GEO DARMA Steering Committee Meeting-1 and Concept Workshop

Introductory remarks (Ivan Petiteville)

Tour de table

GEO-DARMA Overview, Role of Steering Committee, 

Cross-cutting Ideas and Workshop Objectives (Andrew Eddy)

Short overview of role of EO and Open Data for DRR (Francis Ghesquiere, GFDRR)

EO as a tool for elaborating Sendai geospatial indicators (Lauro Rossi, CIMA Foundation)

 ICT and EO for DRR in Southeast Asia (Tiziana Bonapace, UNESCAP)

DRR in the Caribbean (Andria Grosvenor, CDEMA)

Open discussion session

• General comments on GEO-DARMA objectives and approach
• Regional issues (LAC, Sub-saharan Africa, SE Asia)
• Specific project issues – criteria, selection, approval

Wrap up and next steps; next Steering Committee meeting