REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC (Affiliated to the United Nations) Tania Maria Sausen Campus Brasil -CRECTEALC Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Centro Regional Sul Av. Roraima Nº 1000 Campus UFSm Santa Maria, RS Brasil tania@dsr.inpe.br
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC JUNE 17th, 1994: STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF COPUOS I have the pleasure to inform you that the countries selected by the United Nations to host the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean Region - Brazil and Mexico - have notified the Secretariat of the conclusions of negociations ns with a view to its establishment. The Secretariat of the Centre - wich is to be located initially at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) of Brazil and to have a Secretary etary- General of Mexican nationality - will rotate every fours years between Brazil and Mexico with each campus begining activites simultaneously usly under the coordinated guidance of the Board of Governors.
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC PRINCIPAL GOAL: The development of skills and knowledge of university educators and research and applications scientists, through rigorous rous theory, research, applications, field exercises, and pilot projects in those t aspects of space science and technology that can enhance social and economic development in each country. INITIAL PROGRAMMES SHALL FOCUS ON: remote sensing and geographic information systems, meteorological satellite applications, satellite communications and global-positioning systems space and atmospheric sciences
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC The Structure of the Latin American and the Caribbean Centre is as follow: the Governing Board-is the principal policy-making organ of the Centre, shall meet at least once a year; the Advisory Committee- shall be composed of experts in the field of space science and technology in government, private industry and the academic and scientific communities in the region, ; the Secretariat and the Secretary-General General-The seat of the Secretariat, at this moment is located in Mexico, will be rotated between Brasil and Mexico every fours years, a period that could only be renewed once for another period of four years if the Governing Board so decides. The current CRECTEALC secretary is Dr. Sergio Camacho Lara
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC The Structure of the Latin American and the Caribbean Centre is as follow: the Campi-Brasil and Mexico- Each Campus has a Director nominated by the Governing Board. The Brasil Campus Director is Dr. Tania Maria Sausen; The Mexico Campus Director is Dr. Jesus Gonzales. Each Campus shall prepare its own annual programmes and budget, to be submitted through the Secretariat to the Governing Board.
CRECTEALC The CRECTEALC Governing Board, the Secretary, the Campus Brasil and Campus Mexico Directors and the Mexico Academic Coordinator
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC CAMPUS BRASIL The National Institute of Space Research INPE CRECTEALC/Campus Brasil in Brasil; INPE is the Host Institution of the In the period of 1997 a 2007 the CRECTEALC Secretariat was hosted by INPE in São José dos Campos city;
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC Since January 2007 the Campus Brasil is located in INPE, Southern Regional Center-CRS, in Santa Maria, city, do Rio Grande do Sul, state
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC INPE-CRS and Campus Brasil facilities INPE-CRS/Santa Maria, RS Campus da UFSM
The Campus Brasil is located in INPE-Southern Regional Center, in Santa Maria city, RS
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC CRECTEALC SECRETARIAT and CAMPUS MEXICO Since January 2007 the CRECTEALC Secretariat is hosted by Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, sica, Óptica y Eletrónica nica-inaoe Located in Tonantzintla Puebla, MéxicoM The Campus Mexico is hosted by INAOE as well
CRECTEALC Educational Curricula The UN-OOSA has developed a Core Curricula for the Regional Center education actvities; UN-OOSA organized to technical meetings in order to developd the Core Curricula: in Granada, Spain, in February 27 to March 03,1995; in Frascatti, Italy, in September 200;
Long term Course International Course on Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems-CISR 2003 2005 2002 2007 2006 2004
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC CAMPUS BRASIL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON REMOTE SENSING: Since 1985, after a request of the OOSA/UN, INPE has been held the International Course on Remote Sensing for Latin American and African professionals; Since 2003 this course is held in the Brasil Campus in partnership whit INPE, from March to December (1320 hours 1985 1991 2003
