EO4SD wrap up event: fragility, conflict and security

Satellite Earth Observation (EO) technology has major potential to inform and facilitate international development work in a globally consistent manner. Since 2008, the European Space Agency has worked closely together with the International Financing Institutions (IFIs) and their client countries to harness the benefits of EO in their operations and resources management. EO4SD – Earth Observation for Sustainable Development – is an ESA initiative which aims to achieve a step increase in the uptake of satellite-based environmental information in the IFIs regional and global programs. This event will focus on the Fragility, Conflict and Security component of the initiative through the presentation of several successful use cases followed by a discussion on lessons and insights in order to inform the way forward with the new phase of the partnership – and in particular its core component, the Global Development Assistance program.  

Chair:

• Soukeyna Kane, Director of the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group

 

Speakers:

• Alex Chunet, European Space Agency representative to the World Bank
• Michela Corvino, European Space Agency Technical Officer for Fragility, Conflict and Security
• Marc Lucas, EO4SD-Fragility consortium Lead, Project Manager & Senior Oceanographer at CLS
• Olivier Tsui, EO4SD-Fragility consortium member, Manager, Remote Sensing & Geomatics at Hatfield
• Mathieu Domingo, EO4SD-Fragility consortium member, UNOSAT

 

Panelists:

 

• Aly Rahim, Practice Manager, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, West Africa
• Arianna Legovini, Director, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department
• Nadia Piffaretti, Senior Economist

 

Discussants:

• Hogeun Park, Urban Specialist
• Ivonne Astrid Moreno Horta, Senior Land Administration Specialist