The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as a user of

1. The International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as a user of Frédéric ZANETTA, disaster information senior officer, operations support department Seminar on Kopernikus – Galileo for potential users October 9, 2008 - Brussels, Belgium

2. 0 To improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity The world's largest humanitarian organization

3. ICRC International Red Crossand Red Crescent Movement • 186 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies since 1862 “National Societies” • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies since 1919“International Federation” • International Committee of the Red Cross“ICRC”

4. National Societieswhat they do • National Societies act as auxiliaries to the public authorities of their own countries in the humanitarian field. • They provide a range of services including disaster relief, health and social programmes, and assistance to people affected by war.

5. Secretariat focus Four core Areas Promotion of fundamentalprinciples and humanitarian values Disaster response Disaster preparedness Health and care in the community Strategic directions Responsive and focused Well-functioning National Societies Working together effectively Mission Serving National Societies Leading and inspiringthe Federation Role Serving leader

7. Operations support department • International response tools • Disater Management Information System • Information management • Maps • Disaster Relief Emergency Fund • Field Assessment and Coordination Team • Emergency Respond Unit

8. Main challenges • 100 % increase in number of disaster in the last 4 years • Increase in climatic anomalies

9. Products in information management • Statistics

11. Products in information management • Statistics • Early warning (Rain forecasts, cyclones track, etc.)

15. Products in information management • Statistics • Early warning (Rain forecasts, cyclones track, etc.) • Situation maps for all our documents linked to operations

18. Two problems • Data availability • Analysis of satellite imagery • Both can be solved with Respond

19. What is Respond for a user • Respond is one of ESA’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) projects • Respond is an alliance of European and International organisations working with the humanitarian community to improve access to maps, satellite imagery and geographic information.

20. Consortium of 20 partners www.respond-int.org

21. Some users of Respond

22. Two problems - Solutions • Geographical data availability • Solution provided by Respond through Keyobs

23. Keyobs products • GIS data projects • Earthquake in Pakistan (8 Oct. 2005) • Hard copies sent to the field. Very usefull !

24. Keyobs products • GIS data projects for disaster prone area • Sumatra (2007)

25. Two problems - Solutions • Data availability • Solution provided by Respond through Keyobs • Analysis • Solution provided by Respond through value added services

26. UNOSAT products • Detailled affected areas • Analysis • Floods in Mozambique • Snow layer for Pakistan

27. Before and after analysis

28. When info drives to action • For the last 5 years, this led to… • 372 DREF, more than 35 millions € • 123 emergency appeals, more than 1 billion € • 38 FACT deployment • 78 ERU deployment • In response to 1939 disasters

29. Conclusion • Good information as proposed by Respond allows us to offer a better, more adapted and faster response to disasters.