How to support the Disasters Charter
Our mission relies on the collaboration of experts, institutions, and space agencies. Explore how you can ask for help from the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters, or contribute to help deliver critical data for disaster response.
Request help from the Charter
Become an Authorized User to request satellite data from the Charter, assisting your disaster response in times of need.
Support Disaster Response
Become a Project Manager (PM) or Value Adder (VA) to coordinate work on gathering satellite imagery and generate analyzed disaster maps to support emergency responders.
Contribute with your satellite data
Become a Data Contributor and provide critical satellite imagery to support disaster monitoring and response efforts.
Join as a Charter Member
Become a Charter Member and support global disaster response with your agency’s expertise and satellite resources.
Become an Authorized User
Grant your organization the ability to submit a request for satellite imagery in the event of a major disaster affecting your country.
Your role
- Request satellite data during disasters to support emergency response
Benefits
- Access timely satellite imagery to monitor disaster-affected areas
- Receive analyzed crisis or damage assessment maps to support faster and more informed decision-making
Who can apply?
- National disaster management authorities or their delegated agencies
Become a Project Manager or Value Adder
Support the Charter’s work in coordinating or producing damage assessment maps and delivering them to Authorized Users.
Your role
- PMs liaise with Authorized Users, coordinate satellite data acquisition, and oversee delivery of damage assessment maps
- VAs process and assess satellite data, and produce damage assessment maps
Benefits
- Directly support the Charter’s humanitarian efforts in the event of major disasters
Who can apply?
Professionals who:
- Have experience in satellite remote sensing and disaster management
- Possess project management skills and expertise in data delivery networks
- Understand the role of Civil Protection Agencies and the process of remote sensing data value-adding
Become a Data Contributor
Provide data from your organization’s satellites, to support creation of damage assessment maps.
Your role
- Receive requests for satellite data during emergency situations
- Assess whether satellite data is available for the requested time and location
- Provide available satellite data
Benefits
- Support the Charter’s humanitarian efforts in the event of major disasters
- Raise the profile of your organization’s satellite resources
Who can apply?
Public and commercial organizations who:
- Own and operate Earth observation satellites
- Demonstrate a history of successfully operating satellites
- Provide data of sufficient quality for damage assessment purposes
Become a Charter Member
Join our international community of space agencies and space system operators to further humanitarian efforts around the world.
Your role
- Provide resources to support Charter management and operations
- Provide satellite data for disaster response efforts
Benefits
- Collaborate with international space agencies and space system operators
- Support and enhance the global outreach of disaster response efforts
Who can apply?
Space agencies who:
- Own and operate Earth observation satellites
- Demonstrate a history of successfully operating satellites
- Provide data of sufficient quality for damage assessment purposes
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