Report of the Capacity Building Committee

Capacity Building Strategy in GEO. An integrated approach based in three complementary elements: Infrastructure CB:Infrastructure CB: HW, SW and other technology required to develop, access and use EO… Individuals (Human) CB:Individuals (Human) CB: education and training of individuals to be aware of, access, use and develop EO… Institutional CB:Institutional CB: building policies, programs & organizational structures in governments and organizations to enhance the value of EO data and products. I³I³

Principles for GEO Capacity Building DO NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL ! Build on existing efforts and best practices; 1ST THE USER, THEN THE USER AND FINALLY THE USER ! Focus on user needs DO IT TOGETHER ! Foster collaboration and partnership HAVE A HOLISTIC VIEW ! E2E, I ³, in all SBA, at the global, regional and local levels DO IT TO LAST! Enhance the sustainability of Earth observation capacity building efforts

Membership Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil (co-chair), Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, European Commission (co-chair), France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Portugal, Russia, South Africa (co-chair), Spain (co-chair), Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan. AARSE, APN, CEOS, EEA, EIS-Africa, EUMETSAT, EuroGeoSurveys, FDSN, GCOS, IAG, IEEE, IGBP, IOC, ITC, ISCGM, ISPRS, POGO, UNEP, UNESCO (co-chair), UNOOSA, WCRP (START), WMO The CBC welcomes active participation from all GEO Members and Participating Organisations

Meetings 3rd Capacity Building Committee Meeting – 31 January – 1 February 2007, Tenerife, Spain 4th Capacity Building Committee Meeting – 31 May -1 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland 1st GEO – Donor Capacity Building Symposium: Linking strengths for sustainable Earth observation – September 2007, Seville, Spain 5th Capacity Building Committee Meeting – September 2007, Seville, Spain

CAPACITY BUILDING CB GEONETCast G CB-07-01a Engaging Donors G CB-07-01b Identifying Best Practices, Gaps and Needs Y CB-07-01c Capacity building Performance Indicators Y CB-07-01d Building National and Regional Capacity G CB-07-01e Open Source Software G CB Knowledge Sharing for Improved Disaster Management and Emergency Response Y Work Plan Progress

EN Energy Policy PlanningG WA Integrated Earth Observation Water Resource Management Y EC Regional Networks for EcosystemsG WE Numerical Weather-Prediction Capacity Building G AG Training Modules for AgricultureY Work Plan Progress Capacity Building in SBA’s

Capacity Building Donor’s Symposium, Seville. (Spain) Capacity building workshops ( Latin America, Albania, Georgia, Mozambique) to improve in- country coordination amongst national environmental, remote sensing and other agencies. (UNEP) Regional seminar on National Capacity building in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (Spain, WMO) Achievements and contributions to GEOSS

Workshop on Knowledge Sharing for Improved Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UNOOSA) Establishment of Chlorophyll Global Integrated Network (ChloroGIN) (POGO/IOC) International workshop on numerical prediction workshop (KMA) Achievements and contributions to GEOSS

2nd edition of the “Use and exploitation of the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) products” (SPAIN, ECMWF, WMO) Workshop on the “Recognition of cross border Capacity Building” (ITC) Achievements and contributions to GEOSS

European Community Research Framework Programme: Environment Theme: Activity Developing capacity building activities in the domain of earth observation in developing countries Achievements and contributions to GEOSS

EC funding for EO CB: 2007 Projects to start in 2008  Georesource information system for Africa (groundwater, raw material, energy, mineral resources) (Project: AEGOS, 1.9 M€)  Improving observing systems for water resource management – collaboration with participants from developing countries (Project: CEOP-AEGIS, 3.4 M€)  GEONETCast applications for developing countries (Project: DevCoCast, 1.85 M€) Achievements and contributions to GEOSS

CBERS2-B for AFRICA Brasil and China grant a no-access fee of CBERS2-B to African countries (direct downlink, real time). South Africa, Spain and Italy will use their ground stations to receive, process and distribute the data to countries inside their footprints. GEOportal and GEONETcast to reach the end user. A coordinated effort in infrastructure Capacity Building for Earth Observations

Seville Roadmap GEO resource-mobilization roadmap aims to position GEO as: –an efficient coordinator of resource mobilization activities, and –an honest broker serving users, produces and potential resource providers.

Seville Roadmap KEY OBJECTIVES Gain a comprehensive understanding of the needs and operations of donors. Focus on understanding the full range of user communities and networks, including their needs and priorities. Strengthen links between the user and donor communities.

Seville Roadmap KEY OBJECTIVES Sensitize donors to the value of EO and the benefits that building greater capacity for producing and using EO can bring to a variety of users. Mobilize resources for building the capacity of the three key contributors to EO: individuals, institutions and infrastructure (I 3 ). Identify likely donors for each SBA and geographic region.

Seville Roadmap KEY OBJECTIVES Coordinate resource mobilization in order to promote efficiencies and capacity. Market capacity building for EO as a worthwhile investment and not merely as a cost. Engage and establish mutually beneficial relations with the private sector and establish private-public partnerships.

Recommended new task CB-08-P1: Recognition of cross border Education and training capacity building in Earth Observation to be led by the ITC CB-07-01a: Engaging Donors: Implementation of the Seville roadmap. This Task is led by Spain. Recommended update of CB0701a

Actions for endorsement A continued emphasis on capacity building as a key issue in the implementation of all aspects of GEOSS. GEO Member Countries to encourage their national cooperation agencies and organizations to assist in the implementation of the Seville Road Map. Good practices and experiences with respect to establishing national GEOs to be compiled and shared. Accept recommendations for changes to work plan