Building on the first training workshop conducted in Addis Ababa last year, the Second Edition of Local Workshops provided by the European Space Agency’s Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) - Agriculture Cluster - kicked off this week in Addis Ababa. Following the fruitful first series of training organized last year in different countries, this second edition is starting in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on 11 February 2019 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) campus.
The workshop is organized under the European Space Agency initiative for building capacity among Task Team Leaders and implementing teams for increased uptake of Satellite Earth Observation in different stages of project cycles (planning, preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation).
EO4SD has built partnerships with IFAD-funded programmes across Africa, including the Participatory Small- Scale Irrigation Programme II (PASDIP II) in Ethiopia, and the regional GEF- funded Integrated Approach Programme on fostering sustainability and resilience for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (IAP-FS), the latter with a strong partnership at regional level.
The five-day training workshop focusses on the practical implementation of the knowledge and insights gained during the 2018 edition, with active participation and feedback from the participants at the core of the sessions.
The content of the workshop is composed of three blocks which address:
The workshop is organized under the European Space Agency initiative for building capacity among Task Team Leaders and implementing teams for increased uptake of Satellite Earth Observation in different stages of project cycles (planning, preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation).
EO4SD has built partnerships with IFAD-funded programmes across Africa, including the Participatory Small- Scale Irrigation Programme II (PASDIP II) in Ethiopia, and the regional GEF- funded Integrated Approach Programme on fostering sustainability and resilience for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (IAP-FS), the latter with a strong partnership at regional level.
The five-day training workshop focusses on the practical implementation of the knowledge and insights gained during the 2018 edition, with active participation and feedback from the participants at the core of the sessions.
The content of the workshop is composed of three blocks which address:
- Recap and refresher of first workshop, EO4SD news and updates
- Earth Observation Clinic sessions in which four ongoing projects in Ethiopia are discussed. Project leads will present data collection procedures, services in use, and of how they have used EO4SD services in the past year
- Field data collection practices and procedures- calculating SDG indicators using land cover and land productivity maps with open source solutions. A road map will be drafted together with the team leaders to identify steps to ensure technologies’ uptake.