Our mission
Our Mission is to accelerate impact by fully capitalising on the power of satellite Earth Observation (EO) in international development assistance operations.
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 7: December 2024
In episode 7 of ESA’s GDA Impact Newsroom, discover how Earth Observation is driving sustainable change from urban planning in Kenya to enhancing clean energy in Bangladesh.
ESA GDA Impact Newsroom- Episode 6: September 2024
This episode highlights include ESA meetings with WB and IFAD, Climate Resilience next-gen tool and cases from the Marine and the Fragility, Conflict and Security activities.
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
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) awarded a contract to SISTEMA GmbH to support the ADB Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS) team in their activities in Afghanistan and surrounding countries (Tajikistan, … Read more
After agreeing on the supported projects in the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) during the User Requirements Review (URR) in July, the GDA AID Fragility consortium and the IFIs counterparts met … Read more
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organised the Second Innovation Fair in Manila on 5 October 2022, with the aim to foster an innovation-driven culture and design innovative solutions with developing … Read more
The User Requirements Review (URR) meeting of the GDA AID Fragility, Conflict and Security activity took place in Rome on 6 July at e-GEOS premises. The meeting was attended on … Read more
IFAD organised a webinar as part of their “Food4Thought Series“, dedicated to Leveraging Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), on 7 September 2022. Clement Albergel, Climate Applications … Read more
The latest ITT (invitation to tender) released under the GDA programme will implement new EO information developments in direct response to IFI operations requirements for environmental information in the thematic … Read more
Agricultural development is a key tool to end extreme poverty and ensure an integrated and sustained economic development of national to global Food Systems. As Earth Observation has proven to … Read more
From August 8 to 11, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organised its annual Asia Water Forum #AWF2022 with the theme “Toward a Resilient and Water-Secure Asia and the Pacific”. The … Read more
The kick-off of the dedicated GDA AID activity line on Marine Environment and Blue Economy will take place on the 9 June 2022. The consortium, led by Planetek Italia, includes … Read more
The kick-off of the dedicated action on Fragility, Conflict & Security (FCV) under the GDA programme’s AID (Agile EO Information Development) activity line will take place on the 21st of … Read more
IFAD and FAO just published a new policy brief on low carbon and resilient livestock development in Kyrgyzstan. The two Agencies partnered with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the European Space Agency to assess how livestock is key in adapting to Climate Change in … Read more
The third annual South Asia Hydromet Forum (SAHF III) co-organised by the World Bank and held online on November 15-18, 2021, examined how pooling data, resources, and information can improve … Read more
In March 2022, IFAD’s Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit (CDI) published its Catalogue of Geospatial Tools and Applications for Climate Investments. This Catalogue was notably elaborated in partnership with the … Read more
Through its partnership with ESA, the Asian Development Bank has been working with the Government of West Bengal on providing Earth Observation tools that can increase disaster risk resilience and … Read more
