THIS PROPOSAL IS AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TARGETED EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AS WELL AS WEBINARS AND ON-SITE TRAININGS THAT BUILD CAPACITY IN THE USE OF SAR-BASED EARTH OBSERVATION DATA IN DECISIONS-MAKING SITUATIONS SPECIFICALLY DECISION-MAKING RELATED TO THE FOUR MAIN AMERIGEOSS SBAS. OUR ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN REGIONS OF THE AMERIGEOSS DOMAIN AND ALL TRAINING MATERIAL WILL BE TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF THIS REGION. TO THIS END WE WILL WORK WITH SELECTED STAKEHOLDERS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE AND SEEK THEIR INPUT ON TRAINING CONTENT AND TARGETED APPLICATIONS. TO SUSTAIN THE USE OR SAR REMOTE SENSING RESOURCES LONG TERM THE PROPOSAL WILL ALSO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE CLOUD-BASED DATA PROCESSING SOLUTIONS THAT ENABLE SAR DATA ANALYSIS WITHOUT REQUIRING EXPENSIVE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE. FINALLY TO MAXIMIZE AWARENESS AND DISTRIBUTION OF DEVELOPED RESOURCES WE ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH EXISTING COMMUNICATION TOOLS SUCH AS THE AMERIGEOSS COMMUNITY PLATFORM AND THE NASA APPLIED REMOTE SENSING TRAINING PROGRAM (ARSET).