1. www.egida-project.eu EGIDA PROJECT
1stJoint Workshop of the EGIDA Stakeholder Network and Advisory Board Connecting GEOSS and its Stakeholders in Science and Technology Bonn, Germany, May 9-11, 2011
EGIDA PROJECT
Coordinating Earth and environmental cross-disciplinary projects to promote GEOSS
Stefano Nativi

2. EGIDA project Proposal full title
Coordinating Earth and Environmental cross- disciplinary projects to promote GEOSS
Proposal acronym
EGIDA
Type of funding scheme
Co-ordination and support actions (Coordinating)
Work programme topics addressed
Area Integration of European activities within GEO
ENV Supporting the integration of European and international R&D programmes in GEO
Start date
01 September 2010
End date
01 September 2012

3. EGIDA GOAL SUPPORT BROADER IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
GEOSS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP
AND
THE MISSION OF GEOSS THROUGH
COHERENT AND INTEROPERABLE
NETWORKING OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES AND
EUROPEAN PROJECTS

4. EGIDA APPROACH GEO S&T (CB) Tasks EU Programs National Initiatives
Promote GEO in S&T Communities
ST-09-02
Engage S&T Communities in Developing GEOSS
WP2
WP3
WP4 EGIDA Methodology & Use cases
SoS engineering process / Lower Entry Barriers
WP5 Dissemination & Outreach
Exploitation
EU Programs
National Initiatives

5. EGIDA Approach
Bottom-up and Top-down approach
Engage
Promote

6. EGIDA APPROACH (1) BOTTOM UP
Engage
Promote
EGIDA APPROACH (1)
BOTTOM UP
BUILD ON NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
ANALYZE NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES RELATED TO GEOSS IMPLEMENTATION IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE
ENGAGE RELEVANT FP7 PROGRAMS
STAKEHOLDERS NETWORK REPRESENTS EXISTING EXPERIENCES (PROJECTS) AND NEEDS

7. EGIDA APPROACH (2) TOP DOWN COORDINATE WITH THE GEO STC
Engage
Promote
EGIDA APPROACH (2)
TOP DOWN
COORDINATE WITH THE GEO STC
Co-leadership of GEO TASKS ST AND ST-09-02
STC leaders play an active role in the project
COORDINATE WITH THE GEO SECRETARIAT
GEO Secretariat liaison to STC is member of EGIDA Advisory Board
DELIVER A METHODOLOGY TO APPLY A SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ARE LEADING RELEVANT EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN INITIATIVES (E.G. INSPIRE, GMES)

8. EGIDA DELIVERABLES Evaluation processes Tests and assessment indexes
e.g. for relevance of specific observation infrastructure;
e.g. communicating the scientific priorities in Earth observations
Tests and assessment indexes
e.g. for GEOSS component continuity and availability
Databases
e.g. Expertise e.g. Continuity
Framework concepts
“GEO label” European funding agencies
“GEOSS Citation Standard”
Surveys
e.g. Datasets available from the European S&T Community
e.g. Analysis of initiatives relevant for the GEOSS S&T objectives
Other instruments
The EGIDA Methodology
Four Use Cases to assess the EGIDA Methodology

9. Contributions to Developing Countries
Transfer EGIDA S&T Methodology to them and implement four Specific Use Cases
HOT SPOT POLLUTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Chemical pollution investigated under the KNOWSEAS project
MEDITERRANIAN REGION
Focus on partnership, infrastructures, products and services involving southern Mediterranean countries
PAN-EUROPEAN “AIR QUALITY FOR HEALTH”
Analysis of national and international stakeholders initiatives in air quality and health
Methodology development and transfer of geo principles in air quality and health community
SLOVENIA (methodology transfer in a small country use case)
Investigate feasibility of EGIDA methodology transfer to small countries

10. EGIDA Web site

11. EGIDA Linked-In Group
LinkedIn Groups: EGIDA/GEO Science and Technology Projects

12. Linked to the ICEO IEEE earthzine Newsletter