Services

In certain cases, GRID-Europe provides analytic and training support on imagery analysis and related remote sensing topics, GIS methodology and operation of software/hardware, data management, environmental reporting and Web technologies, including Internet mapping. The aim is to build and strengthen the environmental information management capacity of UNEP partner organisations and national institutions. The office also offers internship opportunities for students and young professionals to receive hands-on training and experience working with state-of- the-art computers and software systems.

DEWA~Europe/GRID-Europe's principal activity is to provide highquality environmental data and information, to underpin UNEP's review of the state of the environment and provide early warning on emerging environmental threats. At the same time, GRID-Europe offers technical services and develops value-added environmental products to support the work of other entities on a case-by-case basis. Over the years, the office has compiled an extensive archive of geo-spatial and tabular databases, and is currently using state-of-theart information technology to make them accessible to the global community through Internet-based applications. Just to name a few, the office has been responsible for the complete design, data gathering and formatting, and on-line interface of the GEO Data Portal. The UNEP.Net system includes GRID-Europe's socio-economic, urban and European portals. DEWA~Europe has also been a key partner in the development of the Swiss meta-data catalog known as Envirocat. The statistical analysis and on-line data of the newly released UNDP report "Reducing Disaster Risk" were made possible thanks to GRID-Europe's expertise in the latest technologies in userfriendly graphic visualization. The above-mentioned projects required expertise in a wide numbers of ICT tools such as Linux/UNIX, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Postgresql, IIS, SVG, JPGraph, Internet Maps Servers, ESRI, MapInfo, etc. At the same time, DEWA~Europe's know-how in such tools as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and modeling provides valuable knowledge and better insights for decision-makers. For example, the latest satellite imagery analysis consisted in exposing chlorophyll concentration of Lebanon's coastal waters using SeaWiFS and Landsat TM sensors. The PreView - IMS Project, has been recognized by the international scientific community as a powerful and innovative modelling tool to identify risk and human vulnerability to natural hazards in relation to socio-economic and physical factors. If you think that GRID-Europe could assist your projects in some way, please feel free to contact our office.