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GMES and Africa Service Workshop: The programme is convening its first joint workshop from 23 to 25 November 2022 in Dakar, Senegal

This workshop will bring together the eight (8) consortia from the Natural & Water Resources and Marine and Coastal thematic areas, as well as other relevant regional and continental stakeholders (policy makers, private sector, civil society, academia, etc.), to address the thematic issues both individually and collectively


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Background

 GMES & Africa already held two separate workshops on its two chapters: Water and Natural Resources, and Marine and Coastal Areas (see below the links) with the aim:

  1. to discuss and provide solutions on the technical issues on the four pillars of GMES & Africa;
  2. to share experiences, lessons learnt and best practices from consortia, partners and stakeholders; and
  3. to identify cross-fertilization mechanisms among the consortia as well as to engage all partners.


Objectives and Rationale

The objectives of the workshop are to:

  1. Evaluate progress on implementation of GMES & Africa in terms of experiences, results and lessons learnt;
  2. Foster dialogue and engagement on ways of improving services, products, training and communications delivery;
  3. Evaluate achievements and drawbacks in cross-fertilization of practices among consortia, and identify mechanisms for greater collaboration; and
  4. Take stock of the realizations made by GMES & Africa cluster groups (Network of Academia; Women in GMES) with a view to strengthening their delivery.


Methodology

The workshop will feature presentations by Consortia and European Technical Partners on their main activities. The presentations will be structured according to outputs, followed by general discussions among all participants.  


Agenda (French)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-c_crCn2C65KlNjZ7w3kozHxvSlUjne0/view?usp=share_link


Expected results

The following results are expected at the end of the workshop:

  1. Presentations and discussions on implementation status, best practices and results (facts and figures) by the consortia, technical institutions and the Programme Management Unit;
  2. Progress on the work of the GMES Academia Network, and Women in GMES & Africa are presented and discussed;
  3. State and results of cross-fertilization and engagement among consortia are presented and discussed; and
  4. Recommendations and agreements on the way forward: how to realize all the outputs and address issues related to the six pillars of GMES & Africa phase 2.  


Expected participants

RECs, Consortia, academia, public and private sector, end users, and other relevant stakeholders.


Venue

The venue of the Joint Workshop will be at HOTEL FLEUR DE LYS DAKAR Point E (https://goo.gl/maps/AGnchFS8dGs5AUi39) 


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