Report of theScience and Technology Committee

GEO Plenary VIII

Istanbul, Turkey

16 November 2011

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STC Objectives

GEO Terms of Reference

Solicit inputs from S&T community

Ensure S&T integrity and soundness of GEO Work Plans

Monitor and review output of GEO Work Plans

Help identify experts to participate in GEO working groups

Facilitate linkages and partnership with relevant research programmes and organizations willing to contribute to GEO

Target 4: Ensure full interaction and engagement of relevant science and technology communities […] enabling the research community to fully benefit from GEOSS

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The Science and Technology Roadmap

Accepted by GEO at 6th Plenary Session (Washington D.C., 2009)

STC overseeing Roadmap implementation

Much of the work taken up by Tasks ST-09-01 / ST-09-02

New Workplan places Roadmap implementation under Task ID-03

Recommendation 1:

Oversight for implementing the S&T Roadmap should be included in the

Terms of Reference of a relevant body under any new Work Plan

Management, e.g. the „Institutions and Development“ Implementation Board.

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Main items to report on

Scientific Review of the GEO Work Plan

Development of a GEO Label

Showing GEOSS at Work

Catalyzing research and development funding

Review of Work Plan Tasks

Development of a Gap Analysis Strategy

Development of a GEOSS Citation Standard

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Scientific Review of the GEO Work Plan

STC mandated to “Ensure scientific and technological integrity and soundness of GEO Annual Work Plans”

Review report “GEO and Science” of WP2009-2011 prepared under Task ST-09-01

Report informed development of new Work Plan

STC will develop concept by end of 2011

Members and PO invited to support process by providing (limited) resources

Recommendation 2:

GEO Work Plan 2012-2015 should be reviewed for scientific

soundness.

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

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Development of a GEO Label

GEO Label

helps users to assess quality and reliability of a GEO component or service

presents an incentive for providers to register

Work ongoing in ST-09-02, mainly through EGIDA, GeoViQua

Progress on conceptual development

Test implementations planned for 2012

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

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Showing GEOSS at Work

Compelling examples of GEOSS benefits to S&T applications can support engagement of – and contributions by – scientific communities

Task ST-09 has compiled a set of showcase examples: http://www.geo-tasks.org/geoss_portfolio/

Continues to be updated

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

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Catalyzing Research and Development Funding

Aim to make R&D resources available for GEOSS by linking to major R&D programmes

Task ST-09-01 established links to

International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research (IGFA)

Belmont Forum (“Council of Principals for IGFA”)

OECD

Issues:

(How) Can programmes support GEOSS implementation?

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

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Review of Work Plan Tasks for Societal Benefits

STC has conducted “SBA-Reviews” since 2009:

Health (Nov 2009)

Disasters (Mar 2010)

Water (May 2010)

Biodiversity and Ecosystems (Sep 2010)

Agriculture (Apr 2011)

Assessed process in Sep 2011

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

Recommendation 3:

Plenary recognizes the need for a process that allows

Components in the Tasks of the GEO Work Plan to raise

science or technological barriers to a higher level of visibility

and identifies the responsible body in GEO.

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The need for a strategic GEOSS Gap Analysis

Proposal for Earth Observation Capacity Assessment reported to GEO-VII

Working Group presented report to 21st Executive Committee. Recommended comprehensive process.

Failed to attract consensus support in the Executive Committee. Referred to “post-2015 process”.

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

Recommendation 4:

Plenary tasks the post-2015 Working Group, or another

group with a similar mandate, with preparing a decision by

GEO on what gap analyses are needed for informing the

future development of GEO. The findings of the Gap

Analysis Working Group would inform this decision.

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Developing a GEOSS Citation Standard

Data Citation important issue for

Recognizing contribution of providers

Establish transparency of sources

Active discussion in many fora (IPY, DataCite, ESIP, ICSU)

STC report proposes GEO position statement (Annex)

Recommendation 5:

GEO should clearly position itself to call for full recognition of

data sources used in scientific investigations and any

applications and services building significantly on these

sources.

WP Review

GEO Label

GEOSS@Work

R&D Funding

Task Reviews

Gap Analysis Strategy

Citation Standard

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Summary of recommendations

1. Include oversight for implementing the S&T Roadmap in Terms of Reference of a relevant body.

2. GEO Work Plan 2012-2015 should be reviewed for scientific soundness.

3. Maintain process for Tasks to S&T barriers („SBA Review“).

4. Assign responsibility for gap analyses.

5. Accept position statement calling for full recognition of data sources.

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