ESA and the European Commission sign CopPhil initiative

The new CopPhil initiative will enhance the response capability and resilience of the Philippines to natural and human made disasters through the strategic use of space data.

From left to right: Koen Doens, Director General for International Partnerships at the European Commission, Josef Aschbacher, ESA’s Director General, and Pablito Mendoza, Deputy Chief of Mission and Consul General of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Belgium.

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