The SERVIR SEA Project
SERVIR Southeast Asia (SERVIR SEA) is a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC). SERVIR SEA receives publicly available NASA satellite imagery and geospatial data and uses them to help Southeast Asian governments and communities respond to natural disasters and build climate resilience.
SERVIR SEA’s coverage region includes Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Launched in January 2023, the project is a successor to SERVIR Mekong, which operated from 2014 to 2022.
SERVIR SEA is part of the broader SERVIR program, a joint initiative of NASA and USAID to use satellite data and geospatial technologies to strengthen weather and climate resilience, agriculture and food security, water security, ecosystem and carbon management, and air quality and health.
SERVIR activities are implemented by a global network of applied research organizations across four regional hubs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that collaborate with communities of all sizes, from sub-national, to national, to regional, in the development of locally led solutions to the unique challenges faced in each region.
SERVIR SEA’s activities are designed to meet the following objectives
- Build and institutionalize the technical capacity of government decision makers and key civil society groups to integrate geospatial information into their decision-making, planning, and communication.
- Improve the sharing of user-tailored geospatial data, products and services.
- Develop new high quality user-tailored data, tools, applications, and models to address on-the ground priorities.
- SERVIR SEA hub strengthened as a regional provider of geospatial data, analyses, and capacity building services
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), a recognized leader in strengthening disaster resilience in Asia, is the prime implementer for SERVIR SEA.