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC This is a specialization course, nine months long, and since the beginning 220 professionals from Latin America and Africa got a diploma in remote sensing; Since 1993 this course is designed just for Latin American and Caribbean professionals; This Course is developed in partnership with Campus Brasil, INPE, UM-OOSA;
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON REMOTE SENSING The course is divided into two parts: 1)Theoretical courses: Introductory Disciplines - Introduction to Computing, Introduction to Remote Sensing, Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Introduction to Statistics; Fundamental Disciplines - Fundamental of remote sensing and GIS; spectral behavior of natural targets, platform, sensors and sensor systems; Technical Disciplines Technical Disciplines - GPS and cartography, image interpretation, GIS and image processing techniques, RADAR;
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON REMOTE SENSING 2) Complementary Activities Seminars on remote sensing and GIS applications: experts from Latin America and former course students are invited to give the seminars Technical visits: Technical visits: to Brazilian institutions (private and public ) and universities involved with remote sensing and GIS applicatiosn and research
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC CRECTEALC INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON REMOTE SENSING 3)Pilot Project: Each student has to develop a pilot project Each student has to develop a pilot project under advisor supervision about remote sensing and GIS in such application plication areas: agriculture, environmental analysis, geology, geomorphology, watershed management and water resources, vegetation and forest, land uses, oceanography, natural disasters; education geographical information systems, images processing The course is given in Portuguese and Spanish INPE gives the infrastructure and the academics UN/OOSA gives an annual financial support of USD 10,000.00
CONGRESS and SYMPOSIA ERIM-Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1991 IV Latin American Remote Sensing Symposium, 1989 Bariloche, Argentina XI Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brasil GIS Brasil, São Paulo, August 2003
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC Infrastructure INPE Online Library CBERS, LANDSAT 1-7 and IRS free images Free Softwares
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC Short Term Courses and Seminars
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC Short Term Courses and Seminars
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC Short Term Courses and Seminars in partnership with GEODEASTRES-SUL, UN-SPIDER, GEO, CEOS WGEdu and PNUMA
Interaction with GEO CB Activities WGEdu is engaging closely with the activities of the GEO Capacity Building Committee, thereby supporting the space-based earth observation component of GEO CB activities. WGEdu members are intimately involved with pursuing activities in the task sheets of the 2009 2011 GEO Work Plans related to capacity building. Task sheets are reviewed at each meeting and their progress is closely monitored. GEO Call for Proposals: Earth Observations in Decision Support
Campus Brasil-CRECTEALC Ecuador-CLIRSEN NODE- Short Term Courses SECOND INTERNATIONAL COURSE CRECTEALC CAMPUS BRASIL/ECUADOR NODE THIRD INTERNATIONAL COURSE CRECTEALC CAMPUS BRASIL/ECUADOR NODE The use of SRTM data and Free Software for flooding process in coastal zones November 2009 Geoinformation for River Basin Management and the Landslides in Andian Region October 27-31, 2008
CRECTEALC-Agreements Agreements OEA
CRECTEALC http://www.crectealc.org
WGEdu Annual Remote Sensing Workshops Geotehcnologies for Natural Disaster Monitoring The next (4th) Workshop in this very successful series will take place in Santa Maria, Brasil Thailand in the period of 29 to 31 March, 2010, hosted by INPE-CRS/GEODESASTRES-SUL in partnership with Campus Brasil/CRECTEALC and supported by USGS.
WGEdu Annual Remote Sensing Workshops Geotechnologies for Natural Disaster Monitoring Objective: to provide attending practitioners and educators with new knowledge and information about important techniques and technologies for applying remotely sensed data for monitoring natural disasters in Latin America. The Workshop will include theoretical classes and hands-on component, where attendees will access remotely sensed data (mainly free data) and GIS software packages (mainly free softwares). The workshop will focus on the three main natural disasters in Latin America: Flooding;
Next Annual Meeting WGEdu agreed that its next annual meeting will be held in Puerto Iguazu city, Argentina, at the kind invitation of CONAE, in the May 12-14, 2010
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