Earth Observation for integrated water resources management in Africa TIGER-SHIP

The TIGER-SHIP partnership aims at developing sustainable earth observation information services for integrated water resources management in developing countries, with a particular focus on Africa as special contribution to the NEPAD/AMCOW process and the achievement of WSSD goals.



Specific Objectives include:

* To establish a network of multidisciplinary experts and institutions for the identification and definition of space technology applications and contribution to the sustainable water resources management in Africa.

* To promote the integrated assessments of water resources availability and use in Africa.

* To identify several case studies and support multidisciplinary experts teams to conduct detailed projects in Africa.

* To learn, from case studies the issues relevant to sound management of surface and groundwater resources in Africa.

* To raise the awareness of policy and decision makers of the significance and importance of space technology for water resources management.

* To set up training facilities and disseminate the lessons learnt from case studies.

* To contribute to the improvement of the socio-economic situations of African countries.

* To contribute to the formulation of strategies to cope with water scarcity.

* To develop a pre-operational information services on water resources management in Africa using space technology.