1. www.earthobservations.org www.gfoi.org SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22-24, 2014 SESSION 6, Item 17: Capacity Building and Country Engagement Status Overview of 3-Year Work Plan Tasks and Outcomes SDCG-9: Frascati, 25-26 February, 2016

2. SDCG 3-Year Work Plan Reminder - SDCG 3-Year Work Plan has four work streams: – Baseline Global Observation Strategy Leads: E Fosnight, FM Seifert – GFOI Space Data Services Leads: B Killough, S Ward, G Dyke – Space Data Support to GFOI Research and Development Leads: N Fujimoto, A Rosenqvist, FM Seifert – And… GFOI Component Coordination and Country Engagement – This Session – Leads: GFOI Office, S Ward, G Dyke, S Wilson, with FAO With GFOI Office in transition, little progress made within SDCG on this work stream 2

3. SDCG 3-Year Work Plan For the 2015-2017 SDCG Work Plan, three outcomes were envisioned: 15. Delivery of a coherent customer experience for GFOI countries Limited Coordinated Progress 16. Space data support and services provided to all priority countries Limited Coordinated Progress – need to work on the strategy 17. Effective management of country interfaces Limited Coordinated Progress 3

4. Customer Experience 15. Delivery of a coherent customer experience for GFOI countries Proposed 2016 Outcome (same as 2015) – Coordinated plan for providing the most efficient provision of GFOI deliverables to countries – developed by the Space Data, MGD and Capacity Building Component Leads

5. Priority Countries 16. Space data support and services provided to all priority countries Proposed 2016 Outcome (same as 2015) – FAO and SilvaCarbon will help define the priority countries for GFOI support and deliverables

6. Interfaces 17. Effective management of country interfaces Proposed 2016 Outcome (same as 2015) – Development of simple Excel-based database for internal SDCG purposes (review status) – Establish modus operandi in collaboration with FAO and GFOI Lead Team for country engagement

7. Session Discussion The aims of discussion are to: – Agree whether these overall outcomes need to be revised (probably) – Agree 2016 outcomes – Agree first steps towards achieving outcomes

8. Agenda TopicPresenterDuration Session Overview - Status Overview of 3-Year Work Plan Tasks and Outcomes S Wilson10 GFOI Office UpdateT Harvey10 JAXA-JICA CollaborationM Shimada10 Joint Discussion with Sylvia Wilson / CB component - Sylvia to advise on FAO and country involvement in this session - GFOI Leads country engagement priorities All (S Ward moderator)30