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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
CERN hosts the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. It was at CERN the World Wide Web was born. It’s IT infrastructure and Internet-access is of immense benefit to UNOSAT.
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
OCHA's mission is to mobilise and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies, advocate for the rights of people in need, promote preparedness and prevention, facilitate sustainable solutions.
ochaonline.un.org |
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United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior towards children. UNOSAT has teamed with UNICEF’s Emergency Programmes, Early Warning & Preparedness (EMOPS-EWP) to ensure satellite imagery and related solutions are available to UNICEF.
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
ITU is an international organization and a specialized agency of the United Nations created with the objective of facilitating peaceful relations, international cooperation among peoples and economic and social development by means of efficient telecommunication services with the purpose among others, of fostering international cooperation in the delivery of technical assistance to the developing countries to promote the development of their telecommunication networks and services, while taking into account the priority of telecommunications in securing human life.
www.itu.int |
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
www.unhabitat.org |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN)
The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information helping developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Founded in 1945, FAO have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
www.fao.org |
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Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
UNICRI's is one of the 5 global Research and Training Institutes of the United Nations which report to the UN Secretary General. UNICRI carries out applied research, training, technical cooperation and documentation / information activities in the areas of Emerging Crimes and Anti-Human Trafficking; Security Governance and Counter Terrorism; Justice Reform, and Post-Graduate Training.
www.unicri.it |
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International Charter Space and Major Disasters
UNOSAT benefits from the Charter through its provision of free and timely satellite imagery during natural or man-made disasters. The imagery is used in UNOSAT's Rapid Mapping Service to provide maps and information to UN Disaster Assessment Coordination (DAC) teams and other field workers.
www.disasterscharter.org |
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European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space.
www.esa.int |
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Spot Image (SISA)
Spot Image is a leading satellite data provider. The company offers data from a number of different satellites: SPOT, Landsat, VEGETATION, Ikonos, Quick Bird and Radarsat. Spot Image is also head of the SARCOM consortium distributing ERS and Envisat products.
www.spotimage.fr |
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Télécoms Sans Frontières
Télécoms Sans Frontières is the leading international NGO specializing in emergency telecommunications. TSF deploys within 24 hours on natural disasters and humanitarian crisis to provide satellite communication facilities to NGOs, rescue teams, UN Agencies and affected populations.
www.tsfi.org |
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Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
www.hrw.org |
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Architectes de l'urgence / Emergency Architects
Emergency Architects foundation labours alongside people who have lost everything, helping them get back to a semblance of normal life.
www.archi-urgent.com |
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Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Commission
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a department (Directorate-General, DG) of the European Commission providing independent scientific and technological support for EU policy-making. It works closely on the development of EU legislation with the relevant Commission services, such as the Agricultural, Enterprise, Environment, and Health and Consumer Protection DGs. Knowledge comes from specific application- and issue-oriented research within the seven JRC Institutes and close co-operation with over 1000 public and private organisations in 150 networks in Member State and applicant countries. The JRC also liases with non-EU and global scientific and standard-setting bodies.
ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc
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MFB-GeoConsulting
MFB-GeoConsulting is specializing in software and applications for optical and radar earth observation analysis using Leica geospatial tools. Through this partnership, UNOSAT has access to software that power the Geospatial Imaging Chain.
www.mfb-geo.com |
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ITC
ITC is the largest institute for international higher education in the Netherlands. It provides international postgraduate education, research and project services in the field of geo-information science and earth observation using remote sensing and GIS. The aim of ITC's activities is the international exchange of knowledge, focusing on capacity building and institutional development in developing countries and emerging economies.
www.itc.nl
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NOVACOM Services
NOVACOM Services is a private company based in France, Novacom Services is a subsidiary of CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites), the exclusive operator of the Argos system, and the CNES (the french space agency). NOVACOM offers tracking and data collection services, providing customized products and end-to-end solutions from the field terminal to the information delivery.
www.novacom-services.com |
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Trimble
Though best known for GPS technology, Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide complete commercial solutions.
www.trimble.com |
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Respond
Respond is an alliance of International and European organisations working with the humanitarian community to improve access to maps, satellite imagery and geographic information. UNOSAT is the UN partner of Respond.
www.respond-int.org |
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Global Monitoring for Security and Stability (GMOSS)
The GMOSS network of excellence focuses on integrating Europe’s civil security research so as to acquire and nourish the knowledge and expertise needed to develop and maintain an effective capacity for global monitoring using satellite earth observation.
intelligence.jrc.cec.eu.int/gmoss/gmoss.html |
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Tango
The TANGO "Telecommunications advanced Networks for GMES Operations" project, brings satellite telecommunications to serve the needs of the whole GMES (Global Monitoring on Environment and Security) community. The project addresses key environment and security applications in domains such as marine services and emergency response including risk & crisis management and humanitarian aid.
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