1. 14th AfriGEOSS Working Group Teleconference 26 July 2016, 11h00 GMT+2 Andiswa Mlisa GEO Secretariat

3. 103 Participating Organizations

4. 4. Secretariat Update Welcome new Participating Organizations
ASREN and ARCSSTEE (bringing number of African POs to 9)
OSS has submitted application – already participate in WGLCA
EO data access survey drafted in partnership with AUSWG, soon to be launched
Resource mobilization
INFRASUPP on research infrastructure policy (DICT) (closed)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation RFQ, due 5-Aug-2016
AUC Grant on food security (AfriGAM), due 17-Aug-2016
GPSDD Collaborative data innovations, due 1-Sept-2016
H2020 on food security (AfriGAM), due Feb-2017
Preparations for upcoming events (see agenda item 7)

5. 4. Secretariat Update
AfriGEOSS Steering Committee, 25 – 26 Feb, South Africa
4 thematic areas: food security and agriculture, water resource management, urban development and forest management
10 (l) establish Coordination Teams for each
5 (f) AUC-AfriGEOSS Partnership TF: consideration on the value proposition for the resources AfriGEOSS envisages to be made available through the mandates
7(h) implement communication flow between Working Group (i.e. CT), Programme Board Members, EXCOM Members and the Cuacus
8 (i) DICT to focus its work on developing Towards a Coordinated Data Acquisition Strategy for Africa
13 (s) DICT to consider aspects of its action plan to be developed into proposals for funding
11(o) establish Coordination Team for Capacity Building
14 (t) AfriGEOSS Symposium Technical Committee to provide updated draft Symposium agenda to the SC for consideration

6. 4. Secretariat Update
Consultative Meeting of the SADC-GEO Secretariats, 29 Feb, Botswana
identified areas of potential collaboration, recommendations awaiting approval by SADC Exec Sec.
5th CEOS WGCapD Annual Meeting, 30 Mar – 1 Apr, USA
SAR training workshops in Africa – Zambia, October 2016 and Gabon, February 2017
ESA-EC Earth Observations for food security, April, Italy
Consultative workshop for the development of a food security exploration platform
Exploring the potential around Africa’s space strategy, London
Interest from UK institutions to work with AfriGEOSS
UNGGIM 4th HLF, 20 – 22 April
GlobeLand30 side event
AfriGEOSS in the UNGGIM-Africa Action Plan
1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, 27 – 29 April, Zimbabwe – see separate slide on outcomes
10th GEO European Projects, 31 May – 02-Jun, Berlin
GEO-CRADLE panel discussion
SASSCAL regional science workshop, June, Namibia , not represented
SERVIR West Africa Launch, 14 July, Niger
Strengthen AfriGEOSS network in West Africa

7. 4. Secretariat Update Call for action to all
Share information on ongoing projects – especially those you involved in to help build inventory of active projects
Include relevant AfriGEOSS activities in response new projects
Fly the AfriGEOSS flag wherever possible
Egypt at GEO-CRADLE North Africa,Cairo
Egypt at Awareness and CB of NGOs & Stakeholders workshop, Cairo
Always look for potential synergies and collaborations
AfriGEOSS in the UNGGIM-Africa Action Plan
Officially represent GEO and AfriGEOSS at events
South Africa at UNGGIM 4th HLF in Addis Ababa
Gabon at GPSDD workshop in Sierra Leone
South Africa at the RAPP Workshop in Pretoria
Share events you about to participate in with the Secretariat

8. 5. 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium Outcomes
Establishing National GEO Coordination Mechanisms
Strengthen the AfriGEOSS Governance Structure
Bring AfriGEOSS into political discussions to inform and influence policy formulation
Promote and Ensure the use of EO Data and Information in decision-making
Confirm the mandate of the Data & Infrastructure Coordination Team and consolidate its working plans (Develop the framework for a ‘Coordinated Data Acquisition Strategy”)
Establishment of thematic coordination mechanisms within AfriGEOSS
AfriGEOSS Agriculture Monitoring (AfriGAM)
AfriGEOSS Sustainable Forest Management
Continue engagements with the private sector and industry (AARSC)
Contribution to the GEO Work Programme

9. 6. AfriGEOSS Implementaion Plan
Developed around the 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium Outcomes and the recommendations of the Steering Committee
Needs to comprise of activities driven by the community rather than just those by the Secretariat
Challenges:
Articulation of available resources for 2017 – 2019

10. 7. Highlights – upcoming activities
35th IGC, 27 Aug – 4 Sept, Cape Town
PanAfGEO launch
Eumetsat User Forum for Africa, 12 – 16 Sept, Rwanda
Side event with AMCOMET and AUSWG – Implementation for the African Space Strategy
ICRI 2016, 3 – 5 October, Cape Town, South Africa
Side event on infrastructure – exploration mechnaism for appropriate archiving, processing and dissemination of EO data and products infrastructure platforms
AARSE 2016, 24 – 28 October, Uganda
GEO private sector breakfast
GEOGLAM / AfriGAM special session
Land Cover special session
AfriGEOSS Workshop: WGLCA
Keynote addresses by South Africa Co-Chair and Secretariat Director
AfriGEOSS Steering Committee and possible a Uganda National GEO Day
WMO / EUMETSAT Training course on use of satellite products for drought monitoring & agriculture meteorology applications, October, Zimbabwe
AfriGEOSS invited to participate…how?

11. 7. Highlights – national, regional activities
RCMRD Activities/Initiatives 2016/7 (
MESA with AU/EU/IGAD
AFREF Implementation and Installation/Advice of Continuous Operating Reference Stations
SERVIR ESA
Supporting to East Africa Land Administration Network
AU/UNECA Land Policy Initiative implementation
Development of information portals with GEOSS
Development of Digital Vulnerability Atlases with UNDP for guiding policy and interventions for DRR
Vulnerability Impact Assessment (VIA) & Index Mapping for EAC with USAID/PREPARED Project
Data Dissemination of MODIS and associated high resolution datasets to RCMRD Member States including Sentinel
System for Land based emission Estimation for Kenya (SLEEK) with Australian Aid & BMGF
UNGGIM promotion with UNECA
 RCMRD Regional Capacity Building Activities
Use of EO for DRR for SERVIR ESA
Land Innovation Learning for Land Administration with ITC/UT & GLTN
Land & Natural Resources Learning Initiative for Eastern & Southern Africa on Spatial Tenure Domain Modeling (STDM) with GLTN UNHabitat
Use and application of Sentinel Data for Forestry with ESA
Training on Implementation of Land Potential Knowledge Service (LandPKS) with SERVIR EA
Developing content on merging Valuation, Geo-information and Statistics to address UNGGIM
GIS/RS application in Ecosystems Management for SERVIR ESA
Launch of Certificate and Diploma programs in Geo-information Technology (GIT)
Training of Trainers in Transparency for Land Administration with GLTN/UNHabitat
Training on MODIS Fire Detection Product and applications in Forestry & Wildlife Management

12. GEO-XIII WEEK St. Petersburg, 2016
7-10 November, 2016
AfriGEOSS side event on data & infrastructure in partnership with GEO Working Group on Data Sharing and WIGOS, 7 Nov 2016
Africa Caucus Meeting, evening 8 Nov 2016
On behalf of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia and the State Space Corporation “Roscosmos” we are pleased to invite all the GEO Community to join us for the GEO Week in Russia, which will be held in St.Petersburg from 7 to 10 of November, 2016.