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EO AFRICA Community
Join our community!EO AFRICA Community
Join our community!- Community building is a central aspect of the EO AFRICA Initiative. It will allow our stakeholders to follow-up on events and calls, participate in the Space Academy and/or make use of the Innovation Lab. Only by engaging with the community
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Principles of and advances in Earth Observation
Dates: Sep 16 – Oct 11, 2024Deadline: August 29, 2024
Registration is open!
Principles of and advances in Earth Observation
Dates: Sep 16 – Oct 11, 2024Deadline: August 29, 2024
Registration is open!
- Principles of and advances in Earth Observation | September 16 - October 11, 2024 | Online course with live-chat | This online course equips participants with fundamental knowledge in Earth Observation (EO) to enhance their understanding and utilization of EO data. The course primarily focuses on optical data, exploring their advantages and limitations. Additionally, active remote sensing concepts are introduced.
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Africa-led design of training materials
Submissions Deadline: 18 Aug 2024Start of Activity: 1 Oct 2024
Workshop: 11-15 Nov 2024
Africa-led design of training materials
Submissions Deadline: 18 Aug 2024Start of Activity: 1 Oct 2024
Workshop: 11-15 Nov 2024
- ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), announce: Call for African-led training material design Related to the themes: EO for managing water scarcity and safeguarding food security in Africa. Introduction EO AFRICA stands for
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Call for Research Proposals 2024-2025
Submissions Deadline: 20 Sep 2024Start of Projects: 1 Nov 2024
Kick-off Workshop: 4 Nov 2024
Call for Research Proposals 2024-2025
Submissions Deadline: 20 Sep 2024Start of Projects: 1 Nov 2024
Kick-off Workshop: 4 Nov 2024
- ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), announces: Call for Research Proposals 2024-2025 The main focus of this call is to leverage earth observation to tackle present and future challenges in water and food
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MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space v2
Enrol now!MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space v2
Enrol now!- Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space is launched. Some additional webinars and descriptions of related research is included in the MOOC. For the presentations, both French and English subtitles can be displayed over the
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Download Training Modules
8 downloadable training packagesDownload Training Modules
8 downloadable training packages- A total of 8 downloadable training packages have been developed. The content of most of the MOOC-chapters, webinars, online and face to face trainings is derived from these training packages. The packages are intended to be used in MSc level curricula in the field of EO for water and food security. All packages use free and open-software.
Why EO Africa
EO AFRICA stands for African Framework for Research Innovation, Communities and Applications in Earth Observation. EO AFRICA fosters an African-European R&D partnership, facilitating the sustainable adoption of the Earth Observation and related space technology in Africa – following an African user driven approach with a long-term (>10 years) vision for the digital era in Africa.
EO AFRICA Community
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Community building is a central aspect of the EO AFRICA Initiative. It will allow our stakeholders to follow-up on events and calls, participate in the Space Academy and/or make use of the Innovation Lab. Only by engaging with the community
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The Space Academy is the institute of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility that will take care of the (co-)development, hosting and the certification of all the developed content. The Space Academy will provide a system to enrol candidates for the
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