1. GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025: Implementing GEOSS GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025: Implementing GEOSS Jörn Hoffmann GEO Implementation Plan Working Group November 11th, 2015, Ciudad de México

2. “Renew the mandate of GEO through 2025…” “Establish a process to facilitate a seamless transition for GEO through 2025, and request that a new Implementation Plan through 2025 be prepared for endorsement at the next GEO Ministerial Summit” Geneva Declaration, January 2014 GEO Summit 2014

3. The Geneva Declaration (2014) Reconfirms GEO’s guiding principles Resolves to improve the effectiveness of GEO’s actions Welcomes additional participants, particularly UN Resolves to engage with development banks, foundations, and the private sector Resolves to develop a specific and strengthened framework for sustained resource commitments

4. GEO Summit 2014: Guidance Renew GEO and implementation of GEOSS until 2025 Coordinate EO strategies, collaborate with existing initiatives Promote access, strengthen networks, identify needs Foster global initiatives Review Societal Benefit Areas Promote and implement Data Sharing Principles Governance: Maintain intergovernmental nature and explore stronger role of Participating Organizations and GEOSEC Renew effort to engage with private sector Strengthen framework for steady resource committments

5. Prepare a draft Implementation Plan and Reference Document Call upon the GEO Community Report to ExCom, GEO-XI and GEO-XII Plenaries Islam Abou El-Magd Bob Scholes Mahamadou S. Keita Tsehai Woldai Noureddine Filali Boubrahmi IPWG Mandate Danielle Lacasse Yana Gevorgyan Oscar Rodas Luciano Pezzi Julio Castillo Toshio Koike Stuart Anthony Minchin Gu Xingfa Hiroyuki Muraoka Zhou Xiang Victor Sapritsky Lyudmila Shardakova Mr. Sukhrob Olimov Zoya Andreeva Andrey Emeliyanov Jörn Hoffmann Alan Edwards Tim Haigh José Maria Marcos Espinosa Eleni Christia

6. Process and Milestones Timeline April 2014 IPWG convened June 2014 Report to ExCom November 2014 Report to Plenary March 2015 Report to Excom May 2015 GEO Work Plan Symposium September 2015 Report to Excom July 2015 Report to ExCom February 2015 UN Workshop December 2014 Private Sector at World Bank February 2015 Commercial sector at ESRI World Conference May 2015 Asian community at Tokyo Symposium May 2015 Applied Community at ISRSE Conference November 2015 Report to Plenary

7. A new Strategic Plan: Why Technology change Policy change Policy Framework Sustainable Development Goals Sendai Framework for DRR Aichi Biodiversity Targets …

8. A new Strategic Plan: Why New activities Community Remaining gaps New Members, PO Lessons learned

9. Lessons learned: What worked well Valuable meeting placeMaintain GEO as flexible framework for cooperation  Convening power Success of global initiativesBuild on Initiative model Valuable impact on Data Sharing Maintain and strengthen role; extend to data management SBA useful concept, but room for improved definition Revise Societal Benefit Areas

10. Lessons learned: Need for change Recurrent shortage of resources for GEO activities Introduce Implementation Mechanisms; improve management through GEO Work Programme Need to clarify “ownership” of activities Irregular and uneven follow-up of commitment to GEO activities Implementation Mechanism give due visibility and ownership to contributors appropriate roles to Members and PO who (may want to) contribute Inefficiencies criticized; have led to some frustration and disengagement Improve management and introduce Implementation Mechanisms Ineffective link between Governance (Plenary/ExCom) and implementation level Implement Governance Principles and introduce GEO Programme Board

11. The two parts of the Strategic Plan Strategy GEO Vision GEO Mission Strategic Objectives Scope Implementation Plan GEOSS evolution Data Sharing and Data Management Engagement Core Functions Impl. Mechanisms GEO Work Programme Governance Resources

