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GEO Data Technology Workshop: the Era of Big EO Data 23-25 April 2019, Vienna

Join the GEO Data Technology Workshop in Vienna to learn about the role of Earth observation data in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and other international frameworks. Discover how reliable and granular data can transform the world and support disaster management efforts.

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GEO Data Technology Workshop: the Era of Big EO Data 23-25 April 2019, Vienna

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  1. GEO Data Technology Workshop: the Era of Big EO Data 23-25 April 2019, Vienna UNOOSA’s role in promoting EO data for SDGs and other international frameworks Shirish Ravan United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs shirish.ravan@unoosa.org

  2. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Vision Bringing the benefits of space to humankind Mission Statement Promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space to achieve sustainable development goals Image credit: Digital Globe/Maxar Technologies

  3. UNOOSA and the SDGs Access to space Initiative Space is a cross-cutting technology, contributing in one way or another to the achievement of all 17 SDGs

  4. Magnitude of data needed for SDGs 17 Goals 169 targets ~232 statistical indicators to be produced by every country to bench mark progress towards SDGs Covers just about every dimension of development Universality Integration Transformation

  5. Trustworthy data will transform the world • Reliable and timely and granular data is needed to show progress in achieving targets of SDGs • Good indicators are needed to monitor the positive or negative trends towards achieving the SDGs

  6. UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Missions reveals… • Many developing countries still struggle to compile basic economic and social statistics • Capacity to produce these new indicators is questionable Challenge About a third of the required SDG indicators are from areas outside traditional official statistics

  7. A step further – use non-traditional sources of data – Earth observation • Role of Earth observation and geospatial data is recognised in supporting the achievement of the SDGs by UN(UN resolution 70/1) • Europe case: • 65 of 169 indicators directly benefit from European GNSS and Copernicus applications – either helping monitor the status of the SDGs or actively contributing to its fulfilment

  8. UNOOSA Publication Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals: Building blocks towards the 2030 agenda • In January 2018, UNOOSA and European GNSS Agency (GSA) published a report that investigates the role of space technologies in fulfillment of SDGs • Research found that 65 of the 169 SDG targets(almost40%) are reliant on Copernicus and EGNSS space systems. • This report is supported by 38 cases and best practices exemplifying how space technologies contribute to achieving the SDGs • If these practices were implemented on a larger scale, they would contribute to the achievement of SDG targets ahead of their deadlines

  9. Earth observation 50 years of accumulated knowledge of earth systems, including atmosphere, land, oceans and ice coverage

  10. UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal • Provides information about how space-based data can support the entire disaster management cycle • Highlights relevant developments in the community through regular news articles • Facilitates discovery of data useful for addressing specific natural hazards • Supports learning process to get from data to knowledge through e.g. • Application examples • Step-by-step workflows for downloading, processing and analyzing data in various programming languages and software packages (Recommended Practices) • Curation of existing in-person and online learning opportunities (MOOC, webinars, etc.) to facilitate discovery for those interested in strengthening skills www.un-spider.org

  11. UNOOSA & GEOSS Portal • UNOOSA become data provider on Group on Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS) Portal in May 2018 • Data sources from UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal made available through GEOSS Portal • Data sources on Knowledge Portal are reviewed and curated to ensure relevance to disaster management professionals

  12. Space4Water Portal www.space4water.org

  13. Guidelines, tools and data cube Efforts to build EO support for Sri Lanka and South Asia region in implementing Sendai Framework Implementing partners UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER SAARC Disaster Management Centre IWMI – UN-SPIDER RSO in Sri Lanka Delta State University RSO in USA EO for Emergency Response EO for supporting Sendai Framework Pilot country: Sri Lanka Partner: Disaster Management Centre Pilot region: South Asia Partner: SAARC Disaster Management Centre MOOC course Sri Lanka spatial data cube Replication in other countries and region

  14. shirish.ravan@un.org

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