Skip to main content

07 to 11 November 2022 | By invitation only

Pandora Training

This preparatory training for the expert community of Pandora equipment is organized from 7 to 11 November 2022, in Seoul, Republic of Korea by UNESCAP, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) of Korea to support regional and subregional level cooperative dialogue for evidence-based decisions in improving air quality. The expected outcome of this training are to introduce the project to policymakers, international organizations, and other regional/subregional working groups and establish a community of experts and technical operators of Pandora equipment.

 

Continuous collaboration is required to combat air pollution and natural disasters in Asia-Pacific region.  The UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/74/212 on “International Day of Clean Air for blue skies” in 2019 to strengthen international cooperation at the global, regional, and subregional levels in various areas related to improving air quality, including the collection and utilization of data, joint research and development, and sharing of best practices. In accordance with the UN resolution, the Pan-Asia partnership for Geospatial Air Pollution information (PAPGAPi) project was launched in 2020.

Pandora Asian Network (PAN) will serve as a regional roundtable for scientific information and cooperative dialogue for air pollution monitoring and management. It will be part of the Pandonia Global Network (PGN)[1] and its organizational structure will be divided into three groups: Executive, Operator, and Scientific Advisory groups. The Executive and Operator groups are composed of representatives from the participating member countries. The Scientific Advisory group is composed of prominent experts in the field of atmospheric chemistry and physics from the Asia-Pacific region.

In preparation of the roundtable, the ESCAP secretariat, in collaboration with the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is co-hosting a preparatory training for the Principal Investigators (PIs) and/or Technical Operators (TOs) of Pandora instruments as well as senior officials from each participating countries. This meeting will serve as a training on the operational aspects of deploying Pandora instruments and GEMS data applications.

for more information, please contact

Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division [email protected]
Print this page