Cecilia Donati’s Post

🌍 New Career Opportunity at the European Commission! The Directorate-General for International Partnerships is hiring a Policy Officer in Brussels. Join a dynamic team focused on digital transformation and international partnerships, with a special emphasis space cooperation on Africa. You’ll contribute to space cooperation policies and help coordinate with stakeholders across the EU, public and private sectors as well as partners countries. 📝 Deadline: October 28, 2024 📍 Location: Brussels, Belgium 💼 Apply now to help shape the future of digital global partnerships! More details here: Policy Officer (Post 262957) https://lnkd.in/eZCZMevR

The symposium wrapped up, and what an incredible experience! 🙌 Last week I had the honor to be part of a dynamic panel, dueing the EO4Africa symposium in #ESRIN at European Space Agency - ESA. Moderated by Hamdi KACEM and Ouafae KARIM, with fellows pannellist Alex Chunet, Louis Evence Zoungrana, Ashutosh Limaye and Marco Clerici, we dove into ✔️ the power of impact, ✔️ the importance of end-user perspectives, ✔️ how the private sector is key for sustainable solutions. 💡🤝 Back-to-back meetings, learning about the latest ecosystem breakthroughs and exploring exciting future collaborations. 🌍🚀 Earth Observation (EO) solutions are game-changers for decision-makers. As global challenges intensify, we need bold, innovative solutions to pave the way for sustainable growth. 🌱📊 Conferences like this are key to unlocking knowledge and driving real progress. Big congrats to Zoltan Szantoi and the European Space Agency - ESA team in Frascati for the organisation! #EOsolutions #SpaceCooperation #Sustainability #Impact #Innovation #KnowledgeSharing #Partnerships #EarthObservation Dr. Tidiane Ouattara Catherine Ghyoot Mahaman Bachir Saley Meshack Kinyua Lottie Sinyangwe Giuseppe Ottavianelli Brice MONTFRAIX

🌍✨ From Cotonou to Rome: This week, I'm at the #EO4Africa Symposium at ESRIN! Co-organized by #ESA, the AfricanUnion #AARSE, European Commission NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and EUMETSAT this event is all about connecting the African and European EO communities. 🌍🤝 Showcasing the latest breakthroughs in #EarthObservation tech, strengthening global collaborations, and highlighting the high-priority EO topics for future research & capacity building, these are the main topics that will be covered during the week. 🚀🔭 This morning the symposium kicked off with powerful speeches by Simonetta Cheli & Dr. Tidiane Ouattara, setting the stage for a long-lasting partnership in this ever evolving context, building on key impactfull programmes like GMES Africa and #EOAfrica Did you know EO satellites make up 77% of Africa's satellite launches? 🚀 The potential for the EO sector is incredible! 🌍💡 Great to hear from Alessandra Zampieri JRC, Ariane Labat INTPA and Christof Kautz DEFIS emphasizing the strong commitment to space cooperation with Africa. The #GlobalGateway and the recent #EUAU summit are paving the way for even stronger collaborations with a focus on private sector support and market access. Excited for the rest of the week and for more inspiring discussions! 🙌 #EO4Africa #SpaceCooperation #AfricaEuropePartnership #GlobalGateway Ps: if you are attending, come and see the poster #30 on EO maturity assessment at national level!

What an incredible week! 🌍🚀 150 participants from 46 African countries, 5 European nations, and 15 regional and international organizations came together for 5 days of impactful discussions, learning, and collaboration. 🌿 A major highlight? The adoption of the **Cotonou Declaration** on using satellite data to monitor Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and Air Quality in Africa—paving the way for enhanced African capacities! 💡 🌩️ Plus, the **Space for Early Warning** program was presented, focusing on MTG uptake and advancing early warning systems. And to top it off, the brand new **PUMA station** was installed at Meteo-Benin! Seeing it live was a game-changer! 👀 A big thank you to the Republic of Benin & Météo Bénin for warm welcome and a to EUMETSAT for the great organisation! Didier Kakpa Dr. Tidiane Ouattara Jolly Wasambo Stijn Vermoote Vincent Gabaglio Paul Counet Mahaman Bachir Saley #SpaceForAfrica #GHGMonitoring #EarlyWarning #ClimateAction #PUMABenin

Do you wish to embark on a journey advancing space for early warning in Africa? Are the implementation of sustainable development an important driver of professional motivation? Are you ready to engage with a motivated and brilliant community? Have a look at the job here below, 👇🏻 ! #SpaceForEarlyWarning #EuropeanUnion #EUMETSAT #Africa #JobOpportunities

Last Friday and Saturday, I had was invited to participate to the Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting in #Cotonou ahead of the 16th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa. The group was established to follow up on the #AbidjanDeclaration concerning the new generation of satellite products for weather services in Africa, signed in 2018. Following the introductory remarks of AUC who chairs the group, I introduced the upcoming actions to support the implementation of the Declaration as part of the Africa-EU space partnership programme. The actions have been co-designed with AUC colleagues and needs further inputs from the community, users and beneficiaries, in the spirit of further co-create and co-shape the partnership. This amazing community is truely engaged to increase society #resilience by strengthening #EarlyWarning systems to the benefit of the citizens! .. and the EU is strongly committed to support them. Thank you very much to the group for the invitation and to #Eumetsat and Vincent Gabaglio for the excellent organisation! #ClimateResilience #EarlyWarning #AfricaEUSpacePartnershipProgramme #Space4EarlyWarning #SustainableDevelopment

Excited to be in the driving seat of “Space4Early Warning in Africa” initiative and to support the strengthening of early warning systems in Africa building on solid EU investments such as #Copernicus and extensive EU expertise such as #ECMWF and #EUMETSAT ! A big thank to #EUMETSAT for the invitation to what will be my “first” EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa. See you all in #Cotonou!