Network of Recovery Observatory Partners in Haiti

The Recovery Observatory is an initiative of the Working Group Disasters (WGDisasters) of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS).

The Observatory is managed by a project team composed of various actors
Agences Spatiales Partenaires Haïtiens Partenaires Internationaux Acteurs Valeurs ajoutés
Space Agencies Haitian Partners International Partners Values Adder Actors

 

Space Agencies

ASI

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Partner countries : Italy

  • Sits on the Steering Committee
  • Participate in missions in Haïti
  • Works on the development of scientific products on the theme of ground movement and change detection by radar imagery
  • Has conducted training in Haiti on its themes

www.asi.it/en

CSA

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Partner countries : Canada

  • Allowed access to RadarSat-2 data acquired under the International Charter during activations 581 and 583 on Haiti during matthew hurricane

www.asc-csa.gc.ca

CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Partner countries : France
  • Co-Directs the Steering Commitee
  • Provide technical project management
  • Acquires Pleiades and SPOT 6-7 images since Matthew Hurricane in 2016 to enable all-themed product development
  • Provision of an optical image archive since 2010 (Kal-Haiti and Charter activation)
  • Organize missions in Haïti
  • Works on the development of operationnal and scientifics products on various themes and conducted training in Haiti on its themes

www.cnes.fr

DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Partner countries : Germany
  • Acquires TerraSAR-X images continuously since November 2016 to enable the development of products in changes detections theme

https://www.dlr.de

ESA European Space Agency (ESA)
Partner countries : Europe
  • Provides its Geohazards TEP (GEP) platform allowing the analysis of spatial images remotely by processing chains on the website

http://www.esa.int/

JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Partner countries : Japan
  • Allowed access to ALOS-2 data acquired under the International Charter during activations 581 and 583 on Haiti during matthew hurricane

http://global.jaxa.jp/

NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Partner countries : USA
  • Works on the development of scientific products on air quality in Haiti

http://www.nasa.gov/

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Partner countries : USA
  • Works on the development of scientific products on vector-bornes diseases theme in Haïti

http://www.nooa.gov/

ROSCOSMOS Russian federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Partner countries : Russia
  • Allowed access to Resurs P data acquired under the International Charter during activations 581 and 583 on Haiti during matthew hurricane

http://en.roscosmos.ru/

 

Haitian Partners

CNIGS

Centre National de l'Information Géo-Spatiale (CNIGS)

  • Co-Directs the Steering Commitee
  • Provide project management in Haiti
  • Represents the project internationally
  • Is a focal point for the themes of mapping buildings, land use, agriculture and watersheds

www.cnigs.ht

CIAT

Comité Interministériel d'Aménagement du Territoire (CIAT)

  • Sits on the Steering Committee
  • Is a focal point for the mapping buildings theme
  • Participates in the definition of major axes of work

https://www.ciat.gouv.ht

Ministère de l'Environnement

Observatoire National de l'Environnement et de la Vulnérabilité (ONEV)

  • Sits on the Steering Committee
  • Is a focal point for the themes of macaya park and environmental impacts

http://ciat.gouv.ht/

Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie
 

Le Bureau des Mines et de l’Energie (BME)

  • Is a focal point for the ground movement and change detection theme

http://www.mde-h.gouv.ht/

Agence Nationale des Aires Protégées (ANAP)

  • Is a focal point for the environmental impact and Macaya national park monitoring theme

http://anap.gouv.ht

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural (MARNDR)

  • Is a focal point for the agriculture theme

http://agriculture.gouv.ht

URGéo

Unité de Recherche en Géosciences (URGéo)

  • Is a focal point for the ground movement and change detection theme
  • Is a focal point for the university courses

http://www.urgeo.net/

 

Municipalities / Local authorities

  • Following cities supports the Recovery Observatory, have been represented during workshop :
    Les Cayes, Jérémie, Pestel, Dame Marie, DPC Grand'Anse, DPC Jérémie

     

 

International Partners

EC

European Commission (EC)

  • Has launch the Copernicus program (see vallue adder partners) which allowed the development of numerous cartographic products of recovery

http://ec.europa.eu/commission/

EC

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters

  • Access to the post-hurricane satellite images of the various space agencies after matthew hurricane

https://disasterscharter.org

GFDRR

Global Facility For Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

  • Co-Directs the Recovery Observatory project
  • Sits on the Steering Committee

https://www.gfdrr.org

United Nations Development Programme (PNUD / UNDP)

  • Sits on the Steering Committee
  • Is a focal point for the ground movement and change detection theme

http://www.undp.org/fr/

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

  • Sits on the Steering Committee

http://www.unep.org/

UNOSAT United Nations Institue for Training and Research
UNITAR / UNOSAT
  • Has made available previous work in Haiti
  • Work on the creation of a Generic Recovery Observatory

http://unitar.org/

World Bank (WB)

  • Sits on the Steering Committee
  • Partership betwen local world bank projects and the recovery observatory to benefit from satellite images and project outputs

http://www.worldbank.org/

 

Values Adder Actors

CIMA

CIMA Research Foundation
Partner countries : Italy

  • Works with ASI on the watersheds theme
  • Participate in missions in Haïti
  • Has conducted training in Haiti on its themes

http://www.cimafoundation.org/

Copernicus

Copernicus Emergency Management Service
Partner countries : Europe

  • The Risk & Recovery service was activated twice in 2018 and allowed the development of numerous cartographic products in the areas of buildings, agriculture, environmental impact and macaya park

https://www.copernicus.eu/

IRD

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Partner countries : France

  • Enabled access to country coverage with SPOT 6/7 imagery
  • Participated in the training in Haiti by the co-tutel of an internship end of stydo of Master

https://www.ird.fr/

SERTIT

Service Régional de Traitement d'Image et de Télédétection (SERTIT) / ICUBE
Partner countries : France

  • Works with CNES on mapping buildings thematic, Land Use, agriculture, environnmental impact and macaya park
  • Participate in missions in Haïti
  • Has conducted training in Haiti on its themes

http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/