[UN SPIDER] Last Call: United Nations/China Regional UN-SPIDER Workshop 3-5 December 2007

[David STEVENS]

Dear Colleagues,

This is the last announcement for the "United Nations/China Regional
UN-SPIDER Workshop: Building Upon Regional Space-based Solutions for
Disaster Management and Emergency Response" in Shenzhen, China, 03 to 05
December 2007.

Deadline for receiving your application has been extended to 31 October
2007. Please find attached the Information Note. Additional information can
be found on our website:

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

The venue of the workshop will be at the superb MING WAH International
Convention Center, Shenzhen, China. For self-funded participants the room
rates are: Standard Room (single/double): RMB380/room/night (breakfast
included). Deluxe rooms and Deluxe Suites are a bit more expensive.

Check out: http://www.mhctr.com

The general objective of this workshop is to present the current status of
space technology for disaster management and emergency response within the
region; Discuss the UN-SPIDER awareness raising strategy proposal building
upon examples of similar successful strategies carried out by other
organisations within the region; Discuss the development of country
profiles, user input for the establishment of a UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
and capacity building needs in the region; Define ways and means of
efficiently coordinating and interacting with National Focal Points and the
Network of Regional Support Offices; Reflect on the best concepts for
delivering support to both national activities and to national planning and
policies, that consider the use of space-based technologies, and; Review
and discuss activities to be carried out by National Focal Points with the
support from UN-SPIDER and the Network of Regional Support Offices.

Participation is limited to 40 decision-makers and senior experts
representing the following group:   UN-SPIDER National Focal Points and
experts from the Network of Regional Support Offices in East and Southeast
Asia; Other national and regional institutions responsible for providing
disaster management support; National and regional institutions responsible
for building capacity and promoting the use of space-based technologies; UN
agencies and NGOs involved in disaster mitigation and relief; Space
agencies, and ; Academic institutions;

Within the limited financial resources available, a number of selected
international participants, representing institutions from East and
Southeast Asia, will be offered financial support to attend this
International UN-SPIDER Workshop. If you have any additional questions
please contact Mr. Georg Magerl (e-mail: georg.magerl at unvienna.org).

Within its plan of work, UN-SPIDER is organizing a series of workshops and
expert meeting bringing together experts and relevant professionals from
around the world with the aim of discussing and shaping the future
activities of this new programme. The latest information and materials
related to these activities are available online at
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/workshops.html

(See attached file: UN SPIDER China WS Shenzhen Info_Note_Final.pdf)

Best regards,

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
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