ESA’s two-day Council at Ministerial Level brings together ESA’s Member States and observers to decide on new proposals and funding for ESA’s next years of work. European ministers in charge of space activities will gather in Sevilla, Spain, to decide on ESA’s vision for the future of Europe in space. As part of the Earth … Read more
The 2-day event explores the utility and benefits of using satellite Earth Observation (EO) information services for water resource management. Through the lens of specific use cases the event will showcase how Earth Observation has supported World Bank funded development projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America with satellite technology applications meeting user needs for … Read more
This workshop has for objective to showcase applications, challenges and achievements of the EO4SD-Urban initiative (2016-2020) and ascertain sustainability of the program within the WB context. It also aims at eliciting additional feedback and insights on the EO4SD-Urban engagement from World Bank professionals who received support under the program. It is believed that the lessons … Read more
Joint presentation with the World Bank's Fragility, Conflict & Violence (FCV) unit on leveraging the ESA-WB partnership for remote supervision, with an eye on CoVid-19. Addressed components include EO4SD-FCS, EO4SD-Lab, and the EO Clinic.
Presentation at the World Bank's SD Data Lab for a dedicated COVID-19 Data Clinic, illustrating the use of Copernicus Sentinel 5-P data for air quality monitoring and COVID-19 impact evaluation.
The event, organised by the WB Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) team, is focusing on how latest technology can support innovative risk financing solutions for climate shocks and other complex risks. The ‘Space for IDA’ initiative and associated partnership activities are promoted jointly by ESA and WB during the webinar.
ESA presents the ‘Space for IDA’ initiative to the international development community at the German Development Bank (KfW)'s 3-day virtual conference on ‘Fragile Contexts, Digitalisation, Remote Management, Monitoring and Verification: Remaining Operational and Sustaining Impact in Global Development Cooperation’.
