1. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Date: November 30th, 2007 The Summit will allow to: Report to Ministers on the early progress made in the implementation of the GEOSS and against the GEO 10 year Implementation Plan; Bring emerging priorities to the attention of the Ministers; Engage the commitment of Ministers to endorse The Declaration of Cape Town The Cape Town Ministerial Summit 2007 (1) Earth Observation for Sustainable Growth and Development

2. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat The Cape Town Ministerial Summit 2007 (2) Earth Observation for Sustainable Growth and Development Associated meetings and events: Executive Committee meetingNovember 27th GEO PlenaryNovember, 28th-29th Exhibition/Demonstrations Press Events

3. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Regional & National Events leading up to The Cape Town Ministerial Summit 2007 25-29 June 2007 Costa Rica: 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. (link to website http://www.cenat.ac.cr/simposio/)http://www.cenat.ac.cr/simposio/ 21&22 July 2007 Kampala, Uganda: International Workshop on Hazards and Disasters. (link to website http://www.icsu-africa.org/)http://www.icsu-africa.org/ 10&11 September 2007 Seville, Spain: Capacity Building Symposium 17-19 September 2007 GEOSS in the Americas - Brazil 10-12 October 2007 Beijing, China: GEONETCast workshop

4. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Declaration Report on progress Annex to the Report on progress, containing all Early Achievements templates Early achievements will serve to document GEO progress related to Societal Benefit Areas and to GEOSS progressive buildup. Summit Documents

5. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat South Africa will coordinate drafting of the Declaration Task Force 2 will draft the Report on progress A Communication Group will deal with all communication aspects South Africa, with support of GEO Secretariat will be in charge of the Summit Logistics. With reference to the four main lines of preparatory activities, the current organization foresees: Summit Preparation Organization

6. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Section I Introduction Section II GEO Progress – Early achievements Section III Earth Observations for Sustainable Growth and Development Section IV Conclusions – way forward Annex Table 1 Early Achievements in Societal Benefit areas Table 2 Early achievements in GEOSS build-up Report on progress outline (1)

7. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Section I – Introduction Remind Ministers of the political commitments to EO and origins of GEO Restate that EO provides critical information to support a broad range of societal benefits for all nations and showing how EO/GEOSS supports the specific theme of this meeting – ‘EO for Sustainable Growth and Development’ Report on progress outline (2)

8. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Section II – GEO Progress – Early achievements Inform on essential steps taken ( along 9 major lines), on societal benefits that have already been realized through the early efforts of GEO - locally, regionally and world wide-, and on progress in GEOSS implementation by means of: a very high-level summary of achievements in the body of the text a more detailed Annex highlighting examples of achievements and vignettes submitted by members and Participating Organizations Report on progress outline (3)

9. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Section II – GEO Progress – Early achievements The 9 major lines of GEO action 1.generate synergy between systems; 2.establish forums for cross-cutting development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community building; 3.provide a framework for sustainability and continuity; 4.improve data access, including data sharing; 5.improve data and systems use; 6.improve user engagement; 7.establish forums for national and regional activities; 8.provide a platform for capacity building; 9.advance frontier science and cutting edge technology. Report on progress outline (3a)

10. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Section III – Earth Observations for Sustainable Growth and Development Bring to the attention of Ministers the emerging priorities responding to their call for sustainable growth and development through informed policies and decisions pertaining to human health, healthy and secure natural systems, as well as wise use of the Earth’s natural environmental resources Thematic areas for focus identified to date are: Water Terrestrial Resource Management including Biodiversity Health and Environment Coastal zones Report on progress outline (4)

11. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Section IV –Conclusions – way forward Engage the commitment of Ministers for continued support of GEO, providing a logical foundation for the Declaration. It identifies those elements that deserve particular attention for the coming years to implement a successful GEOSS Report on progress outline (5)

12. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Annex A table 1 Early Achievements in SBA’s Report on progress outline (6) 1Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System 2Meningitis Warning System in Africa 3Solar Data for Developing Countries 4Beijing Olympics 5TIGGE 6Biodiversity Observation Network 7Sentinel-Asia 8Asian Water Cycle 9Seamless Weather/Climate Prediction System 10Standards-based, All-Hazards, All- Media Public Warning 11Census of Marine Life 12Evaluating African Protected Areas 13ClimDevAfrica Initiative 14SIGEO 15North American Drought Monitor 16Hydrometeorological ARray for ISV- Monsoon AUtomonitoring HARIMAU 17Sand and Dust storm monitor 18Air Quality and Health

13. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Annex A table 2 Early achievements in GEOSS build-up Report on progress outline (7) 1Web Portal 2Interoperable Information Systems 3GEONETCast 4Virtual Constellation 5Global DEM 6CBERS Data for Africa 7Global Geodetic Reference Frame 8GEO Grid 9ARGO 10SERVIR

14. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Summit preparation schedule

15. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Summit preparation status (1)  Formal invitation to the Summit has been sent by the South African Government to Members through diplomatic channel and to participating Organizations  Draft declaration is being prepared and will be distributed by South Africa in order to discuss it at the July Executive Committee meeting.

16. 3rd STC Meeting, Brussels, 31May – 1June 07 © GEO Secretariat Summit preparation status (2)  Draft version of the Report on progress has been distributed on May 29th and will be discussed in the forthcoming meeting of Task Force 2, scheduled for June 4 and 5.  The GEO Secretariat has called the first meeting of the Communications Group, asking Members and participating Organizations to appoint representatives. The meeting is scheduled for June 13 at GEO Secretariat in Geneva  Logistics activities are on track.