GEONETCast applications for and by developing countries (DevCoCast)
| Project location | Africa |
| Starting date | 14 May 2008 |
| Completion date | 14 May 2011 |
| Client |
Flemish Institute for Technological Research Remote sensing and atmospheric processes (VITO-TAP) |
| Project officer | Bert Boer |
| Supervisor | Ben Maathuis |
| Project type | Contract education |
| Budget | Euro 150,000 |
The DevCoCast project aims at involving developing countries in the GEONETCast initiative. The project will: disseminate existing environmental added-value datasets (both in-situ and satellite based) from various sources in Africa, South- and Central America and Europe in (near) real time and at no cost via GEONETCast to a broad range of user communities in developing countries and promote and support the use of these products. The project sets up a number of pilot cases in Africa, South- and Central America and Asia and is building on existing production and dissemination infrastructures, existing research project and servicing all relevant environmental end-user communities. The project activities include training, workshops, networking and outreach.
The participants of a refresher course under the GEONETCast receiving antenna.