[UN SPIDER] Bonn Workshop and GMOSS International Summer School 2007

[David STEVENS]

Dear Colleagues,

1. "United Nations International UN-SPIDER Workshop: Space-based
Information and Solutions for Disaster Management and Support"

The Information Note for the above workshop,  to be held in Bonn, Germany
from 29 - 31 October 2007, has already been posted to the UNOOSA website.
It can be downloaded from the following web page:

http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/workshops.html

The deadline for sending us your application form is 27 August 2007. There
are two additional workshops being planned and we expect to finalise the
Information Notes soon so that you can then decide which workshop(s) is/are
of interest to you.

We would be grateful if you could circulate this information to colleagues
and known experts who could also benefit and contribute to this planned
workshop.

2. GMOSS International Summer School 2007

This year's  GMOSS International Summer School 2007 will be dedicated to
the theme of "Early Warning and Monitoring of Agreements" and will be
hosted by the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca Facultad de Informática
and European Satellite Center and supported by Salzburg University's Centre
for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) as partner of the EC FP6 Network of Excellence
Global Monitoring for Security and Stability GMOSS (http://gmoss.jrc.it/).
This is a short intensive course with an open registration policy. All
interested participants are welcome to Madrid from 2 - 9 September 2007.
Check out further information on the following web page:

http://www.training-zgis.at/

Even though the registration deadline has already passed they will be
exceptionally considering registrations they receive by 15 August 2007.
Applicants from Latin America in particular are encouraged to apply.

Regards,

David

David Stevens
Programme Coordinator
UN-SPIDER
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Vienna - Austria
Tel. ++43-(1)-26060-5631 - Skype: tazarkount
FAX ++43-(1)-260607-5631 -  E-Mail david.stevens at unvienna.org