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www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org SESSION 6, Item 17: Capacity Building and Country Engagement Status Overview of 3 -Year Work Plan Tasks and Outcomes SDCG-9: Frascati, 25 -26 February, 2016 SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

SDCG 3 -Year Work Plan • Reminder - SDCG 3 -Year Work Plan has four work streams: – Baseline Global Observation Strategy • Leads: E Fosnight, FM Seifert – GFOI Space Data Services • Leads: B Killough, S Ward, G Dyke – Space Data Support to GFOI Research and Development • Leads: N Fujimoto, A Rosenqvist, FM Seifert – And… • GFOI Component Coordination and Country Engagement – This Session – Leads: GFOI Office , S Ward, G Dyke, S Wilson, with FAO • With GFOI Office in transition, little progress made within SDCG on this work stream 2

SDCG 3 -Year Work Plan • For the 2015 -2017 SDCG Work Plan, three outcomes were envisioned: 15. Delivery of a coherent customer experience for GFOI countries Limited Coordinated Progress 16. Space data support and services provided to all priority countries Limited Coordinated Progress – need to work on the strategy 17. Effective management of country interfaces Limited Coordinated Progress 3

Customer Experience 15. Delivery of a coherent customer experience for GFOI countries • Proposed 2016 Outcome (same as 2015) – Coordinated plan for providing the most efficient provision of GFOI deliverables to countries – developed by the Space Data, MGD and Capacity Building Component Leads

Priority Countries 16. Space data support and services provided to all priority countries • Proposed 2016 Outcome (same as 2015) – FAO and Silva. Carbon will help define the priority countries for GFOI support and deliverables

Interfaces 17. Effective management of country interfaces • Proposed 2016 Outcome (same as 2015) – Development of simple Excel-based database for internal SDCG purposes (review status) – Establish modus operandi in collaboration with FAO and GFOI Lead Team for country engagement

Session Discussion • The aims of discussion are to: – Agree whether these overall outcomes need to be revised (probably) – Agree 2016 outcomes – Agree first steps towards achieving outcomes

Agenda Topic Presenter Duration Session Overview - Status Overview of 3 -Year Work Plan Tasks and Outcomes S Wilson 10 GFOI Office Update T Harvey JAXA-JICA Collaboration M Shimada Joint Discussion with Sylvia Wilson / CB component All (S Ward moderator) - Sylvia to advise on FAO and country involvement in this session - GFOI Leads country engagement priorities 10 10 30