1. Engagement actions Andiswa Mlisa Rapporteur, Session 7 GEO Work Plan Symposium, 5 – 7 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

2.  Draft Work Programme 2016 – 12 Engagement FT

3. Session 7 Engaging the Community  Engaging stakeholders, Kathy Fontaine  Communities of Practice, Observational domains and SBAs, Hiroyuki Muraoka  Capacity Building and Developing Countries in GEO, Hilcea Ferreira  Resource Mobilisation – how to ensure resources for GEO, Bente Bye  Engaging Science and Technology, Hans-Peter Plag

4. Engagement in the Work Programme  Change culture of how we view and undertake user engagement;  Gathering of cross-cutting data, what, who and how we want to analyze;  Regularize sessions at GEO events on all cross-cutting efforts;  Use the convening power of GEO  Go where the users are;  Engage “in / with” the communities;  Process of identifying users to be embedded in all activities;  Engage “with” young people – different new forms of interactions;  Programme Board to have access to expertise in user engagement; possible the expertise come from a Foundational Task?  Resource mobilization:  Communicate appropriately, through activities, using attractive and appropriate material;  Provide information on planned activities, available resources and required resources;

5. Draft Work Programme 2016

6. Engagement in Work Programme How do we address engagement in the rest of the WP?  Capacity building component in all, especially in initiatives and flagships  Resource mobilisation (invested and required resources) in all I.M.

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