On Wednesday 11 December, a team from the Kenya Space Agency, together with representatives from universities, start-ups and local companies, visited Montpellier as part of a study visit to Europe organised by Aerospace Valley.
The visit is part of a European project led by Expertise France called ‘Data Governance in Africa’, which aims to develop data policies centred on people and development at different scales in several African countries.
Predict Services welcomed this delegation with the aim of sharing and discussing the innovative methods, tools and solutions that have been deployed by local authorities, businesses and citizens for over 20 years in the management of hydrometeorological risks.
These discussions provided food for thought on potential collaborations.
Thunderstorms, intense rainfall, flooding… the events that have impacted our regions in recent months have once again highlighted the need to adapt to climatic risks.
At local level, there are a number of preventive measures in place to help identify and take appropriate action. For over 10 years, Groupama-Predict has been providing day-to-day support to local authorities in drawing up their Plans Communaux de Sauvegarde (PCS) and their DICRIM, and in providing real-time information in the event of risk.
At the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales in Paris from November 19 to 21, Groupama-Predict engineers will be on hand to present the climate risk adaptation solutions included in your local authority insurance policy.
Groupama-Predict stand
Meet us at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center, Hall 2.2 – stand D62.
For more information about the show, click here.
Since the end of September 2024, Predict has been supporting the Côte d’Ivoire authorities as part of the VIGICLIMM project (Projet de modernisation du système de vigilance, d’alerte, et de services climatiques et météorologiques aux usagers) and the PARU (Projet d’Assainissement et de Résilience Urbaine) urban sanitation and resilience project.
As part of the VIGICLIMM project, financed by the AFD – Agence Française de Développement, Predict is working alongside Météo France International (MFI) to strengthen the capacity of the Société d’exploitation et de développement aéroportuaire, aéronautique et météorologique (SODEXAM Côte d’Ivoire), helping it to modernize its vigilance, warning and climate and weather services to users.
Predict is also working with the Côte d’Ivoire authorities, with its partner BRL Ingénierie as part of the PARU project financed by the World Bank, to improve the Early Warning and Forecasting System (SPAP) aimed at protecting populations against the risk of flooding.
Over a two-week period, Predict worked with the Ivorian authorities to carry out an audit prior to the modernization of the country’s early warning and alert system, and to draw up the first Community Safety Plans (Plans Communaux de Sauvegarde – PCS) in Côte d’Ivoire, in order to design the preventive action plans needed for effective, operational management of the flood risks affecting the autonomous district of Abidjan.
Session on drawing up a Communal Emergency Response Plan
On October 17, 2024, Alix Roumagnac was a guest on Midi Libre to present the current Cevenol episode.
Click here to read the article.
On October 17, 2024, Alix Roumagnac spoke to France 3 Occitanie about the heavy flooding in the Gard and Lozère regions.
Read the full article here: France 3 Occitanie
On 7 October, Alix Roumagnac was the guest on TF1‘s news programme to talk about Predict Services’ role in helping local authorities prepare for hydro-meteorological events.
To read the full article on TF1, click here.
On Wednesday October 2, Predict took part in the “Salon Horizon Climatique”, a first-of-its-kind event organized by the Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée.
The one-day event gave visitors the opportunity to discuss the vulnerability of businesses to risk, and how warning and decision-support systems can help them to better prepare for these increasingly risky phenomena.
On June 21, at the Understanding Risk Global Forum (UR24), a conference on risks organized by the World Bank, Predict, represented by Alix Roumagnac and Karine Moreau, led an interactive session dedicated to risk management, the use of satellite data and early warning systems.
Speech by Alix Roumagnac and Karine Moreau
Participants from Fiji Islands, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sierra Leone contributed to understanding the potential contribution of space to risk management and early warning in these countries.
Virtual presentation de Predict Services
The presentation of the Gobeyond project and the EW4MED platform caught everyone’s attention as a solution capable of aggregating the functions and data needed for early warning and action. Dates have been set for further discussions.
The French Ministry of Ecology and Energy, with the support of the French Ministry of the Interior and Overseas Departments and Territories, has launched the 8th annual Rain-Flood campaign for the Mediterranean region, an area particularly exposed to intense rainfall and flooding.
To help you cope with these dangerous phenomena, we invite you to read the instructions for protecting yourself, your loved ones and your property at “pluie-inondation.gouv.fr”
Let’s be prepared for major risks!
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