UNESCAP space meeting in Colombo

Sri Lanka will host the 15th Session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee of the UNESCAP's Regional Space Application Programme for Sustainable Development along with a Consultancy Meeting on Regional Cooperative Mechanisms as the subject, from October 25 to 27 in Colombo.

The Regional space Application Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) is UNESCAP's regional program for promoting the use of space technologies for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific Region.

A Consultative Meeting on 'Regional Cooperative Mechanisms on space applications for Effective Disaster Management and Sustainable Development' and the 15th Session of the Intergovernmental consultative Committee on Space Applications for Sustainable Development' organised by the UNESCAP and hosted by the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies will also be held.

The objective of the consultative meeting is to discuss and review the regional cooperative mechanisms on affordable access and effective use to space-based tools and applications for disaster management and other development concerns, and to provide inputs to the intergovernmental Consultative Committee which will provide guidance to the members and the secretariat on promotion of the same in the region. The two events will be attended by delegates from countries in the Asia and Pacific region, UNESCAP and other regional organisations.