Ingenieur Vol 63 Ingenieur Vol 63 2015 | Page 70

INGENIEUR that aid in sustainable urban planning and climate mitigation measures. Even if a country has their own space-derived information and infrastructure, the country can still benefit from well-established regional and international co-operation mechanisms through sharing good policies, expertise and practices, strengthening capacity-building, conducting regional/sub-regional joint training programmes, and carrying out joint actions on regional disasters in an area of particular mutual interest. Currently many United Nations agencies such as UN-GGIM, UNOOSA, UNISDR, UNESCAP, RESAP, Sentinel Asia, and APRSAF, etc., are actively working in the region. Despite the great contributions and achievements by these organisations, there is still notable room for improvement. For example, increased regional engagement in t