From Imagery to Impact UNOSAT ESCAP Partnership in support to RESAP

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1 From Imagery to Impact UNOSAT ESCAP Partnership in support to RESAP Khaled MASHFIQ 10 Oct 2017 The 21st Session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) UNCC, Thailand October 2017 In partnership with UNITAR The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a principal training arm of the United Nations, working in every region of the world to empower individuals, governments and organizations through knowledge and learning to effectively overcome contemporary global challenges. Mission To develop capacities to enhance global decision-making and to support translation of those decisions into action at country level 2 1

2 UNOSAT s strategy Vision: Promote evidence based decision making for peace, security and resilience Mission: Provide coordinated geo spatial analysis, and develop capacities for the use of geoinformation technology towards achieving the SDGs Strategic objectives: 1. To provide coordinated geo spatial analysis 2. To develop capacities in the use of technology towards achieving the SDGs 3. To develop and promote innovative geo spatial solutions for the UN system, its partners and member states UNOSAT s Activities ANALYSIS & MAPPING Satellite Analysis, Climate Service, Applied Research and Innovation TRAINING AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Hands on, National and Regional level, Technical Backstopping Support services & Knowledge Transfer 2

3 UNOSAT Analysis & Mapping Support to Humanitarian Emergencies & Post Disaster Recovery UNOSAT s Humanitarian Rapid Mapping Service UNOSAT provides Satellite Imagery Analysis during Humanitarian Emergencies Natural Disasters and Conflict-Situations (Maps, GIS-ready data, statistics and reports) As of today approximately 25% of humanitarian activations benefit from data delivered through the International Space Charter (Only for Major Natural Disasters). For the rest of activations UNOSAT relies on in-kind contributions as well as from imagery funds from donors and UN sister agencies. 3

4 Floods Mapping Activities Earthquakes Cyclones Landslides Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Mapping Cultural Heritage Sites Conflict Damage Assessment Etc. 7 Training and Capacity Development 4

5 Training & Capacity Development Activities UNOSAT is implementing capacity development projects in collaboration with: Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) (Horn of Africa) the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) (South East Asia) Government of Chad (Reseau Project): Target Audience Decision makers and professionals from national and international organizations Capacity Development Asia Pacific The collaboration between ADPC and UNOSAT combines training held annually in Bangkok Training of 200+ disaster management professionals working in Asia In-country technical assistance and training programmes implemented each year in different South East Asian countries: Vietnam 2011 Myanmar 2012, 2016 Bangladesh 2013, 2015 Cambodia

6 UNOSAT at ESCAP Imagery to Impact!! UNITAR-UNOSAT & UN-ESCAP Partnership Since February 2015 UNOSAT Regional Liaison office is operational and hosted within the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Reduction Division at ESCAP in Bangkok. The main aim of this partnership is to provide better and more comprehensive access to space-related services to the ESCAP member states. 6

7 List of Activation since Inception of Regional Liaison Office at ESCAP 13 List of Activation September 2016 to September 2017 of by UNOSAT Regional Liaison Office at ESCAP 14 7

8 Impact of Maps?? 15 Impact of Maps Geographic Distribution of Downloads 16 8

9 Serving Geo-Information & Coordinating Mapping Efforts Data Source: UNOSAT, ISRO, Copernicus, USGS 17 Knowledge Product with ESCAP, UNOOSA To facilitate better access to satellite imagery and geospatial services 18 9

10 Innovations at UNOSAT and future.. Augmented Reality Ab-Barak Landslide,

11 UAV Survey, Avissawella, Sri Lanka to Virtual Reality 21 Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence To improve machine performance for better recognition of objects from satellite imagery - CERN Openlab with UNOSAT

12 Mobile Data Collection using UN ASIGN Data Collection using UN-ASIGN UN-ASIGN is a free mobile app Tool for taking and sharing geotagged photos Photos, messages and other data are displayed on the UNOSAT LIVE map Gorkha Earthquake Prototype Desktop App for Emergency Operation Center 12

13 Operations Dashboard to Support Decision Making related climate related emergencies in Greater Horn of Africa Aspirations and Challenges 13

14 Aspirations Imagery to Impact! User oriented service model Information to Decision Exploit Modern Technology Innovations Support Global Development Agenda (SDG 2030) Key challenges in the effective use of earth observation & geospatial information for Enhanced Response Acceptability of Earth observation based information for decision making? (Or Are the information decision ready?) Where to get the services? What to expect? Do we have enough capacity for utilizing space based resources in timely manner? What needs to be done? Is there a common baseline data sharing mechanism/portal within the government departments or other organization? KM5 Mainstreaming capacity development & Institutional retention of knowledge

15 Slide 28 KM5 (Global baselines in most cases incomplete, outdated hence can lead to wrong information to wrong decision) Khaled Mashfiq, 10/10/2017

16 United Nations Institute for Training and Research Institut des Nations Unies pour la Formation et la Recherche Instituto de las Naciones Unidas para Formación Profesional e Investigaciones Учебньıй и научно-исследовательский институт Организации Объединенньıх Наций معھد األمم المتحدة للتدريب والبحث 联合国训练研究所 UNITAR International Environment House Chemin des Anémones 11-13, CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva - Switzerland T F In partnership with This presentation should not be copied or disseminated in any manner without the express permission of UNOSAT. 15

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