UNOSAT is implementing The project “Strengthening Capacities in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improved Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa.” (2021-2024) intends to develop sustainable capacities and implement ad-hoc and tailored geospatial solutions. These can help to improve existing policy and decision-making processes to solve priority issues in the fields of Disaster Risk Reduction. Partnership with the government is crucial to the success of the project. UNOSAT aims to develop innovative capacity development solutions and geospatial services by integrating data, technology, knowledge, and people - custom-tailored to the country's needs. This 3-year long project builds on previous experiences and aims to further enhance capacities by leveraging technological advances and innovation and providing integrated geospatial solutions for improved decision making in the fields of Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Resilience, Environmental Preservation in the eight target countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Lao PDR, Nigeria, Solomon Islands, Uganda, and Vanuatu.

Since 2011, with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), UNOSAT has been enhancing capacities of the different national and regional stakeholders from target countries in Asia and East Africa region. While the previous projects were successful in strengthening capacities and increasing awareness of government stakeholders in the use of geospatial technology applications for evidence-based decision making, government beneficiaries have expressed the further need for having more long-term in-country capacity development activities. Also, with the advent of new technologies such as machine learning, big-data analytics and the launching of new earth observation satellites it is very important that stakeholders in the LDCs & SIDS countries can make the best use of those technologies and support for evidence based decision making.