The results of the proposed project should contribute to improve capacity building in environmental monitoring, to assess the extent of contamination in specific regions, to raise environmental awareness among local population and to improve or amend environmental legislation in African countries.

UNESCO: EARTH SCIENCES FOR SOCIETY

UNESCO-IOC and the CTBTO have partnered in assisting Haiti to develop its capacity for seismic and tsunami monitoring.

UNESCO: & CTBTO: Working together to issue timely alerts

The PTCO allowed DIR and the pilot agencies to a gain a greater understanding of cloud infrastructure offerings for state government and document options and issues with provider selection, pricing, access security, data security, credentialing, provisioning time frames, service levels, service remedy options, terms of use, billing models, interoperability, mobility, scalability, capacity management, provider compliance, and monitoring and licensing.

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