The Space Academy is maintained by the EO AFRICA R&D Facility to sustain capacity building actions in Africa. One of the pillars of the Academy are the Webinars, covering topics related to the use of EO to assess and monitor the state of water and food security-related spatial components. Each Webinar consists of three sections: theoretical …
The innovative online ESA educational platform edukeo is launching next week at the Living Planet Symposium, in Vienna, Austria. Supported by ESA’s EO Science for Society programme, the goal of the edukeo project is to communicate the value of Earth Observation to a broad audience, including younger generations, educators, media, and policy makers. edukeo brings …
Last 28 May 2025 marked a milestone for Earth Observation (EO) education in Europe with the inauguration of a new inter-faculties centre at Charles University in Prague, bringing together high-level representatives from the Czech Republic, Italy, and the European Space Agency (ESA). Francesco Sarti represented ESA and presented the agency’s education activities in Earth observation …
The Sentinel Users Preparation (SUP) is an initiative within the FutureEO programme of the ESA Earth Observation Programmes (EOP) Directorate. Overall, the SUP initiative will invest in a dedicated set of connected developments to ensure that European entities are optimally placed to exploit the opportunities due to the future Copernicus Sentinel Expansion and Next Generation …
The One Ocean Expedition (2025–2026) has embarked on a global voyage aboard the Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, aiming to raise awareness about the ocean’s pivotal role in a sustainable future at global level. As part of this journey, the European Space Agency (ESA) organises the Advanced Ocean Synergy Training Course 2025 (#OTC25), blending satellite …
ESA’s Big Data Foundations for Earth Observation 2025 course will take place in Riga from 22-26 September 2025, offering participants foundational knowledge and practical skills in Earth Observation (EO) data and applications, big data processing, business insights, and future computing technologies. Designed as a precursor to the Big Data from Space 2025 (BiDS’25) conference, this …
Scientists from the ESA Hydrology Science Cluster gathered at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati from 25 to 27 November to enhance collaboration in Earth Observation for Hydrology and Water Cycle science. This event brought together scientists from 22 ESA and European Commission-funded projects to enhance synergies in Earth Observation (EO) for hydrology and the water cycle. The …
In July 2024 the ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility launched in collaboration with AUC a call for higher education teaching grants to develop curricula in an Earth Observation topic related to Water and Food Security. As outcome of the call, five proposals from African universities from Ethiopia, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Benin have been selected …
From October 30 to November 6, 2024, the Science Hub of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Frascati, Italy, hosted an international workshop titled Grounding Lagrangian particles in satellite-derived oceanic flow fields. Organized in the framework of the 4DMED-Sea project the event convened 16 participants, including 11 senior experts and 5 early-career researchers from France, …
The ESA Green Transition Information Factories initiative enables the development of an ecosystem of EO-integrated solutions addressing key needs and challenges for the green transition and climate adaptation. It leverages Earth Observation data products, together with geospatial and interdisciplinary data, advanced analytics and cloud services to co-develop user-driven capabilities and services. Through the ongoing GTIF-AT and …
