Capacity Building Activities at NASA Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Capacity Building Activities at NASA Nancy D. Searby Agenda Item #30 CEOS 7th Working Group for Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD) Annual Meeting INPE São José dos Campos, Brazil 6-8th March, 2018

Agency Competencies Regional, Thematic Areas and Strategies Best Practices Create and track indicators of progress, outputs, and impacts (e.g. improved awareness in new regions – # of countries participants are from, # of countries projects are done; individuals and institution types (e.g. government, academia)) *only includes SERVIR AST projects

Activities By Region & Theme Capacity Building Expected Activities Activities By Region & Theme Asia & Oceania: GEE training for Naresuan University - Bangkok, Thailand (Oct 18, 2017) Technical Meeting on Improving Flood Forecasting and Planning Capacity of the Lower Mekong Region - Bangkok, Thailand (Oct 30 - Oct 31, 2017) A Training on the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) - Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 1 - Nov 3, 2017) (S) Co-development workshop with Myanmar Relief and Resettlement Department - Bangkok, Thailand (Dec 4 - Dec 6, 2017) (S) SAR Basics and Forest Degradation and Deforestation - Kathmandu, Nepal (2/12-2/16) (S) SARI SERVIR GOFC Training - Bangkok, Thailand (Mar 1 - Mar 9) (S) Training on Satellite-based Water Level Monitoring and Forecasting - Hanoi, Vietnam (Mar 6 - Mar 7) (S) Workshop on Use of Spaceborne SAR data for estimating forest height - Bangkok, Thailand (3/12-3/16) (S) On-the-Job Training on Application of GIS and Remote Sensing for Agriculture and Drought Monitoring - Kathmandu, Nepal (Mar 12 - Mar 23) (S) Capacity Building Training on Cryosphere Monitoring Using RS & Geospatial Techniques - Kathmandu, Nepal (Mar 19 - Mar 30) (S) Afghanistan Wheat Mapping Workshop and Training - Bangkok, Thailand (Mar 31 - Apr 6) (S) AST training on applications in Bangladesh and Nepal - Bangladesh & Nepal (April 2018) (S) National forest area and change reporting using stratified sampling approach - Laos (Apr 2 - Apr 11) (S) Regional Land Cover Monitoring System - System Design and Service Priorities Workshop #1 - Bangkok, Thailand (Apr 4 - Apr 6) (S) Google Earth Engine Training - Kathmandu, Nepal (Apr 9 - Apr 13) (S) HKH AST Workshop at FFWC - Bangladesh (Apr 30 - May 4) (S) Workshop on Use of Spaceborne SAR data for retrieving forest structural parameters - Kathmandu, Nepal (Apr 30 - May 04) (S) Drought and Yield Monitoring and Forecasting - Thailand (Q2 2018) (S) Air Quality In-Person Training – Asia and Oceania (Q4 2018) (S) 2019 & 2020 Plans: Remote sensing training - Kathmandu, Nepal (Q1 2019) (S) Remote sensing training - TBD, TBD (Q1 2019) (S) HIWAT training - Kathmandu, Nepal (Q1 2019) (S) Europe & CIS: None 2019 & 2020 Plans: None Online: Water Resources Management Webinar – Global (Q3 2018) (A) Wildfires Webinar – Global (Q3 2018) (A) Air Quality Webinar – Global (Q4 2018) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q4 2018) (A) Disaster Resilience (TBD) Webinar – Global (Q4 2018) (A) 2019 & 2020 Plans: Air Quality Webinar– Global (Q1 2019) (A) Water Resources Management Webinar – Global (Q2 2019) (A) Public Health Surveillance Webinar– Global (Q2 2019) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q2 2019) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q3 2019) (A) Disaster Resilience Webinar – Global (Q3 2019) (A) Wildfires Webinar – Global (Q3 2019) (A) Air Quality Webinar – Global (Q4 2019) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q4 2019) (A) Disaster Resilience Webinar – Global (Q4 2019) (A) Tentative Water Resources, SDG Webinar – Global (Q4 2019) (A) Air Quality Webinar – Global (Q1 2020) (A) Water Resources Management Webinar – Global (Q2 2020) (A) Public Health Surveillance Webinar – Global (Q2 2020) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q2 2020) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q3 2020) (A) Disaster Resilience Webinar – Global (Q3 2020) (A) Wildfires Webinar – Global (Q3 2020) (A) Air Quality Webinar – Global (Q4 2020) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Webinar – Global (Q4 2020) (A) Disaster Resilience Webinar – Global (Q4 2020) (A) Tentative Disaster Management, SDG Webinar – Global (Q4 2020) (A) (A) = ARSET (S) = SERVIR *Does not include new GEO project trainings

