeting was held with the governor of the department and withthe mayors of municipal districts to discuss potential solutions to floods and lahars using space-based information.
In the second session, entitled" Enhancing the early warning message: from warning about events to their potential impacts",participants discussed the feasibility of using space-based information to improve warning procedures and to link early warning to emergency response efforts.
The target for the biennium 2008-2009 is to assist 15 States in the definition of disaster management plans and policies and to support 15 States requesting specific technical advisory support for implementing risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information.
(c) Frequent awareness-raising programmes for decision makers should be held in order tostrengthen institutional preference for using space-based information to support disaster management.
The Meeting noted that in the biennium 2010-2011, UN-SPIDER had facilitated access to imagery from satellite operators for 32 disaster events and had provided technical advisory support to 23 countries for implementation of risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information.
In cooperation with EURISY and the Royal Centre for Remote Sensing(CRTS) of Morocco, a symposium on improving water resource management anddesertification control using space-based information will be held in Rabat on 21 and 22 March 2002.
(a) All countries and relevant regional and international organizations have access to and develop the capacity to use all types of space-based information to support the full disaster management cycle, i.e., an increased number of countries receive assistance in the definition of disaster management planning and policies with regard to the use of space-based technologies, as well as support in the implementation of risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information;
(ii) Increased number of countries requesting technical advisory support for implementing risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information.
(a) All countries and relevant regional and international organizations have access to and develop the capacity to use all types of space-based information to support the full disaster management cycle; an increased number of countries will receive assistance in the definition of disaster management planning and policies with regard to the use of space-based technologies, as well as support in the implementation of risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information;
Provision of technical advisory services, upon request, to Member States to implement risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information;
(b) Indicator 2: increased number of States requesting technical advisory support for implementing risk reduction andemergency response activities using space-based information.
(b) The skills and knowledge of staff of Government institutions involved in all phases of the disaster management cycle shouldbe strengthened by providing training in accessing and using space-based information;
The programme also established seven additional regional support offices of UN-SPIDER and provided support to 32 disaster events andto 23 countries in using space-based information for disaster management.
There were few initiatives in the country to use space-based information for drought monitoring.
The meetings provided insight into the capacity of the Government of Fiji to use space-based information for disaster management and understanding of the gaps that needed to be strengthened.
It welcomed the continued work of UN-SPIDER in developing the capacity of all countries,in particular developing countries, to use space-based information to support disaster management.
Through training programmes facilitated by UN-SPIDER,individuals will broaden their knowledge and improve their skills so that they can better use space-based information to support activities in all phases of the disaster management cycle.
The workshop preceded an international symposium on benefiting from Earth observation and was intended to appraise ICIMODmember States on ways in which they could access and use space-based information for disaster preparedness and risk management.