The GEO Work Plan * 2010 Update (GEO-VI) * New Online Management System Alexia Massacand (Work Plan Coordinator) Rik Baeyens (IT Manager)

GEO Group on Earth Observations GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GEO is an Intergovernmental Group –79 Nations –European Commission –56 Participating Organizations With a Single Objective: GEOSS –To establish a global, coordinated, comprehensive and sustained system of Earth observation systems

GEOSS Components

GEO Portal (ESRI, Compusult, ESA)

Work Plan

GEO Work Plan – What is it? Agreed framework for implementing the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan ( ) Set of practical Tasks carried out by various GEO Members and Participating Organizations Living Document – Annually updated

GEO Work Plan History 2009 WP WP WP Cape Town Summit

Work Plan – How did it come about? Followed recommendations from GEO-IV Plenary & Cape Town Ministerial Summit Built upon Work Plan Driven by 6- and 10-year GEOSS Targets Included proposals & comments made by GEO community and Committees

Work Plan (1) Two-part structure (2) Overarching Tasks (3) « User-Driven » Approach

(1) Two-Part Structure 1BUILDING AN INTEGRATED GEOSS (GEOSS Fundamentals) ARCHITECTURE DATA MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY USER ENGAGEMENT 2THE 9 GEOSS SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS (GEOSS for Society) DISASTERS HEALTH ENERGY CLIMATE WATER WEATHER ECOSYSTEMS AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY

(2) Overarching Tasks 44 overarching Tasks that help: Promote synergies & cross-fertilization Move Work Plan to more strategic level Highlight key lines of GEOSS implementation

44 overarching Tasks including… Part 1 : BUILDING AN INTEGRATED GEOSS 1.1ARCHITECTURE AR-09-01: GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) AR-09-02: Interoperable Systems for GEOSS AR-09-03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems AR-09-04: Dissemination and Distribution Networks AR-06-11: Radio Frequency Protection 1.2DATA MANAGEMENT DA-06-01: GEOSS Data Sharing Principles DA-09-01: Data Management DA-09-02: Data Integration and Analysis DA-09-03: Global Data Sets 1.3CAPACITY BUILDING CB-09-01: Resource Mobilization CB-09-02: Building Individual Capacity in Earth Observations CB-09-03: Building Institutional Capacity to Use Earth Observations CB-09-04: Capacity Building Needs/Gap Assessment CB-09-05: Infrastructure Development and Technology Transfer CB-10-01: Building Capacity through Outreach and Awareness Raising 1.4SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ST-09-01: Catalyzing R&D Funding for GEOSS ST-09-02: Promoting Awareness and Benefits of GEO in the S&T Community 1.5USER ENGAGEMENT US-09-01: User Engagement US-09-02: Socio-Economic Indicators US-09-03: Cross-cutting Products and Services

44 overarching Tasks including… Part 2: THE 9 GEOSS SBAs 2.1DISASTERS DI-06-09: Use of Satellites for Risk Management DI-09-01: Systematic Monitoring to Support Geohazards Risk DI-09-02: Multi-Risk Management and Regional Applications DI-09-03: Warning Systems for Disasters 2.2HEALTH HE-09-01: Information Systems for Health HE-09-02: Monitoring and Prediction Systems for Health HE-09-03: End to End Projects for Health 2.3ENERGY EN-07-01: Management of Energy Sources EN-07-02: Energy Environmental Impact Monitoring EN-07-03: Energy Policy Planning 2.4CLIMATE CL-06-01: A Climate Record for Assessing Variability and Change CL-09-01: Information for Decision-making & Risk Management CL-09-02: Accelerating the Implementation of GCOS CL-09-03: Global Carbon Observation & Analysis System

44 overarching Tasks including… 2.5WATER WA-06-02: Droughts, Floods and Water Resource Management WA-06-07: Capacity Building for Water Resource Management WA-08-01: Integrated Products for Water Research 2.6WEATHER WE-06-03: TIGGE & Global Interactive Forecast System WE-09-01: Capacity Building for High-Impact Weather Prediction 2.7ECOSYSTEMS EC-09-01: Ecosystem Observation and Monitoring Network (EcoNet) EC-09-02: Ecosystem Vulnerability to Global Change 2.8AGRICULTURE AG-06-02: Data Utilization in Fisheries and Aquaculture AG-07-03: Global Agricultural Monitoring Risk Management 2.9BIODIVERSITY BI-07-01: Global Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)

2010 Update ?

Technical & official comments received from GEO community No major change but rather a series of adjustments Process – Work Plan Update

5 New Sub-tasks Created: * Global Geodetic Observing System (AR-09-03e) * Long-Term Preservation of EO Data (DA-09-01c) * Data Democracy (CB-09-05e) * Atlas of our Changing Environment (CB-10-01d) * Key Observations for Climate (CL-09-02a) Changes – Work Plan Update

5 Existing Sub-tasks Moved Unchanged: * CB-09-02e Earth Observation Game for Youth moved to CB-10-01a * CB-09-03c Building Capacity for Non-technical Decision-makers moved to CB-10-01b * CB-09-04c User Oriented Workshops for GEOSS Outreach moved to CB-10-01c * US-09-03b Forest Mapping and Change Monitoring moved to EC-09-01e (Ecosystems) * US-09-03c Global Soil Data moved to DA-09-03e Changes – Work Plan Update

* Refined Task descriptions * New Task Leads and Points of Contact Following Members and Participating Organizations requests Changes – Work Plan Update

* Updated Guide to Work Plan Management Description of: - Steps required for becoming engaged with Work Plan Tasks - Overarching Task Management - Role of Committees Changes – Work Plan Update

* Available on-line (earthobservations.org) * New Work Plan Information Management System (incl. Task Sheets etc) * Launched on 10 December 2009 * To be expanded 2010 Work Plan Update

Activities InputsOutputsOutcomes Contributions from Members and Participating Organizations GEOSS Roadmap Work Plan Task sheets Reporting Reporting and Monitoring Evaluation Targets Outcome Performance Indicators Fig. 2 GEOSS Logic Model From GEO-V Document 11