Activities By Region & Theme Capacity Building Activities Activities By Region & Theme Africa: PREPARED Learning Workshop - C3A2 Training - Arusha, Tanzania (Jan 22 - Jan 26) (S) EWX Training at RCMRD – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Jan 29) (S) SAR Basics and Forest Degradation and Deforestation - Niamey, Niger (1/29-2/2) (S) Training on processing multispectral and SAR data for monitoring rangeland dynamics - Niamey, Niger (Feb 5 - Feb 9) (S) SWP Mara River Basin Project Kick- Off Meeting and Training Workshop - Kisumu, Kenya (Feb 5 - Feb 9) (S) Training workshop at CERSGIS on monitoring forest dynamics using cloud-based resources - Accra, Ghana (Feb 12 - Feb 16) (S) LIS Training AGRHYMET - Niamey, Niger (Feb 20 - Feb 22) (S) Capacity Building Training on Flood Monitoring Using EF5 in Kenya -Nairobi, Kenya (Mar 12 - Mar 16) (S) Training on Enabling local monitoring of landscape change across Eastern and Southern Africa using TimeSync tool - Nairobi, Kenya (Mar 19 - Mar 22) (S) Foundation Training and Technology Transfer in Uganda - Uganda (Mar 19 - Mar 23) (S) Workshop on Use of Spaceborne SAR for mapping mangrove Methods on Sampling Design - Nairobi, Kenya (Apr 16 - Apr 20) (S) WiSci STEAM Camp - Windhoek, Namibia (Jun 17 - Jun 29) (S) Automated workflows for retrieval and preprocessing of large amounts of satellite (Sentinel) data - Niamey, Niger (Q2 2018) (S) West Africa Climatology / AST work - Niamey, Niger (Q2 2018) (S) Applications of LiDAR in West Africa – TBD, West Africa (Q3 2018) (S) Applications of LiDAR in Eastern & Southern Africa - TBD, East Africa (Q3 2018) (S) Tethys Platform Training - Niamey, Niger (Q3 2018) (S) Crop Monitor Training - TBD, TBD (Q3 2018) (S) Training on forest change modeling techniques - TBD, Ghana (Q3 2018) (S) 2019 & 2020 Plans: TBD Americas: WRF Training at NSSTC – Huntsville, USA (Dec 4 - Dec 5, 2017) (S) Workshop on GRACE and Altimetry – Houston, USA (Feb 20 - Feb 27) (S) West Africa GEE Training - San Francisco, USA (Mar 19 - Mar 23) (S) ARSET Air Quality In-person Training – USA (Q3 2018) (A) 2019 & 2020 Plans: Biodiversity and Ecosystem In-person Training – USA (Q1 2019) (A) Disaster Resilience In-person Training – USA (Q2 2019) (A) Air Quality In-person Training – USA (Q3 2019) (A) Water Resources In-person Training – Latin America Global (Q4 2019) (A) Biodiversity and Ecosystem In-person Training – USA (Q1 2020) (A) Disaster Resilience In-person Training – USA (Q2 2020) (A) Air Quality In-person Training – USA (Q3 2020) (A) Water Resources In-person Training – Latin America) (Q4 2020) (A) (A) = ARSET (S) = SERVIR *Does not include new GEO project trainings

SDG-Related Activities Capacity Building Activities SDG-Related Activities ARSET has held several SDG-awareness trainings on: Remote Sensing of Land Indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 15 Satellite Derived Annual PM2.5 Datasets in Support of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Compilation of ARSET-related trainings to SDG’s Future trainings planned: Tentative Water Resources, SDG Webinar – Global (Q4 2019) Tentative Disaster Management, SDG Webinar – Global (Q4 2020)