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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 18th/19th of January 2012

CitIzense Proposal Preparation Meeting

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Schlossplatz 1 A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria

Welcome BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!! APOLOGIES Unique and very diverse consortium Multidisciplinarity IIASA is an institute addressing global and

local policy objectives and carrying out multi-disciplinary work integrating social and natural sciences


Ecosystems and Management


Modelling Competition for land, economic land-use models, crop models, forest models

Socioeconomic benefit assessment of GEOSS, Benefit Assessment

Build Geo-wiki.org – with branches on agriculture, urban, humanimpact, biomass, coffee, archeology – Community (last campain 55K Validations),

Build geo-wiki.org mobileSupport for farmers in Developing Countries,

info provision and crowdsourcing

Agenda for Today9.00-9.30 Welcome and Introduction

9.30-10.45 Short Presentations by Partners (5 slides, max 6 minutes)

10.45-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.00 Presentations Continued

12.00-13.00 Lunch at the Schloss Restaurant

13.00-13.30 Discussions on the Proposal

13.30-13.45 Further Partner Presentations

13.45-18.15 Breakout Groups on WPs


One Main…Reasons Proposals Fail

1. SO WHAT?a. “This isn’t very interesting”

b. “ It doesn’t turn me on”

c. “This is not going to affect what anyone else does”

Of all the reasons proposals fail, this one is least likely to be reported back to the investigator.

Unfortunately, it is the most common actual reason.


Other reason why we could fail…

!!! We do not adequately

address

the call text !!!


Call textNew and innovative environmental

monitoring and information capabilities can enable effective participation by citizens in environmental stewardship, based on broad

stakeholder and user involvement in support of both community and policy priorities. The objective is to develop

"citizens' observatories" using innovative earth observation

technologies. CitIzense Proposal

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technologies.

We really need to build tools for citizens so that they engage






technologies.

We need to approach as many stakeholders as possible. For the proposal: stakeholder advisory

board, support letters from stakeholders


Citizens should be able to effortlessly collect environmental data on a range of parameters, automatically transmit this data to suitable data repositories and exchange their knowledge and experience within a citizens' observatory framework, (e.g., using smart phone applications), thereby enabling citizenship co-participation in community decision making and co-operative planning. Advanced data management strategies, based on open e-collaboration, should enable the sharing of data and information, whilst addressing questions of privacy, data standards, quality and reliability.

Suitable pilot case studies and acceptance activities should be included to test, demonstrate and validate: the concept of "citizens' observatories"; the direct transfer of environmental knowledge for policy, industrial, research and societal use; the possibilities for a comprehensive implementation and application of the technology. Possible examples of pilot case studies could include: civil protection agencies and wide-scale flooding; estimation of personal exposure within various microenvironments (health sector); air quality and noise levels; the identification of flora, birds and wildlife, their habitats and migration paths; illegal dumping of hazardous materials, etc.

Expected Impact


Empowerment of citizens and citizen's associations, allowing them to contribute to environmental governance processes in the domains of transparency, knowledge management, accountability and responsiveness.

The provision of models for decision-makers, facilitating connections to governance and global policy objectives.

Specific featuresSMEs are expected to play a major role in addressing the goals described, including the development of innovative sensor technologies, data management strategies and new applications to facilitate the exploitation of the data and processed information for policy, industry and society at large. The consortia will be required to cooperate within an open e-collaboration framework to establish common methodologies and standards for data archiving, discovery and access within the GEOSS framework. The data collected should be made available through the Global Earth Observation System of Systems without any restrictions.

Proposed Duration

Proposed duration of the project is 4 years


Current proposal partners


WP3 ArchitecturalDesign

WP13 Knowledge Management, Exploitation and Dissemination

WP1 Consortium Management and Coordination

WP2 Citizen and Community Engagement

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WP5 E-Collaboration FrameworkWP4 Sensor Deployment

Support Letters and Strong Community Linkage

Support letters are essential 2 received from Slovenia for WP8 1 in the pipeline from the EEA (WP11)

Progress letters from cities (WP6)? Letters for WP7, WP9, WP10?

Stakeholders? Citizen associations?


