Space4Resilience — Needs Assessment Questionnaire

Disaster prevention and climate adaptation using satellite data

UNOOSA · Commonwealth Secretariat · SpaceData Inc.

Time

≈ 5 minutes

Audience

Commonwealth Member States

Launch

COPUOS · June 2026

This short questionnaire gathers your country’s disaster-resilience priorities and needs in accessing and using satellite data. It informs the priorities of the Space4Resilience Initiative — a cooperation between UNOOSA, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and SpaceData Inc. — to be launched at COPUOS in June 2026, including the selection of first-year pilot countries and the design of support options.

This questionnaire should be completed by the entity authorised to provide this data on behalf of the State.

Respondent information

Country *

Organization / department

Name / position

Email *

Date

Please provide your country and a valid email address.

Which natural disasters have most affected your country in the past five years?

Select up to 3. 0 / 3

Please select at least one option.

Which satellite-data capabilities would be most valuable for your country?

Select up to 3. 0 / 3

Cyclone / storm damage estimation

Flood simulation & early warning

Sea-level rise & coastal-erosion monitoring

Drought & food-security early warning

Tsunami impact assessment

Deforestation & carbon (climate-finance) monitoring

Illegal-fishing / EEZ monitoring

Urban-growth & infrastructure planning

Other

Please select at least one option.

What is your country’s current use of satellite data for disaster management?

Select one.

Used routinely

Used on a limited / pilot basis

Not yet used

In-house satellite-data specialists (approx.)

1–5

Please select one option.

How interested is your country in joining the Space4Resilience Initiative, including as a first-year pilot country?

Select one.

Strong interest — would like to be a pilot country

Interested — would join depending on support and conditions

Interested — would decide after seeing other countries’ examples

Not at this time

Please select one option.

May we include your country’s name on the “List of Interested Countries” presented at the COPUOS launch (June 2026)?

Select one.

Yes — our country’s name may be included

Yes, with conditions

Not at this time — we register interest but prefer not to be listed publicly

Please select one option.

Other priorities, expected challenges, or comments

Optional.

Confidentiality. Individual responses are kept confidential and reported only in aggregate, unless your country consents in Q5.

Your responses will inform the priorities of the Space4Resilience Initiative and its launch at COPUOS in June 2026.

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Thank you. Your responses will inform the priorities of the Space4Resilience Initiative and its launch at COPUOS in June 2026.

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