The third GMES North Africa regional workshop kicks-off this morning in Tunis.

Organized under the theme “Earth Observation for Sustainable Development : Bridging the Gap between Science, Technology and Policy”, this workshop aims to review the achievements of the Consortium, mobilize North African stakeholders and have them involved in the use and uptake of Earth Observation products and services in support of informed decision-making. 

This technical workshop, organized by CRASTE-LF, a reference training centre based in Rabat – Morocco, brought together experts from national and regional Mapping and Remote Sensing agencies, designated by representatives of the GMES North Africa Consortium, including the CUCT in Mauritania, the LCRSSS in Libya, the CRTEAN in Tunisia, the CRASTE-LF in Morocco and the DRC in Egypt. The event kick-started with the speeches of Mr. Nabil Ben Khatra, Executive Secretary of the OSS and Professor Anas Emran, Director of CRASTE-LF.

Dégradation des terres, désertification, perte de biodiversité et déséquilibre écologique sont, aujourd’hui, des enjeux environnementaux de plus en plus pressants qui menacent la survie des écosystèmes et des populations Africaines. Face à ce constat et conscient de la nécessité d’agir et de prendre des mesures pour inverser les tendances négatives, l’Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel organise une Conférence Internationale sur « Terres d’Afrique : la dégradation et l’impératif de la Gestion Durable », les 25 et 26 juin à Tunis. 

Recalling the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Strategic Framework (UNCCD 2018-2030, adopted at the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Agenda 2063 of the African Union, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration as well as the objectives of the three Rio Conventions,

Aware of the land degradation pressing challenge and its impact on food security, biodiversity and the economic and social well-being of the populations,

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During this event, the representative of the GMES North Africa Consortium took the floor at the interoperability of existing platforms session, giving a presentation on the OSS experience in the development and operationalization of geospatial tools and technologies dedicated to environmental monitoring and natural resources management in Africa.

During the second session of the GMES Continental workshop which started this morning March 27, 2024 in Nairobi, each of the 6 GMES Consortia implementing Natural Resources and Water services had the opportunity to present and give updates on their various activities being implemented in order to meet the needs of the users, and which are being monitored by the indicators of the second GMES&Africa project’s Logical framework.

The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), are co-organizing a training workshop on the use of the Growth Monitoring Statistical tool (CST) and the GuetCrop platform to support the monitoring of crop growth and the forecasting of agricultural yields.

The Sahara and Sahel Observatory is organizing a training workshop from February 26^th to March 1^st, 2024, on the use and adoption of MISBAR, MISLAND, and GUETCROP tools to meet the needs of the Libyan Agricultural Research Center, a key actor supporting the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture in monitoring agricultural campaigns. The workshop was launched by Mr.