In mid-June, we travelled to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, where we conducted a workshop on the use of the open-source tool QGIS for spatial analysis and the analysis of satellite data from the Copernicus programme, managed by the European Space Agency (ESA). The workshop focused on the use of these tools in responding to natural disasters such as droughts, floods, and deforestation.
At GeoCodis, we developed a specialised QGIS plugin for this purpose, enabling users to access publicly available satellite data and use it for spatial monitoring and assessing the impact of natural disasters on the environment and communities.
Workshop participants included representatives of national institutions and ministries responsible for water and environmental management, as well as members of various humanitarian organisations operating in the country. With the completion of the workshop, we successfully concluded a three-year project directly funded by the Republic of Slovenia. As part of the project, GeoCodis provided the developed software and workshop implementation free of charge.
The workshop was initially planned for March but had to be postponed due to unstable security conditions. At the time, our partners from Karitas Slovenia were forced to leave South Sudan early.
