ESA GDA through the years
The programme leverages Earth Observation (EO) technologies to support global development by providing critical data and analytics.
Knowledge Hub
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 18: March 2026
Episode 18. In this edition, we celebrate the winners of the first Impact Stories from Space Challenge, recognising inspiring examples of how Earth observation is enabling action for sustainable development.
ESA GDA Impact Newsroom- Episode 17: February 2026
Episode 17. This month, we show how satellite Earth Observation (EO) is directly shaping investment decisions with International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in the Dominican Republic, Madagascar, and Somalia.
The Global Development Assistance Programme will be presented as part of the Space Café Austria, organised by Space Watch. The event will take place online on 6 April 2023 at … Read more
The event “Space4Economy” will take place on 23 March 2023 in Vienna (Austria), with a contribution of Christoph Aubrecht, GDA programme coordinator. The event takes place as part of the … Read more
Christoph Aubrecht, GDA programme coordinator, is participating in the Atlantic Innovation Week where he is introducing the Global Development Assistance programme as part of a panel session entitled “Earth Observation and Sustainable … Read more
On Monday 13 March 2023, the “Space for International Development Assistance” Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was launched. Produced by Imperative Space for the European Space Agency, this new online … Read more
Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems are currently experiencing significant transformations through digital innovations and distributed ledger technology to enhance trust and stakeholders’ abilities to mobilize resources for, and to … Read more
The GDA AID Urban Sustainability activity has been supporting the project “Updating the Revised Strategic Transport Plan for Dhaka, Bangladesh”. This project, led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has … Read more
The World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) organised the Understanding Risk 2022 (UR22) forum between 28 November and 02 December 2022. Based in Florianopolis (Brazil) with … Read more
KfW Development Bank is organising an online conference on Remote Management, Monitoring and Verification (RMMV) approaches and tools for humanitarian and development projects implementation under challenging circumstances on the 8 and … Read more
The GDA AID Water Resources activity will be launched on 9 February 2023, with the participation of both the ESA GDA team and members from the consortium led by EOMAP (Germany). Water … Read more
A new ITT (invitation to tender) has been issued for the design and implementation of a flexible and versatile analytical environment within the GDA programme. Powered by European public cloud resources, … Read more
Caribou Space and Imperative Space hosted a webinar on “Leveraging Development Finance – Procurement Insights from the World Bank” under the GDA Monitoring & Evaluation activity on 15 December 2022. This event built … Read more
The GDA AID Climate Resilience consortium has completed the first prototype of an information product that estimates aboveground biomass in Mozambique forests to support the calculation and monitoring of greenhouse … Read more
A new ITT (invitation to tender) has been released for the definition, design and implementation of a Knowledge Hub for the Global Development Assistance Programme. The core objective of this … Read more
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organised and financed a workshop to strenghten knowledge and capacity building on remote sensing applications in Pekalongan (Indonesia) between 5 and 9 December 2022. The … Read more
A new ITT (invitation to tender) has been released for the design and implementation of an Impact Communication Strategy for the Global Development Assistance Programme, following the motto Communicate-Connect-Cooperate (CCC). … Read more
The kick-off meeting for the GDA AID Clean Energy activity is taking place on 13 December 2022, with the participation of both the ESA GDA team and members from the … Read more
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