1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)