message from space digest joint press release esa un no paris april un esa joint training course on satellite applications to be held in italy april the united nations and the european space agency esa are jointly organising a training course on the applications of satellite data gathered by the european remote sensing satellite ers to be held in frascati italy from to april the training course will discuss the applications of satellite data concerning natural resources renewable energy and the environment the training course organised for the benefit of francophone african experts will be hosted by esrin the european space agency s establishment in frascati which is responsible for coordination with the users of data from esa s remote sensing satellite twenty four experts in the field of remote sensing selected from francophone countries from northern western and central africa and three regional african centres will attend the two week session the course will focus on remote sensing techniques and data applications particularly ers data the ers satellite developed by esa and launched in with the european ariane launcher carries an advanced radar instrument and is the first in a series of radar remote sensing missions that will ensure availability of data beyond the year the aim of the training course is to increase the potential of experts using the practical applications of radar remote sensing systems to natural resources renewable energy and the environment with particular emphasis on applications to geology and mineral prospecting oceanography and near coastal areas agriculture forestry and meteorology the education and practical training programme was developed jointly by the united nations and esa the facilities and the technical support as well as lecturers and information documents for the training course will be provided by the agency lecturers at the training course will include high level experts from other european and african organisations active in remote sensing applications funds for the training course are being provided by the united nations trust fund for new and renewable sources of energy the primary contributor to that fund is the government of italy a similar training course is being planned for latin american experts
