Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop

From 12 to 14 October 2010, the Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development” took place at the UN premises in Bonn. This year’s workshop brought together around 120 participants from over 40 countries who came to share information and discuss about the 4C-Challenge.

The event comprised four thematic sessions titled “International support mechanisms and the SpaceAid Framework”, “Satellite communication for disaster management”, “Space technology in support of risk and disaster management”, and “The UN-SPIDER Network”. The presentations delivered in the course of the workshop and the list of participants have been uploaded to the website of the workshop. The full workshop report will be made available there as soon as it is finalized.

Contact information	Natalie Epler, Associate Expert, UN-SPIDER, United Nations Platform for Space-based Information, for Disaster Management and Emergency Response, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany (email: natalie.epler@unoosa.org) Phone: +49 (0)228 - 815 0683 ; Fax: +49 (0)228 - 815 0399
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.un-spider.org/workshop-bonn-2010
Source of information	UN-SPIDER news
Keyword(s)	disaster management, space technology
Subject(s)	HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS
Geographical coverage	Germany,
News date	04/11/2010
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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