The CopernicusLAC 2025 Hackathon, which concluded last August, not only promoted innovative technological projects, but also initiatives which focus on the continent’s most vulnerable communities. “Comunidades Satélite”, winner team of the competition’s first prize, is precisely one such project: a
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Bogotá was the meeting point for a new chapter in cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union. On 19 and 20 November, as part of the LATSAT 2025 conference, a business matchmaking event was held, bringing
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From 17 to 8November, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre hosts its first in-person training courses in Ecuador, designed to increase Earth Observation skills across Latin America and the Caribbean. The courses were held in a classroom provided by the Simón Bolívar Andean University (UASB), in Quito, which gave its institutional support for
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The Vice-President of the Republic of Guatemala, H.E. Karin Herrera Aguilar, visited Panama with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation and advancing the use of satellite technology to address environmental and development challenges. During her stay, the Vice-President met with
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On 22 September 2025, the city of Antigua, Guatemala, was the scene of an important milestone for bi-regional cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): the Copernicus Policy Dialogue on Earth Observation for Disaster
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Of the 20 countries most vulnerable to earthquakes, 11 are located in Latin America or the Caribbean. This heightened risk is largely due to the region’s geodynamics: Central America and the western coast of South America are affected by frequent
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Mexico City, 7 July 2025. The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre, on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and in close collaboration with the National Centre for Disaster Prevention of Mexico (CENAPRED) and the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico,
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The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre, on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and in close collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Panama and the National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG), has launched today a regional training on
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At this year’s Living Planet Symposium (LPS25), one of the world’s premier events on Earth observation (EO) organised by the European Space Agency (ESA), CopernicusLAC Panama Centre was spotlighted for its significant role in advancing Earth observation solutions across Latin
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The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre concluded last Friday 20 June its third online training, focused on Earth Observation and digital tools. The course, held from 16 to 20 June 2025, brought together over 130 participants from more than 10 countries in
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