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AMESD IGAD THEMA Kicks Off

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Nairobi, Kenya (29 July 2010): The AMESD IGAD Kick off Workshop, which was organized by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) - an intergovernmental organization of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21st - 23rd July 2010 at Intercontinental Hotel. The workshop marks the official start of the regional action on land degradation and natural habitat conservation, and paves the way to the three years implementation, up to the 10th May 2013, of the AMESD IGAD regional action. 

The workshop gave the opportunity in officially presenting to the national, regional and international partners the future services and products that they will be using once developed, reviewing in depth the implementation plan and activities and discussing cross-cutting issues such as satellite data access and capacity building.

Participants of the workshop


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First Batch of Deployments of AMESD Satellite Receiving Stations in the IGAD Region Succeeded!

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12 July 2010 (Nairobi, Kenya): The month of June 2010 marked the start of the 8 deployment batches that will allow the installation of 51 AMESD Thematic stations in Africa for environment related institutions (9 full AMESD station in the IGAD region) and 50 upgrades of the PUMA platforms for National Met services.


The technical room at the ICPAC equipped with the E-station and PUMA station (11/06/2010)


As the 1st country to be targeted, KENYA saw in June the deployment of 4 AMESD thematic stations (DRSRS, ICPAC, SWALIM, KMFRI), 2 PUMA upgrade (KMD and ICPAC) and the upgrade of the regional training laboratory (IMTR).


The next batches of deployments will follow in the planning to cover all the IGAD member states.

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The AMESD IGAD Thema on “land degradation mitigation and natural habitat conservation” is officially starting

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Addis Ababa, May 11, 2010: The African Union Commission, through the European Union, has awarded a grant contract of EUR 1, 845, 632 to its implementing partner IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) - an intergovernmental organization formed within Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The agreement was signed on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, in AMESD Headquarters in Addis Ababa. This signature marks the official commencement of a three years implementation project, up to the 10th May 2013.

Prof. Laban OGALLO, ICPAC Director, is signing the grant agreement witnessed by (from left to right) Ir. Etienne KAISIN, AMESD-TA Team Leader, Mr. Joan NADAL-SASRTE, Head of Operation at the EU Delegation to AU, Dr. Khalil TIMAMY, AMESD-AU Program Coordinator a.i., Prof. OGALLO and Dr. Debalkew BERHE from IGAD.

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IGAD-AMESD and DevCoCast to organize a joint Geonetcast and e-station training in Nairobi

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The IGAD-AMESD Thema at ICPAC and the DevCoCast projects are organizing, in collaboration the EC-JRC, the ITC and the RCMRD, a 5 days training workshop entitled: "DevCoCast/AMESD regional land training workshop in Africa: a focus on the IGAD Thema operational services". This workshop will be held in Nairobi from the 8th to the 12th of February 2010, and will gather more than 30 participants from the IGAD region.

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Memorandum of Understanding between the ICPAC and RCMRD

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At the occasion of a technical support mission of the AMESD Head Office (Addis Ababa) to the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in Nairobi from 6th to 10th April 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding between the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), has been prepared and signed between the two Institutions on 9th April 2009.

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