Mozambique Technology Needs Assessment Validation

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

Thursday, 31 March 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Introduction

The Technology Bank supports least developed countries (LDCs) to conduct Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs), which are effective tools for identifying development challenges in LDCs that require technological solutions through targeted project design and sustainable technology transfer. TNAs provide useful guides for LDCs and stakeholders in their decision-making efforts related to technology transfer and science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity building programmes for each LDC to accelerate efforts towards achieving the targets set in their national development plans and reaching the relevant Sustainable Development Goals.

The TNA process is country-led and participatory, involving stakeholders from various sectors and thematic areas including government line ministries, youth, women, the private sector, NGOs, IOs and other development actors. One fundamental part of this process is national level validation workshops, which are held after consolidation of the TNA report to enable key stakeholders and experts to review and endorse the findings in the TNA reports. This is followed by the technology implementation planning phase that aims to catalyze implementation and put the proposed technological solutions into action.

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The Mozambique Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) report was validated by stakeholders on the 31^stMarch 2022 through a virtual workshop. The Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) provides a blueprint for the technology needs and related Science, Technology, and Innovation capacity-building programmes that each country may include as part of their national development strategies to accelerate efforts towards the implementation of the priorities contained in the Istanbul Programme of Action, as well as to promote the achievement of relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The main objectives of the TNA are to:

Provide critical insights into the functioning of national frameworks on science, technology, and innovation
Identify the core areas of focus for Mozambique and specific initiatives to maximize the impact of technology as an instrument to foster structural transformation, reduce poverty and promote sustainable development
Identify priority sectors in the country and identify and prioritize technologies that can adequately and effectively address the country’s needs in the focus sector(s)

The TNA process helps to improve the coordination among the different authorities in the country working on STI and leads to the development of the technology implementation plan to support the transfer, adaptation, and implementation of validated priority technologies.

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UN Technology Bank and UNITAR-UNOSAT enhance geospatial technologies for the disaster management in Mozambique

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:42:00 +0000

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The workshop on enhancing geospatial technologies for the disaster management in Mozambique .

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Gebze – The �鶹APP Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and the �鶹APP Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) – UNOSAT convened a workshop in Mozambique to enhance the capacity of expert and policymakers on the interpretation and utilisation of geospatial technologies.

The workshop aimed to demystify geospatial technologies and raised awareness of the vital role of supporting Mozambique's development efforts. It was a part of a pilot programme, which was earlier also organized in Uganda and The Gambia and provided participants with the skills and knowledge to leverage geospatial technologies for improved disaster risk reduction management, climate change, and natural resources management.

The workshop in Mozambique compliments a one-week training course in which local experts were trained in the use and interpretation of satellite imagery with a specific focus on disaster risk management. The newly developed tool by UNITAR use artificial intelligence (AI) for responding to floods and mudslides can now be used in providing flood impacts estimates (i.e., sq km of flood extent, number of floods affected people by province) in Mozambique. The use of this tool forms part of the on-going training of experts that started last week.

"The use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents an opportunity for the policy- and decision-makers to retrieve valuable situational information from a huge amount of relevant information that is crucial to identifying and deciding on the type of response in a post-disaster response scenario such as after, Cyclone Idai in 2019," said Mr. Joshua Setipa, UN Technology Bank's Managing Director.

Using satellite imagery to map the geographic extent of floods allows government agencies and regional and international organizations to pinpoint regions most affected by disasters and reduce the loss of life and mitigate structural damages in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Mr. Setipa also emphasized, "as disaster and emergencies are highly dynamic and are characterized by substantial environmental and economic loss, human lives are consequently at stake. The advances in information technology have made significant amounts of data available to the decision-makers for disaster preparedness to enable timely and efficient responses during periodic cyclones, droughts, floods, and related epidemics in Mozambique.

The National Director for ICT and Projects, Mr. Constantino Sotomane, stated that "the government of Mozambique and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education have prioritized the use of geospatial technologies. The Ministry expects a multiplier effect of the ongoing training of twenty Mozambicans that will share their newly acquired geospatial knowledge and tools with other colleagues in the economic and social areas connected with the management and use of geospatial data."

Mr. Luca Dell’Oro, Senior Specialist from UNOSAT-UNITAR highlighted “the key role of EO technology to support with evidence-based data and information operational planning and decision making following major disaster events.” During the workshop, Mr. Dell’Oro also presented a new custom-tailored operational flood detection platform based on AI and developed by the UNOSAT team. “This platform aims to support National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) in Mozambique and other national stakeholders with near real-time satellite-derived analysis and statistics about potential flood events during the current rainy season (from October 2020 to April 2021).”

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Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries - Mozambique

Mozambique Technology Needs Assessment Validation

Introduction

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UN Technology Bank and UNITAR-UNOSAT enhance geospatial technologies for the disaster management in Mozambique

mozambique_unitar2020.jpeg