United Nations Programme on Space Applications Activities Schedule: 2002
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| Activity | Title | Date and place | Objective |
1 |
UN Workshop on Satellite Aided Search and Rescue System for the benefit of Asia and the Pacific | 18-22 March 2002 Bangalore, India |
To promote the use of the COSPAS/SARSAT satellite rescue system; For countries from the Asia-Pacific region |
2 |
Third UN/USA Workshop on the Use and Applications of Global Satellite Navigation Systems, for the benefit of Latin America and the Caribbean | 1 - 5 April 2002 Santiago, Chile |
To bring the use of the GNSS signals to the awareness of decision-makers and technical personnel in user institutions and the private sectors |
3 |
Twelfth UN/Sweden International Training Course on Remote Sensing Education for Educators | 2 May - 8 June 2002 Stockholm and Kiruna, Sweden |
To enable university educators from all developing country regions to include remote sensing in their curricula |
5 |
United Nations Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management, for the benefit of Africa | 1-5 July 2002 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jointly organized with the Economic Commission for Africa |
To define the status on the use of space technology for disaster management leading to a plan-of-action and viable pilot projects |
4 |
Fourth UN/USA Workshop on the Use of Global Satellite Positioning Systems, for the benefit of Africa | 15 - 19 July 2002 Lusaka, Zambia |
To bring the use of the GNSS signals to the awareness of decision-makers and technical personnel in user institutions and the private sectors |
12 |
UN /S. Africa / ESA Workshop on the Use of Space Technology in Sustainable Development, co-sponsored by Astrium | 21-23 August 2002 Stellenbosch, South Africa |
To appraise high-level decision-makers of the use of space technology in development activities |
6 |
Third United Nations / Austria / ESA Symposium on Enhancing the Participation of Youth in Space Activities | 9-12 September 2002 |
To review follow-up activities from the 2001 Graz Symposium and decide on new actions; for the benefit of young people; (International participation) |
7 |
Eleventh UN/ESA Workshop on Basic Space Science: "World Space Observatory and Virtual Observatories in the era of 10m telescopes." | 9 - 13 September 2002 Cordoba, Argentina |
To review follow up activities from previous workshops and decide on further actions. For countries from the Latin America and the Caribbean region |
8 |
UN/IAF Workshop on Space Solutions for Global Problems: "Building Working Partnerships with All Stakeholders in Human Security and Development" | 10 - 12 October 2002 Houston, USA |
To review follow up activities from previous workshops and decide on further actions (International participation) |
9 |
3rd UN/IAA Workshop on "Small Satellites at the Service of Developing Countries: Beyond Technology Transfer" | 12 October 2002 Houston, USA |
The workshop follows previous activities of the IAA on this subject. The main emphasis this year will be on operational aspects of the use of small satellites, on existing and proposed applications and associated benefits for developing countries |
10 |
UN/USA International Meeting of Experts on the Use of Global Satellite Positioning Systems | 11-15 November 2002 Vienna, Austria |
To review the recommendations of the four regional workshops on GNSS, to draw conclusions and to identify possible actions to implement the recommendations |
13 |
United Nations Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management, for Asia and the Pacific (excluding Western Asia) | 11-15 November 2002 Bangkok, Thailand Jointly organized with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
To define the status on the use of space technology for disaster management leading to a plan-of-action and viable pilot projects |
14 |
United Nations/International Air and Space Law Workshop on Capacity-Building in Space Law | 18-21 November 2002 The Hague, The Netherlands |
To promote understanding, acceptance and implementation of the United Nations treaties and principles of outer space, to promote exchange of information on domestic space laws and policies and to increase the number of university level studies and programmes on space law with a view to promoting national expertise and capacity |