1. International Coordination on Capacity Building, Training and Meetings
Several parallel efforts ongoing internationally on the capacity building, training activities and meetings across the globe.
GOFC-START (eg: Data initiative)
NASA SERVIR
SARI-NIES (Jaxa)
Silvacarbon
Future Earth
Food-Energy Water Nexus (IDS-Dr. Qi)
GISTDA, ISRO
How can we collaborate to reduce parallel efforts and join hands to get maximum benefit w.r.t. funding, participation and sharing of resources.

2. Collaborating with multiple programs is challenging
Each program have their own
Target audience
Funding mechanisms (thus outputs based on funder requests)
Time schedules for deliverables
Thematic focus (different across programs)
Ownership / labelling

3. Joining hands has huge benefit!
LCLUC SARI International Regional Science Meeting in South/Southeast Asia, July, 2017
3-day meeting (165 Participants)
+ 3-day training (100-participants)
+2-day field trip (25-participants)

4. Budget Sheet and Contributions
Organization
USD
GOFC-START
$6,800.00
NIES-JAXA-Japan
$8,400.00
SARI
$5,200.00
NASA SERVIR
$7,300.00
NARIT, Thailand
$7,900.00
Chiang Mai University
$5,900.00
University of Illinois
$7,200.00
Research University Network
$7,800.00
Lampang Rajbhat U
$4,800.00
$61,300.00
3-Day Meeting with lunches and 2-dinners for 165 people
3-Day Training with 100-participants with lunches for all days
2-Day Field Trip (25-people with all expenses including accommodation)
$ average per sponsor – this amount is peanuts for international organizations!

5. Contributions Chaing Mai University – Training Venue for 3-days FREE
Training for 3-days (1.5 days LCLUC and 1.5days SERVIR)
LCLUC Program PI’s – served as trainers (free training to participants on their LCLUC projects)
NASA SERVIR – 5-Trainers FREE on Python + Google Earth Engine
Educational field trips combined with local sight seeing (ex: visiting local institutes on the way to mountains (institute hosted free lunches + local transportation)

6. Contributions
Advanced planning is necessary for reducing the costs, avoiding parallel efforts and timing conflicts
Approach
Google Calendar started to share meetings/training events in the region;
Sharing of work plans (eg: Silvacarbon, START, SERVIR)
Cost-sharing proposals (GOFC RN’s highly encouraged)
Other suggestions highly welcome