1. 7 th GEO Capacity Building Committee Meeting Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3-4 June 2008 CB-07-01a Task report Marta ANGOLOTI mangoloti@inm.es AEMET Spain

2. 1.Background and objective GEO CB Strategy - 4.6 Priority Action: Engaging donors on Earth observation capacity building priorities Ex-CB-07-01a: Organise a Capacity Building Symposium The Seville Roadmap: Mobilizing resources for implementing GEOSS (CBC-5) OBJECTIVE: Develop and implement the Seville roadmap to engage Donors. The Seville roadmap aims to support the implementation of the GEO Capacity Building Strategy by positioning GEO as a coordinated resource mobilization mechanism and honest broker serving EO users and potential resource providers as a convenient gateway to the GEO community. CB-07-01a Task Report

3. 2. Milestones achieved to date 07Q1Start 07Q31 st GEO-Donor Symposium: Seville 07Q3CBC-5: Elaboration of the Seville Roadmap 08Q1CBC-6: Scheme of Seville Work Plan Draft. The following steps to follow were considered and prioritized: CB-07-01a Task Report 1.Establish criteria for identifying pilot projects; 2.Identify pilot projects for donor consideration; 3.Identify potential resource providers and their attributes; 4.Produce communication and marketing materials that could be adapted as needed; 5.Identify Champions

4. 3. Expected milestones for 2008: Implementation of the Seville Roadmap A. Criteria for identifying pilot projects: DONE CB-07-01a Task Report 1.To achieve its goal, project needs improved access to EO (EO as a component in a value chain) 2.Should impact one or more of nine SBA in a quantitative and highly visible manner. 3.Project will demonstrate the value of GEOSS 4.Project supports the MDGs or sustainable development requirements of beneficiaries 5.Project can demonstrate concrete results within three years 6.Project could appeal to multiple resource providers & partners 7.Requested funding can be quantified 8.Project implemented by one or more GEO Member or Participating Organization 9.Must have an outreach program embedded in the project 10.Project must be sustainable and replicable

5. 3. Expected milestones for 2008: Implementation of the Seville Roadmap B. Identify pilot projects for donor consideration: ON GOING CB-07-01a Task Report 1.Task participants and the GEO Secretariat to review projects presented at Seville Symposium in light of the above criteria 2.CBC Co-chairs and the GEO Secretariat to initiate a discussion with the UIC. 3.Task participants to develop a basic scheme on how to present a project to a donor (template project). 4.CBC Co-chairs and the GEO Secretariat to develop an expression of interest to be circulated to GEO 5.GEO community to present projects in accordance with criteria and templates circulated. In the meantime: select two or three pilot projects to approach donors.

6. 3. Expected milestones for 2008: Implementation of the Seville Roadmap C. Identify potential resource providers and their attributes: ON GOING CBC Co-chairs and Task participants to review, amend and increase the resource provider registry developed for Seville symposium Registry to categorize resource providers according to interests and SBA’s In the long term resource providers will be associated with identified projects D. Produce communication and marketing materials that could be adapted as needed: ON GOING GEO Secretariat to develop donor and project specific outreach and marketing material. E. Co-chairs to Identify Champions: NOT YET STARTED CB-07-01a Task Report

7. 4.Extent of Participation/Recommendations for additional participants “The implementation of the Seville Work Plan belongs to GEO members, the CBC and other Committees and the Secretariat. The roles will be defined in the Work Plan, although coordination from the Task Team will still be needed”.  Need of contributors from different SBA and regions.  No specific profile is needed, everyone is able to contribute.  Experience in mobilizing resources or to have contacts with donor community is desirable.  GEO National Groups could add value to CBC Member contribution. CB-07-01a Task Report

8. 5.Coordination points with other GEO Work Plan tasks CB 07-01c: elaboration of the Performance indicators for GEO’s resource mobilization. UIC: to connect with the final beneficiaries of the resource-mobilization. All Committees & Task Teams:  Needed a better integrating resource mobilization and CB concerns into their work.  Support from the mobilizing resources task team to complete their tasks and projects. CB-07-01a Task Report

9. 6.Potential risks that may impede completion of task Wrong approach to resource providers: understand the donor! Lack of commitment on its implementation: deadlines needed! Small number of contributors: -Inadequate user/donor network -SBA and regional gaps -Incomplete information -Narrow overview of the task Information not shared. Outcomes and actions not reviewed and updated. CB-07-01a Task Report

10. 7. Potential Contributions to the CB portal /GEO Portal - Expected products  Marketing and communication kits.  Inventory of donors relevant to GEOSS.  Inventory of the resource-mobilization capacities and contacts of GEO Members.  Inventory of training opportunities for funding proposals.  Inventory of funding sources and tools.  “The GEO Web portal should provide a mechanism for dissemination of information to foster donor engagement. Specifically, it should encourage donors towards well established institutional development needs and priorities in the Earth observation community”. CB-07-01a Task Report

11. 8. Expected date of completion of task Resource mobilization should be a permanent task. Some outcomes could be delivered before GEO-V, although a constant review & update of them will be needed (list of donors, new projects, new training opportunities, etc). 9. Expectations of task lead from CBC I.Shared ownership of task in CBC. II.Increase the number/commitment of task contributors. III.Assist task members when required (contact resource providers, share information, etc). IV.Link CBC with national GEO structures & organizations. CB-07-01a Task Report

12. EU Commission: 2009 Call for Proposals - Environment Theme (FP7). "Action in the domain of EO to support capacity building in GEO“: establishing a Capacity Building advisory capability in support of Earth Observation (EO) activities. Publication: Summer of 2008, deadline around the end of the year. Possible response from the GEO CB community to this issue in detail at the next CBC meeting. CB-07-01a Task Report

13. Thank you! CB-07-01a Task Report