MENA Space Capabilities & Security Challenges: Applications to Disaster Management

Past Online Event

 Middle East and North Africa Space Capabilities & Security Challenges: Applications to Disaster Management

 Date : 28 JUNE 2022

 Time:  09.00 – 17.00 CEST

 Date : 29 JUNE 2022

 Time:  09.00 – 13.00 CEST

You are kindly invited to participate at our hybrid Study Day on MENA: Space Capabilities & Security Challenges. The focus will be on the application of space-based technologies to disaster management in the MENA Region. Experts and academics from the region will join NATO in JFCNP to share their insights and perspectives on the subject. The event will be streamed online. 

Highlights

• The Study Day will cover various phases of the disaster management cycle with a view to improving human security, including: prevention, preparedness, early warning, response and reconstruction.
• The panellists will present their submitted papers. A report, which will include these papers, will be published after the event.
• Our honoured participants include: The Egyptian Space Agency, The Bahrain Space Agency, The UAE Space Agency, The Space Generation Council, The Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Vernewell Management Consultancies, Istanbul University Faculty of Law, the EU Satellite Centre, UNOOSA and others.
  
• The Study Day is structured into three panels, covering such subjects as natural hazards, disaster risk reduction, human-made disasters and public health disaster management.

Background

Over the past decade, the MENA region has invested in regional space technology and capabilities. These provide critical infrastructure for essential applications, such as the management of natural and human-made disasters.

The ability to use space-based information to tackle various hazards is gaining in importance in the region, particularly due to the recent increase in both extreme natural events exacerbated by climate change and demographic developments. Such disastrous events are characterized by the vulnerability of physical processes which ultimately leads to severe financial loss.

Through working together with regional actors, NATO seeks to establish a shared understanding of the current circumstances. This study day aims to help identify opportunities for future cooperation to promote security and stability in the region.