RESPOND

STATUS: Running 

Gisat is joining the RESPOND project as service provider partner.

RESPOND is an alliance of European and International organisations working with the humanitarian community to improve access to maps, satellite imagery and geographic information. RESPOND aims to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the European and international humanitarian relief community through the appropriate and reliable application of geographic information.

The RESPOND consortium is a strong team with a proven reputation in delivery of products for humanitarian aid. It is organised by Infoterra UK Ltd as the “Prime Contractor” and the team currently includes following partners:

• DG JRC
• Reuters AlertNet
• UNOSAT
• DLR
• Gamma Remote Sensing
• GEO-ID
• GMV
• Jena-Optronic
• KEYOBS
• MapAction
• Metria
• SERTIT
• Telespazio
• Kayser-Threde
• Scisys
• RapidEye
• Infoterra Germany

Gisat is the first partner from the new EU members joining this alliance taking on board also two Czech humanitarian NGOs – Adra and People In Need – as service users.

RESPOND is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) within the European GMES initiative – a joint approach of ESA and the European Commission – as GMES service supporting humanitarian relief, disaster reduction & reconstruction.

For more information please visit the RESPOND website: http://www.respond-int.org

Project Duration: 2007 - 2009
Approved budget: 291 331 €
Principal Investigator: Tomáš Soukup
Address: GISAT s.r.o.
Charkovská 7
101 00 Praha 10