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Capacity Building for GEOSSA glance at EU international cooperation

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Workshop on Capacity Building and Developing CountriesGeneva, 4th May 2015

José Miguel RUBIO IGLESIASPolicy Officer –Earth Observation

Directorate General Research & Innovation EUROPEAN [email protected]

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PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation


- Deliver data and information to inform EU policy objectives (e.g. Development, Humanitarian policies)

- Support international agreements (e.g. post-2015 Agenda for SD, CBD, UNFCCC).

- Stimulate a global EO market from a wealth of free, full and open EO data.

- Untapped potential for intensifying EO innovation, support science diplomacy, increase synergies with Copernicus.

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Europe and GEO/GEOSS



EU contributions to GEOSS

HORIZON 2020

Tokyo Bay - Sentinel-1A radar-11 July (Copyright ESA)

EU and associated countries



- Current Strategic Target –call for coordination to strengthen developing countries capacities to produce and use EO products.- AfriGEOSS (2013) – key GEO initiative in that direction

- Unfortunately, the engagement of developing countries is currently less than optimal.- Their involvement is also extremely valuable to the whole GEO!

- GEO Ministerial Declaration (2014) explicitly pledges to strengthen engagement with developing countries and foster regional cooperation.

- New Strategic Plan for GEO: opportunity to raise the profile of developing countries and EO role in sustainable development agenda.

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Capacity Building and GEO post-2015



- Through GEO, EU Member States can leverage their outreach training and capacity building efforts to use EO for sustainable development.

- EU well positioned to develop and lead further capacity building initiatives focused on Africa and neighbourhood area. - Huge potential for European programmes to contribute to AfriGEOSS, leading

to a better alignment between EU activities and African demands. - There are a number of very relevant past and ongoing EO activities

with African focus: - GMES & Africa- MESA, AMESD, PUMA (EDF)- TIGER (ESA)- FP7 and H2020 research activities

- Developing countries' organisations automatically eligible for funding in Horizon 2020.

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EU and Capacity Building in GEO



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Contribution of EU research programmes* to GEOSS Capacity Building

*Only projects funded under the Environment Theme are considered

ENV.2007.4.1.4.1. Georesource information system for Africa AEGOS

ENV.2007.4.1.4.2. Improving observing systems for water resource management CEOP AEGISENV.2007.4.1.4.3. GEONETCast applications for developing countries DEVCOCAST

ENV.2008.4.1.4.1. Developing necessary research activities for capacity building relevant to Earth Observation and GEO in the Black Sea basin ENVIROGRIDS

ENV.2009.4.1.4.1 Action in the domain of EO to support capacity building in GEO GEONETCAB, SEOCA

ENV.2010.4.1.4-1 Identification and Networking of EO activities in the Balkan area OBSERVE, BALKANGEONET

ENV.2011.4.1.4-1 Developing increased EO capacity for better agriculture and forestry management in Africa AGRICABENV.2011.4.1.4-2 Assessing the ecosystem status, including fisheries, within the Mediterranean marine coastal areas of North African countries MEDINA

Topic Projects funded

ENV.2010.4.1.1-1 Supporting the integration of European and international R&D programmes in GEO EGIDA

ENV.2013.6.5-2 Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society EOPOWERENV.2013.6.5-4 Knowledge platforms, networking and uptake of research results for more strategic international R&I cooperation IASON



Contribution of EU research programmes to GEOSS Capacity Building



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Capacity Building for GEOSS publication (2014)

- Booklet with an overview of the EU-funded research projects and activities of Capacity Building.

- Free publication available onhttp://bookshop.europa.eu/en/capacity-building-for-geoss-pbKI0113793/

http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/capacity-building-for-geoss-pbKI0113793/





• Origin : Maputo declaration signed in 2006 by the African Union Commission, the African MS and the African Regional Economic Communities, Lisbon declaration in 2007 signed during the EU – Africa Summit (GMES and Africa being part of the Joint Africa – Europe partnership)

• Aims: To set-up an overall framework in Africa for Earth Observation applications through a partnership between African and European stakeholders – extension of Copernicus to ACP countries.

• Budget : 40 Mo€ (Source of Funding: EU Pan-African Programme)

• Start date for Implementation : Roadmap adopted in April 2015, Implementation to be launched in 2016, transition with MESA

• Three Priority Areas: Water Management, Marine and Coastal Management and Natural Resources Monitoring.

GMES & AFRICA



• Origin : Ouagadougou Declaration signed in September 2010 by the African Union Commission, the ACP Secretariat and the African Regional Economic Communities.

• Aims : Continuity of past investments on the use of Earth Observation data in Africa and to provide an initial contribution to the GMES and Africa and ClimDev Africa initiatives (of JAES).

