1. Capacity Building Support to Asia-Pacific and UN-SDGs
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Capacity Building Support to Asia-Pacific and UN-SDGs
CSSTEAP
CEOS WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting
Agenda Item # 23
Working Group on
Capacity Building & Data Democracy
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Indian Space Research Organisation
Dehradun, India
March 06th – 08th, 2019

2. Contents Part 1: CSSTEAP CB Activities
Part 2: CB: 37 Coordinated CB – Framework
Part 3: CB: 37 CCB Webinar on SDGs

3. CSSTEAP completed 23 years.
WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting, IIRS, Dehradun, India, March 06th – 08th, 2019
Formation of UN RCs
Resolution 45/72 -UN GA 1990:
“... the UN should lead to establish regional centres for SSTE in existing national / regional educational institutions in the developing countries”.
In 1994, a UN team conducted an evaluation mission of six countries in Asia-Pacific region.
UN-OOSA notified India as the host country to establish Centre for Space Science & Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP).
INDIA
NIGERIA
BRAZIL
MEXICO
JORDAN
CHINA
1995
2003
1998
2012
2014
First centre established
CSSTEAP completed 23 years.
Outcome: 2040 participants from 36 AP Countries
Participants: Mid-career Professionals in Govt., Pvt. S., Academics

4. Uniqueness Training at CSSTEAP Nodal Centres IIRS SAC
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Uniqueness
Training at CSSTEAP Nodal Centres
50 years of experience in CB in RS & GIS
Centre of Excellence to conduct MEA courses, Ministries training
Joint Education Program with ITC on Global M.Sc. (Geoinformatics) course
Primary ISRO Centre for conceptualizing, planning & building EO Sensors, Commun. & Navigation Systems
State of art Infrastructure for hardware innovation
Strong Applications Scientists to data exploitation
Design & Development, integration & testing of all satellites
Total Spacecraft project management and in-orbit spacecraft operations for earth & planetary missions
State of art infrastructure for satellite building
Known as ‘Cradle’ of Indian Space Sciences
Pioneering research in Space & Atmospheric Sciences, Astronomy, Astro- & Solar Physics, Planetary & Geosciences
Established Solar observatory, Optical Astronomy Lab
IIRS
SAC
CSSTEAP Educators ‘sharing’ their experience & working knowledge in this SSTE Program - “free & fair”
URSC
PRL

5. Achievements & Good Practices
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Achievements & Good Practices
Women Participation
(Overall)
(Long-term)
Participation Profile
(Short-term)
Good Practices
CBE with sharing global expertise
Greater percentage on Hands-on
Specialized short courses for skills devt. programs – including Off-shore training
Advanced research with field experiments as part of higher education
Exposure to State-of-art knowledge thro’ Symposia & W/S
“Alumni” feedback – post training to learn effectiveness of training undertaken – and future course recommendations
Encouraging women participation
Webinar courses for specialized topics
Digital Knowledge Repository for record and archival of teaching material
Handling multi-cultural/multi-ethnic learning through survey analysis
Lectures
Practical/pilot projects/demo
Field Work
Self study/ seminars/ Exams
75% - Hands-on training
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6. CB-37: Coordinated CB for SDGs
WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting, IIRS, Dehradun, India, March 06th – 08th, 2019
CB-37: Coordinated CB for SDGs
Develop a white paper that discusses approaches to Identify of support from
Space agencies with presence in developing regions, and
International organizations (e.g. UNOOSA, UNESCAP, GEO, CGMS, WMO…)
to provide hands on training to use EO data for SDG reporting and to engage in other CEOS WGCapD activities.
Deliverable lead: Senthil Kumar, CSSTEAP
Co-leads: Sergio Camacho, CRECTEALC, Nancy Searby, NASA, Hilcea Ferreira, INPE
Status: a draft version is under review.

7. Region Specific CD & CB Coordination
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CCB: A Framework
harmonizing
planning
executing
modes
Global
Organisations
UNOOSA,
UNESCAP,
CEOS, GEO,
CGMS, WMO, …
In-person & blended
in-shore: LT&ST
off-shore,
caravan, …
Webinars
MOOC
Tutorials/ Symposia
Setting up TAB
Region Specific CD & CB Coordination
Core Technical on EO-SDGs
Research & Knowledge Sharing
Inter- governmental planning, regional practices
Resources Sharing, Management
UN RCs
Regional Partners
Regional
Partners:
e.g. AOGEOSS,
APRSAF,
ASEAN,
APSCO,
Space agencies.
INGOs …
Recognized CB Institutions.
Professional Societies:
National,
Regional,
International 

8. CCB: Anticipated Benefits
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CCB: Anticipated Benefits
Reducing duplication of efforts
Energizing collective action between regional member countries, regional and Intl. institutions/organisations to implement SDGs
Assessing existing capacities in regions – experts, tools, data, ICT
Assessing finance resources – training, expert advice, infrastructure
Engaging youth thro’ societies to stimulate research
Encouraging exchange of experts, professionals on region-specific case studies to support knowledge sharing
Connecting intergovernmental mechanisms with global technical organisations,
Collecting, sharing and promoting good practices and experience on space policies and legislation in regional cooperation, …

9. WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting, IIRS, Dehradun, India, March 06th – 08th, 2019
CCB: Webinar on SDG#6
Curriculum Development for SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation
Core Technical
Research & Knowledge sharing
Inter-govt.al & reg. practices
Water Quality (Targets. 6.1, 6.3)
Develop capacity for technical support on mapping water quality
Research techniques on the applications of geospatial information for water recycling.
Exchange information and good practices to provide technical recommendations on methodologies for mapping water quality.
Water Resources Management (Targets. 6.5, 6.6)
Develop capacity for mapping and monitoring water resources,
Provide technical support on integrating space applications with meteorological and ground based method to ensure sustainable water resources
Provide support for combining space applications with other reliable data sources for sustainable water use planning at appropriate levels .
Research methods to better understand how space and geo-informatics applications can support estimation on water resources
Share knowledge for identifying hotspots for water demand in urban, rural, industrial and agricultural systems
Identifying areas for water harvesting structures and watershed ecosystem restoration.
Contribution to national efforts in the use of EO applications for the developments of river basin WR plans and regional cooperation.
Support mechanism for inter- governmental discussions and facilitate to safe and affordable drinking water target by 2030, through space based solutions and tools.
Working with existing mechanisms & international/regional organisations, to provide satellite data and information to support sustainable water use.

10. CCB: Webinar on SDG#11 CD for SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting, IIRS, Dehradun, India, March 06th – 08th, 2019
CCB: Webinar on SDG#11
CD for SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Core Technical
Research & Knowledge sharing
Inter-govt.al & reg. practices
Natural & Cultural Heritage (Target: 11.4)
Develop capacity for identifying & mapping cultural and natural heritage sites, including 3D modeling, TLS for visualization and detection of damages.
Research techniques on the use of satellite, drones data to protect & safeguard the natural & cultural heritage.
Working with existing national, inter- governmental, international orgns. to provide satellite data and support the implementation of sustainable NCH.
Waste Management (Target: 11.6)
Techniques on the use of EO data for site selection, landfill monitoring an WM (solid, liquid, gas)
Research methods on integration of EO data with other sources for WM, incl. collection & transportation
Existing mechanism with different organizations to support WM policies and good practices
Urban Planning (Target: 11.b)
1) Develop capacity for mapping, modeling of urban, peri-urban areas and settlements, 2) use EO for urban pollution, urban heat island effects, WQ 3)Methods facilities to support UP, 4) use of EO and other methods to monitor unplanned urban development over time..
Use of state-of-art methods for using space applications and frontier technologies to monitor urban unplanned development over time.
1) Methods of promoting discussions and sharing of information on the use of space applications for monitoring air quality. 2) Share experiences and good practices on the use of space applications for urban planning, decision making tools for policy makers and local govts.

11. CCB: Webinar on SDG#2 Curriculum Development for SDG 2: Zero Hunger
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CCB: Webinar on SDG#2
Curriculum Development for SDG 2: Zero Hunger
Core Technical
Research & Knowledge sharing
Inter-govt.al & reg. practices
Food Production (FP)
1) Develop FP capacity for seasonal forecasting and its impact, 2) techniques for RT monitoring of weather from EO meteorological data, 3) map infra-structure related to food storage, warehousing etc. and socio- economic information to ascertain demand and distribution
1) Statistical, modeling approaches for crop productivity, pest, insect outbreaks using agromet. info from EO data, ) Map land, soil quality & productivity for appropriate crops, 3) Demand mapping for FP / processing against population density to learn food security needs in vulnerable areas
Supporting seasonal forecasting and share good practices in international forums like GEOGLAM, APRSAF..
Sharing knowledge on package of practices with respect to site specific capability
Precision Agriculture (PA)
Basics of PA using UAVs, vehicle mounted and EO for monitoring agricultural conditions
Appln & integration of UAVs, GNSS, RS and new technologies for PA
Promoting the integration of EO based solution with other digital innovations to support PA.
Agroecosystem resilience (AR)
1) EO data for multi-hazard EW and damage assessment (flood, drought), 2) Decision Support tools for drought monitoring, EWS
1) Share knowledge on developing soil nutrients map for ES management, ) Mainstream climate info for ES resilience (livestock, agri., fisheries,..)
1) How sharing findings from drought MS contribute regional policies ) Enhancing cooperation in EWS and alert networking for DRR

12. CCB: Webinars on SDGs Proposed Action Plan
WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting, IIRS, Dehradun, India, March 06th – 08th, 2019
CCB: Webinars on SDGs
Proposed Action Plan
Time: May – June No of days, depending on the availability of speakers
Targeted participants: Working professionals in Govt., Pvt., Academia
Best practices: Lectures with Hands-on, success stories
Evidence of CB built: Queries, survey method
Implementing partners: Subject experts, leads from global organisations
Potential areas of collaboration: Sharing resources (manpower, tools, satellite data) for overall meeting training objectives.

13. Thank you for your kind attention