Local Open Workshop in Armenia

On May 05, 2022, a Local Open Workshop for the youth and future specialists was held about Copernicus Assisted Environmental Monitoring Across the Black Sea Basin – PONTOS project.

The workshop was held in the framework of the PONTOS program with EU financing. In Armenia, the project is implemented by two partners Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body of the Republic of Armenia (Inspection Body) and the American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment.

The participants of the Local Open Workshop for the youth and future specialists represent higher educational and high school institutions of the Republic of Armenia. The selection of the corresponding audience aimed to allow the participants to get acquainted with the various earth observation tools, their professional perspectives on the application of environmental issues, and possible solutions. 

  1. Agenda (Armenian, English)
  2. Presentations
    • Overview of Workshop and PONTOS project (Presentation, Armenian)
    • Introduction to key aspects of EO data, data sources, products and data-related issues; International EO agencies and general applications of EO data (Presentation, Armenian)
    • Learn by Doing: Hands on Exercise Image Collection; Application examples of Satellite Images (Presentation, Armenian)
    • EO in the decision making (Presentation 1, Presentation 2, Armenian)
  3. Article