Orals SPEC-2

SPEC-2

EO and Africa : A joint Europe – Africa Perspective
Orals
 / Wed, 13 May, 12:30–14:00  / Room Ann Arbor (A08)

Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Room Ann Arbor (A08)
Chairperson: Vincent Gabaglio, EUMETSAT
The joint EU – Africa Strategy and its EU – Africa Space dialogue (Philippe Brunet, DG GROW, European Commission)

The African perspective : Africa Space Policy (Mahama Ouedraogo, Director for Human Resources, Science and Technology (acting) – HRST. African Union Commission)

The GMES and Africa initiative (Mr. Michael Afful, HRST, African Union Commission)

A concrete example : MESA project (J. Wasambo, MESA Programme Coordinator, African Union Commission)

A concrete example : Role of EO for weather and climate services (Dr Guleid Artan, Director of the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre)