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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
- Organization type:UN & International Organization
General contact information
- URL: http://www.unoosa.org
- Address: Vienna International Centre, Wagramerstrasse 5
- Postal Code: A-1400
- City: Vienna
- Country: Austria
- Telephone: +43 1 26060 4951
- Fax: +43 1260605830
- Email: oosa@unoosa.org
- Head of the organization: Mazlan Othman
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The overall purpose of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is the promotion of international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space for economic, social and scientific development, in particular for the benefit of developing countries.
- Sri Lanka: Making disaster risk information available
1 Mar 2013 - IFRC: Guidelines on community early warning systems
30 Jan 2013 - Don’t fail to prepare: UN-SPIDER celebrates the International Day for Disaster Reduction
8 Oct 2012 - UN report stresses importance of technologies for disaster risk reduction
21 Sep 2012 - UN-SPIDER Conference on Risk Assessment in Beijing open for applications
30 Aug 2012 - UN-SPIDER technical advisory mission to Mozambique: Call for experts
29 Aug 2012 - Space-based technology for sustainable development
17 Feb 2012 - Brazil wants Japanese assistance in disaster prevention
6 Feb 2012 - Asia: WB and ADRC sign to strengthen partnership on disaster risk reduction
11 Apr 2011
Statements & Presentations
- Space-based information for crowdsource mapping: report of the Secretariat
2011 - United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER): proposed workplan for the biennium 2012-2013
2011 - International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: activities of Member States
2011 - UN-SPIDER regional workshop 'Building upon regional space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response for Africa': workshop report
2010 - Geoinformation for disaster and risk management: examples and best practices
2010
- United Nations/ Indonesia international conference on integrated space technology applications to climate change
02-04 Sep 2013 - United Nations/Germany UN-SPIDER Bonn expert meeting on the use of space-based information for early warning systems
25-26 Jun 2013 - Space and disaster risk reduction: Planning for resilient human settlements
12 Mar 2013 - International expert meeting on crowdsource mapping for disaster risk management and emergency response
03-05 Dec 2012 - United Nations international conference on space-based technologies for disaster management : Risk assessment in the context of global climate change
07-09 Nov 2012 - Space technology for improving hazard mapping in Sri Lanka
14-17 Aug 2012 - Space for sustainable development- at Rio +20
19 Jun 2012 - Fifth United Nations international UN-SPIDER Bonn workshop on disaster management and space technology
24-26 Apr 2012 - Technical advisory mission to Myanmar
19-23 Mar 2012 - 3rd meeting of UN-SPIDER regional support office
06-07 Feb 2012 - United Nations international conference on space-based technologies for disaster risk management: 'Best practices for risk reduction and rapid response mapping'
22-25 Nov 2011 - UN-SPIDER International expert meeting: Crowdsource mapping for preparedness and emergency response
16 Nov 2011 - UN-SPIDER International expert meeting: Crowdsource mapping for preparedness and emergency response
05-06 Jul 2011 - Disaster management and space technology: The 4C challenge - 'Communication, Coordination, Cooperation - Capacity development'
12-14 Oct 2010 - Fourth United Nations international UN-SPIDER Bonn workshop on disaster management and space technology
12-14 Oct 2010 - Workshop: Building upon regional space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response for Africa
06-09 Jul 2010 - UN-SPIDER regional workshop 'Building upon regional space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response for Africa'
25-28 May 2010 - 3rd United Nations international UN-SPIDER Bonn workshop: disaster management and space technology - from concepts to application
21-23 Oct 2009 - United Nations international UN-SPIDER workshop: building capacities to reduce disasters
02-04 Jun 2009 - Second United Nations international UN-SPIDER Bonn workshop: disaster management and space technology - bridging the gap
13-15 Oct 2008 - United Nations regional UN-SPIDER workshop: building upon regional space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response for the Caribbean
08-11 Jul 2008
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