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Advancing and Building EO knowledge and Capacity (ABC). Extensive and interactive repository of European Earth Observation service capabilities.
MOOC on Satellite Earth Observation for IDA
The Space for International Development Assistance Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), created for the GDA, examines EO’s role in global development with expert insights.
Unveiling the unseen: Opening a window into the wider impact of Space for IDA
This short film captures Indonesia's 2018 disaster recovery with the help of external agencies and Earth Observation technology.
ESA GDA Impact Newsroom- Episode 10: June 2025
Episode 10. Welcome to the Impact Newsroom from the GDA programme, powered by the European Space Agency
ESA GDA Impact Newsroom- Episode 9: April 2025
Episode 9 Newsroom video dive into powerful stories where Earth Observation (EO) is not just data, it’s action, resilience and real-world change.
ESA’s GDA Public Health thematic activity has just released its first set of case studies, providing a compelling overview of the ways in which satellite data is enhancing health outcomes … Read more
Building on the recent launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Global Development Assistance Forest Management (GDA Forest) activity, the consortium has published a new brochure that outlines the opportunities … Read more
Afghanistan’s water resources face increasing pressures from growing demand, climate change, and limited in situ data availability. Through the European Space Agency’s Global Development Assistance (ESA GDA) Fast Co-Financing Facility, … Read more
Building in the lessons learned from the EO4SD Forest Management project, the ESA GDA Forest Management activity will support International Financial Institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank and the … Read more
This blog is a repost of a publication by our partner, the World Bank. This data story is the second part of a series on new satellite-based data about deforestation … Read more
Global public health faces numerous challenges, from inaccessibility to health infrastructure to nutrition and food insecurity, as well as increasing health risks due to climate change and environmentally sensitive infectious … Read more
The use of Earth Observation (EO) technologies in forest management offers unique opportunities to address global challenges such as deforestation and climate change. Drawing on lessons learned from the ESA … Read more
In early October, Fabio Cian, the ESA representative to the World Bank, had the privilege of attending the Second EU-Caribbean Global Gateway Conference on Sargassum in Grenada, eastern Caribbean, as … Read more
The EO for Africa Symposium 2024 opened in late September at ESA’s ESRIN facility in Italy, initiating four days of discussions on how Earth Observation (EO) technologies address Africa’s pressing … Read more
The GDA Forest Management activity officially began on 3rd September and will run for 21 months. This project aims to enhance forest management by using Earth Observation (EO) technology to … Read more
ESA’s GDA is the Global Development Assistance programme, implemented in partnership with International Financial Institutions, to mainstream Earth Observation (EO) technology in global development operations by responding directly to their … Read more
In a significant step towards deepening collaborations, Bruno Carrasco, Director General of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), visited ESA’s ESRIN centre in … Read more
A recent study, drawing on Earth Observation (EO) Data, from European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) initiative, the predecessor of the Global Development Assistance programme, sheds … Read more
On May 15, 2024, ESA had the pleasure to host Renaud Seligmann, World Bank Director for Strategy and Operations of the Sustainable Development Practice Group at the ESA-ESRIN facilities in … Read more
The ESA Global Development Assistance activity on Fragility, Conflict and Security has been successfully completed. The consortium – consisting of e-GEOS (Prime Contractor), DLR, Hensoldt Analytics, Vito, Janes, and CGI … Read more