Important points to consider and to include

we need to demonstrate that each Pilot is closely linked to a community e.g. citizens’ associations, communities of practice, tapping into currently existing communities

we need to demonstrate that the value of the proposal with the different pilots and WPs connecting them is higher than just the sum of the individual pilots – learning from the different WPs


linkages between WPs need to be clearly outlined and demonstrated –

how much can crowd-sourced data be trusted and how do they compare to authoritative data – where are they successful and where do they fail?



Big question can we find at least ONE geographical place where we test all Pilots????? or a number of pilots? e.g. Ljubljana and surrounding area? we have waste dumps, air/noise pollution, land-change and biodiversity as well as agriculture – and LUCAS points….

Health – respiratory communityCitIzense Proposal

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Proposal for case studiesLjubljana and surroundings– looking

very good – geopedia workingDense data network and link to e-

governance, explore synergies between Pilots: e.g. link between air pollution / agriculture Air pollution / biodiversity Noise pollution / biodiversity (e.g. birds) Illegal waste dump sites and Land Change

A research field, new scientific insightsCitIzense Proposal

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Suggested Tasks for Pilot WPs

Task 1: System Design and Architecture Include a sub-task on user requirements of stakeholders Include sub-tasks for the design of the system + design of the mobile

app(s)

Task 2: Build the System/Apps Include sub-tasks for building, deploying and implementation of

feedback which will come from WP12 Task 3: Validation of Crowd-sourced Data using

Authoritative Sources Include a sub-task on validation Include a sub-task on quality control Include a sub-task on making the data freely available and

registration in the EUROGEOSS portal Task 4: An application that demonstrates the use of the

crowd-sourced application for policy Must make concrete links to policies, directives, etc.

Budget

BudgetInitial Budget numbers have been sent

out2stage approach: Reserve of 12% is

kept backSME’s need 30% of EU contribution –

we need to maintain that


Proposed Names for the Scientific Advisory Board

Chris Steenmans, EEAApproached EUROSTAT – possible

Marjo KasankoCan you suggest (and approach)

others?


Planned timelines

A consolidated draft proposal ready in 2 weeks, deadline 2nd of Feb

Goes to an independent panel which will comment on it / evaluate it against the call text (volunteers at IIASA, independent experts, minimum 5 experts)


Sensors

What is available?Who will supply it?Reliability and calibration requirements?


E-collaboration framework

Needs a detailed descriptionHow does it link to architecture?Where does the visualization and

analysis component reside? Should this be generic across all pilot case studies?


Structure

Should WP leaders of WP3, 4 and 5 be part of all case study WPs or is it enough that they feed into the case studies?

Where are the visualization and spatial analysis tools being developed?

Architecture(WP3)

Sensors(WP4)

E-CollaborationFramework

(WP5)

Pilots Case Studies(WP6 to 11)

Sustainability

How can we make the citizen observatories sustainable?

Needs to be a core part of WP2 and again in WP13

WP2 should consider producing ‘guidelines’/best practice guide for developing sustainable citizen observatories


Feasibility

Technical Is it technically possible to make on the fly

measurements of air pollution, noise and land cover?

Motivational What will make citizens (or buses) want to

provide this information?


Partners Not at the WorkshopCFRJRCEBMSPACE-SISOVONUniversity of IoanninaSee document of organization

descriptions


Missing Contributions

Cambridge Mobile Sensing Staff descriptions

Evolaris, Pachube, SOVON Organization and staff descriptions

SOVON PIC number

And that’s all – thanks for your efforts!


Generic ContributionsAll

Comments on scientific/technical objectives Projects you’ve been involved in

WP leaders expanded text on your pilot (where relevant) modifications to a) progress beyond state of

the art and b) relation to the call

WP13 and others where relevant text/comments on impact section


WP DiscussionsObjectives, Tasks, DeliverablesIdentify any missing skills/partnersPilots

Applications (online + mobile) Stakeholders Citizen associations Sensors

Linkages to other WPs (explicit in tasks)Clear action plan to complete the WP


international institute for applied systems analysis (iiasa) 18 th /19 th of january 2012 citizense...

Documents

crowdsourcing slide

austria slide

citizens observatories

environmental stewardship

text new

broad stakeholder

policy priorities

information capabilities