News A Year of Growth and Impact: Key Achievements of the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre in 2024 2024 has been a year of growth, collaboration, and significant achievements for the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre. From expanding our reach and impact in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region to advancing key projects, we have made great strides in 2025/01/09 Read more CopernicusLAC at Events Bridging Innovation and Resilience: CopernicusLAC Representatives Attend the 13th Caribbean Comprehensive Disaster Management Conference Entities in the Caribbean – a region frequently tested by hurricanes, floods, and other disasters and extreme weather events – continue to explore innovative strategies to strengthen the region’s disaster preparedness and resilience. From 2 to 6 December 2024, this 2024/12/06 Read more News What does the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-1C mean for the LAC region? The Launch of Sentinel-1C The Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite successfully launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 5 December 2024. As the only radar satellite mission delivering data on free and fully open basis, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission plays 2024/12/06 Read more News CopernicusLAC Panama Organises a Regional Training on Remote Sensing for Disaster Risk Reduction and Forest Fires in Guatemala The training will take place for 5 days. Participants from 9 countries will gather in Guatemala City to strengthen their capacities and contribute to better resilience in the region in the face of disaster risk. Guatemala, 4 November 2024. The 2024/11/05 Read more Events The First Hackathon of the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre and SELA Concludes The CopernicusLAC Panama Hackathon took place over 19 days. More than 448 participants from 33 countries, distributed in 50 teams, addressed the Hackathon’s 3 challenges The Centre awarded ,000 in prizes among the winning teams. Panama City, 30 October 2024/10/31 Read more News The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre organises its first Hackathon with SELA The Hackathon will take place online from 11 to 30 October 2024. More than 400 participants have already registered. The theme will focus on Earth Observation data for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean. Panama City, 14 2024/10/15 Read more News CopernicusLAC Panama concludes first online training on Earth Observation and Digital Tools Panama City, Panama, 27 September 2024. Today, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre completed an online training on Earth Observation and Digital Tools. This training is the second in a series that are part of the Centre’s knowledge and training roadmap and 2024/09/27 Read more News The first CopernicusLAC Matchmaking event at the ESA Industry Space Days 2024 On 19 September, the first CopernicusLAC Matchmaking event took place in the context of the Industry Space Days 2024, which were organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) to promote cooperation among actors in the space sector. The event, hosted 2024/09/26 Read more News CopernicusLAC Panama Centre kicks-off its first in-person training on Earth Observation data On 8 July, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre kicked-off the first in a series of trainings which aim to increase the knowledge in the LAC region on the use of Copernicus data and its different applications. This series of trainings are 2024/07/12 Read more News Launch of the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre Digital Campus On 22 May 2024, the Digital Campus of the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre was officially launched at an event held at SENACYT headquarters, in Panama City. At the event, Itziar Alonso, responsible for the Centre’s implementation on the European Space Agency 2024/05/23 Read more News The signature of MoU on Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Risk Management in Barbados CopernicusLAC Panama representative attends the signature of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Risk Management Claudia Herrera Melgar, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre’s Stakeholder Liaison Officer, attended the signature event of the EU-LAC Memorandum of Understanding 2024/05/15 Read more