12. What stays the same GEO Vision: to realize a future wherein decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and information. Group on Earth Observations, 2005 GEO‘s voluntary and intergovernmental nature GEO‘s open community GEOSS and GEO‘s principles

13. What’s new: Strategic Plan provides a framework Implementation detail is in GEO Work Programme High-level Strategic Objectives: Advocateto provide maximum value in support of achieving national and international policy objectives Engage to address global and regional challenges Deliver to improve decision-making Core Functions to scope GEO activities Detailed objectives and targets apply to GEO activities

14. What’s new: Core Functions scope what GEO does 1.Identifying needs and addressing gaps 2.Sustaining foundational observations and data 3.Fostering partnership and mobilize resources 4.Advancing GEOSS, Data Management and Sharing 5.Implementing sustained global and regional services 6.Cultivating awareness, building capacity and promoting innovation

15. What’s new: Strengthened Societal Benefit Areas SBA are „windows“ for different user communites Strongly application-oriented Used to structure identification of user needs and gap analyses

16. Societal Benefit Areas Disaster Resilience Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Water Resources Management Sustainable Urban Development Energy and Mineral Resources Management Public Health Surveillance Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability Infrastructure and Transportation Management Climate is cutting across all SBAs

17. What’s new: Improved effectiveness and efficiency Implementation Mechanisms allow to distinguish handling of different „Tasks“ Programme Board and Work Programme: Members and PO agree on implementation priorities Alignment of ambition and available resources Reports for GEO compiled by GEOSEC Limit additional reporting for GEO by implementors

18. Page 18 Implementation Mechanisms Foundational Tasks Data Sharing actions Frequency protection GEOSS Portal Community Activities InitiativeFlagship  flexible  bottom-up  often small-scale  Implementation plan  resourced  partners commitment

19. What’s new: More ownership by Members and PO Programme Board (16-32 members, 40-60% PO) Allow contributing Members and PO to engage in discussions and decisions of GEO‘s implementation Implementation mechanisms provide for clear and appropriate roles Three Participating Organizations observers in ExCom Enlarged ExCom with easier rotation

20. Going forward Legal status Explore options, including independent legal status, to enable GEO participation in other international bodies and undertake financial and contractual transactions Resourcing Explore mechanisms to achieve greater financial stability. Role of the private sector  Actively engage private sector in GEOSS  Consider how private sector should best be engaged in decisions Filling the new structures and mechanisms with life  Careful transition steered by ExCom  Conducting the Programme Board with due diligence  GEOSEC to assume its new implementing roles (see Work Programme)

21. Summary and conclusions IPWG has completed its task to develop an Implementation Plan (and Reference Document). The Plan responds to guidance, input and commentary in a balanced way, while aiming to be suffiently consensual. The Strategic Plan provides a framework. GEO Members and Participating Organizations need to engage to make it work.

22. 22 Thank you!

23. Guidance: GEO-XI Accepted Strategic Objectives and Core Functions – scope of GEO activities Agreed to revise SBAs Management: Implementation Mechanisms supported, but reduce number Stronger role for GEOSEC Avoid burdensome reporting Broadly agreed to Work Programme Concept

24. Guidance: GEO-XI Governance: Maintain intergovernmental nature (no PO decision at Plenary & ExCom) Supported formal delegation, Plenary oversight and clear mandates provided Strengthen role of PO PO may be observers in ExCom Stronger role in implementation level Cautious reaction to indicative scale of contributions

25. IPWG documents GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025: Implementing GEOSS Part A: Strategy Part B: Implementation Reference Document GEOSS Description GEOSS Data Management Principles Core Functions: Monitoring, Evaluation, Expected Results and Indicators Implementation Mechanisms GEO Work Programme Development GEO Communications and Engagement Strategy Document MS4 Document 11

26. documents Other relevant documents Mexico City Draft Declaration Updates to Rules of Procedure Transition Plan 2016 Work Programme Document MS2 Document 17 Document 12 Document 15