GEO WP 2013 GEO priorities for CEOS Support

GEO WP & 2013 GEO priorities for CEOS Support GEO Secretariat CEOS SIT-28 NASA - Langley 12 -14 March 2013 © GEO Secretariat

Created in 2005, to develop a coordinated and sustained Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) to enhance decision making in nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs) GEO today: 89 Members 67 Participating Organizations

In-situ Systems

Landsat Internet Data Distribution Scenes Selected • Data delivered to 186 countries 6 M • User shift to multi-year scenes at same location 5 M 4 M • Exceeded 9 million scenes to date 3 M FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2011 2 M Based on per day 1 M Daily Average = 53 scenes for best year of sales (2001) Daily Average ≅ 5, 700 scenes of web-enabled data delivered 4

GEO Objectives • Improve and Coordinate Observation Systems • Advance Broad Open Data Policies/Practices • Foster Increased Use of EO Data and Information • Build Capacity

GEO 2012 -15 WP – Rev 2 • Incorporates technical & official comments from GEO community during summer 2012 & recommendations of 2012 WPS • No major change to Rev 1 (Dec 2011): (i) (ii) Two Task Components created under the Global Land Cover Task Two Task Components removed (Carbon Capture and Sequestration & Ecosystem Capital Accounting) (iii) Four Disaster Task Components merged into two (iv) Task Leads updated, Task Descriptions & Priority Actions refined, and Resources Available for Implementation amended

Work Plan Symposium “Demonstrating GEOSS Added Value: Sprint to Summit” 4 -6 June in Geneva Objectives • Advance the Sprint to Summit initiative • Develop cross-cutting demonstrators for Ministerial Summit & GEO-X Plenary • Strengthen synergies across Tasks and accelerate GEOSS implementation • Inform the Work Plan community of recent progress (outputs and activities) • Develop practical recommendations for the 2014 Work Plan update (Task descriptions and contents) • Collectively address issues and gaps • Improve Component Sheet contents Implementation boards meetings 3 & 6 -7 June

Towards 2015 Ministerial Summit 17 January 2014 1. Post-2015 WG -> CEOS 2. Ministerial WG -> CEOS 3. Sprint to Summit -> CEOS

Sprint to Summit • Joint Implementation Boards initiative • Accelerated improvement of user experience of GEOSS • Showcases (videos): added value of GEOSS & GEO • Wider access to EO resources • Increasing capacity of developing countries to use & benefit from EO • Capabilities of GEOSS to be demonstrated include: • Search, discovery & access to priority EO data (GEOSS Data. CORE) • Dissemination techniques (GEO Portal, GEONETCast, Community Portals) • Action plan & dedicated action teams • AIP-6 will contribute substantially • Dialogue with Ministerial Working Group

Priorities 2013 • Coordinated data acquisitions, data access & R&D support for - GFOI - GEOGLAM - Disasters & Supersites • Sprint To Summit • Architecture for Climate Mon from Space & Impl of response to GCOS IP • Increasing developing countries benefits from GEOSS, in line with Afri. GEOSS • Increased coordination of in-situ networks and access to in-situ data • Easier access to satellite data • Supporting – – – • WP management (TCs & Po. Cs) Implementation Boards Working Groups (Post-2015, Ministerial, DS) Bring GEO Secretariat to full staff complement -> Second experts

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