1. Module 1.9; WP 1.9.1 Innovation-related activities Leaders: Gérard Bégni, Yves M. Tourre and Hélène Gauthier-Bourret (MEDIAS- France) Direct Partners: Maurizio Sciortino and Orietta Casali (ENEA); Bernhard Hahn (RIKS); Véronique Bruniquel (Noveltis); Jean-Marc d’Herbés (IRD); Giuseppe Enne, Chiara Zanolla, and Claudio Zucca (NRD); Brian McIntosh and Esther Diez-Cebollero (Cranfield U.); Fernando Santibañez (UCH) Objectives: Facilitate management of desertification-related risks Promote visibility and dissemination of project outcomes: experts and general public CIPUD Publication (Brian McIntosh, chair), RPP & A (Maurizio, Sciortino, Ulf Hellden, Brian McIntosh, Joachim Hill, Yves Tourre), Flyer (tbd) Participate to targeted methodological and application-oriented actions to enhance capacity and socio-economical benefits to community at large, ‘The DeSurvey Surveillance System’ (DeSS): includes the DST, dedicated workshop for stakeholders… DeSurvey AGM2 Vasto, Italy, April 4-27, 2006

2. Integration of results (R) from different different WPs and WP8 in particular (input): - Thematic scientific and technical results (IRD, RIKS, Cranfield U…) - Socio-economical results (ENEA…) Maästricht workshop (RIKS): S & T Network (~15), Stakeholders and Users Network (25, including UNCCD Focal Points), Consulting Group (~5) (output) (NRD, ENEA, Cranfield U., IRD...) Electronic and snail-mail dissemination of reports and news to partners and networks from a single adopted file (output); (MEDIAS-France, Noveltis) Validation of new methods on desertification monitoring. DST Prototype with Consulting Group (output); (RIKS, UCH...) DeSurvey AGM2 Vasto, Italy, April 4-27, 2006 Targeted actions for DeSS enhancement

3. DeSurvey AGM2 Vasto, Italy, April 4-27, 2006 Targeted actions (ct’d) DeSurvey Window/Portal (output) (Noveltis, RIKS) Contribution to METADeSS: Metadata Catalog (D) (WP1.7) (output) (NRD-UNISS, IRD,Noveltis…) First DeSurvey Users’ Workshop (MEDIAS-France, NRD-UNISS, ENEA, IRD…) September 2006 (?) RPP & A (Raising Public Participation and Awareness), in progress with linkages with stakeholders network, ENEA Preliminary guidelines for ‘International Conference on Desertification Assessment and Surveillance’ (ICDAS), (output) (All involved)

4. DeSurvey AGM2 Vasto, Italy, April 4-27, 2006 Summary Infos. Types WPs Linkages FormatComments Results (R) 1.2.2; 1.2.3; 1.3 Electronic/WebsiteOn-going Three Networks (O) 1.10.1 Tabular, Excel Done/streamline for workshop Reports (O) all electronic alias; snail- mail On-going Prototype DST (P) 1.4.1, 1.8 tbd September 2006 ? Portal (D) 1.7.1; 1.8.2 electronic, non dynamic 12 months: V.1, done 18 months: V.2 METADeSS (P) 1.7.1; 1.8.2 key fields/instances continuous input Workshop (R) all2-day September 2006 ? CIPUD (P) all Flow chart done