• Budget : 37 Mo€ (Sources of Funding: 10th EDF)

• End date for Implementation : September 2017

• Focus: Climate services and environmental applications.



Roadmap 2014-2017 adopted at the 4th EU-Africa Summit (April 2014) sets key priorities and areas for joint actions:

Priority area 5: Global and emerging issues – "Climate Change and Environment" Area of Cooperation

- Coherent framework for EO activities in Africa for socio-economic development.

- Africa Space Policy and AfriGEOSS.

- GMES & Africa Action Plan.

- MESA programme, building on Africa Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) achievements

Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership



EU-Africa Space Troika Meeting (20 April 2015, Brussels)- Specifically devoted to EO and implementation of GMES & Africa.- GMES & Africa Roadmap was adopted and a workshop was

convened to launch the implementation process of the three priority areas.

- GMES & Africa governance: AUC, Regional Economic Communities. - Call on adopting free and open data policy, focused on operational

services and involving private sector.- To identify required Copernicus data and products, preparing

collaboration agreements to facilitate its access and sharing- Commitment to realize this programme fully for Africa to develop

local capacities for accessing and exploiting EO services.

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GMES & Africa - Update



EC-AUC Meeting (21 & 22 April 2015, Brussels)

- Key EO contribution to future EU-Africa research partnership on food, nutrition security and sustainable agriculture.

- Stronger involvement of Africa in the preparation of next Strategic Plan, its content and in the GEO governance at all levels.

- Capitalize on a stronger AfriGEOSS partnership to stimulate African countries to maintain their infrastructures and contribute to the GEOSS.

- Foster a culture of open data sharing across Africa, use of Data Core. Support role of EO in implementing/monitoring SDGs.

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EU-Africa research partnership



Horizon 2020 – EO-related opportunities

SC 5: Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials- Calls associated to sub-activity "Developing comprehensive and sustained global environmental observation and information systems", mainly devoted to the implementation of the GEOSS and support the GEO SBAs.

SC 2 – Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy- Calls "Sustainable Food Security" and "Blue Growth", with some EO targeted projects (e.g. AtlantOS) related to marine or food security issues

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Space- Calls "Earth Observation", mainly related to Copernicus R&I components and exploitation of Copernicus data and services

Research infrastructures, LEITs ICT, etc…

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-SC5-18b-2015: Integrating North African, Middle East and Balkan Earth Observation capacities in GEOSS (Coordination and Supporting Action, One-stage approach – Up to one project)

-SC5-17-2015: Demonstrating the concept of 'Citizens‘ Observatories' (Innovation Actions, Two-stage approach, One or more projects)

-SC5-15-2015: Strengthening the European Research Area in the domain of Earth Observation (ERA-NET Cofund – Up to one project)

Indicative budget for 2015 ~ 34 M €Deadlines: 21/04/15 (First stage and single stage) and 08/09/15

(second stage).

SC5 Work Programme for 2015 – GEO topics

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…and more opportunities for funding to come

- 11th European Development Fund (2014-2020) - € 30,5 Bio- EU Development Cooperation Instrument (2014-2020) – € 19,7 Bio- - € 415 Mio under the Pan-African Programme to JAES roadmap (2014-2017).

- EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture through H2020 - - One R&I action may be focused on EO services and food security (in support to

AfriGEOSS and GEOGLAM)

- EU support to the African Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy led by AUC ("Building Disaster Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa")- € 80 Mio- Other H2020 activities focused on Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic. - The European Commission keeps supporting experts from developing countries to attend GEO meetings and workshops.

(*) N.B.: The H2020 WP 2016-2017 is still under discussion with Member States and Associated Countries and will only be adopted by Autumn 2015



Conclusion

EU Strategic approach to international cooperation in R&I – Horizon 2020 being fully open to third country participants. Developing countries automatically eligible for funding. ERC and Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions open to researchers from third countries.

– Targeted international cooperation activities, development of multi-annual roadmaps for cooperation with key partner countries and regions (e.g. developing countries)

– Promoting common principles for international cooperation in research and innovation (RRI, gender dimension, open access).

– Enhancing the role of the Union in international organisations and multilateral fora (IPCC, UNFCCC, IPBES, etc…- GEO!)

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https://europa.eu/eyd2015/





- When? 15th and 16th June. Where? Copenhagen (DK)

- GEPW brings together European players interested in and contributing to the GEOSS.

- Timing to maximise insight and awareness of the new GEO Strategic Plan and the next H2020 work programme

- Specific sessions on connecting different EU initiatives in EO and in a greater involvement of the European private sector in GEO.

- Splinter sessions around different topics: Capacity Building and SD, Marine Ecosystems, Food security and Agriculture, Citizens Observatories, GEO Infrastructures and Data, Copernicus…

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http://geo.pbe.eea.europa.eu/Deadline: 15th May

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Thank you!

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