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GEO Work Plan Symposium Capacity Building Side Event CEOS Capacity Building Activities Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy - WGCapD Hilcéa
GEO Work Plan Symposium Capacity Building Side Event CEOS
Capacity Building Activities Working Group on Capacity Building and
Data Democracy - WGCapD Hilca Ferreira INPE - Brazil 01 May 2014,
Geneva, Switzerland
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www.ceos.org Founded in 1984 Coordination of space-borne EO
Participating Organization in GEO 31 Members and 24 Associates
(CEOS Agencies = Members and Associates) Work areas: agriculture,
food security, climate, deforestation, forest carbon, disasters,
water and oceans Data Democracy
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THE BIRTH OF DATA DEMOCRACY Initiated within CEOS in 2008 by
CSIR First Steps Towards DD CBERS free data policy in Brazil 2004
CBERS Data for Africa 2007 Landsat for free 2008 Reconstitution of
CEOS WGCapD (Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy)
to focus on DD 2011 WGCapD is focused on building capacity for the
effective use of EO data as well as providing wider and easier
access to those data Tie ins with GEO Lead in ID-02 Institutions
and Individual Development
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DATA DEMOCRACY EXPLORED Illustrated through the exploration of
the WGCapD activities Data Democracy Software Tools Capacity
Development Data Dissemination Data Access
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DEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)
Development Project Work within the United States agencies to make
previously unavailable Level 2, 1 arc second (30m) elevation data
gathered on the Space Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
available to certain countries Deliver to underserved communities
in developing regions of the world Data Access
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DEM WORKSHOP Regional workshops across the world utilizing the
SRTM 2 data Train participants on how to utilize the data in
capacity building workshops May 6-10, 2013: DEM Workshop held in
Nairobi, Kenya, hosted by RCMRD 12 participants (Ethiopia, Somalia,
Zambia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda) Instructors were from SANSA,
INPE, RCMRD/SERVIR, USGS, FEWSNET and SWF. Capacity Development
Data Access
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E-LEARNING COURSE 180 hour courses that target university
professors in the sciences to teach them the benefits of
incorporating EO into their classes Use of data sets that are
normally restricted Taught by consortium of CEOS agencies and
partners Supported by INPE in Brazil July 2013: e-learning course
was concluded and the final grades were compiled: from 30 students
enrolled, 16 have successfully competed the course. Capacity
Development Data Access
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SOFTWARE TOOLS: OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Regional DEM Development
Workshops Train on open source software tools that all users can
(TerraHidro, TerraMA2, SPRING) E-Learning Course SPRING GEOBIA -
Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis InterImage (Free software
for GEOBIA application) Capacity Development Data Access Software
Tools
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Practical EO Education for Students and Teachers Increasing the
awareness for Earth Observation data at secondary school level
(primary target). Education Stand during ESA Living Planet
Symposium, with support of ESA, UK and DLR. 9-12 September, 2013
Edinburgh, UK 200 High School Students and Teachers Hands-on
activities and learn about science and technology behind Earth
Observation. Capacity Development Data Access
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DATA DISSEMINATION: GEONETCAST GEONETCast is a low cost
satellite-based data and product dissemination system WGCapD
support of GNC GEONETCast Americas Forum GEO Plenary side event
Focus on the end users Synergies, issues, improvements E-Learning
Work with regional GEONETCast provider to transmit training
material Data Democracy
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SUPPORT TO CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES Workshop on the Use of
Space Science and Technology for the Prevention of and Response to
Disasters in Mesoamerica : 19 22 November 2013, MCTP, Tuxtla
Gutirrez, Mexico Demonstrate and build capacity in the use of Earth
Observation images from various satellites for disaster prevention
and relief. Presentations included on-going work and resources made
available by the GEOSS)and the capacity building and relevant
resource availability for Latin America and the Caribbean under the
EOPOWER project of the European Commission. Participants: disaster
prevention and civil protection authorities from Mesoamerican
countries and remote sensing and geographical information system
experts from regional space science and technology institutions
Data Democracy
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SUPPORT TO CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES Flood and Drought
Monitoring and Modeling, Namibia (January, 2014) Partners: NASA and
SANSA NASA-SERVIR CREST Modeling Workshop Data Democracy
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CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCE FACILTY Resource to help coordinate
existing capacity building activities and inform future planning.
Searchable, interactive map displaying capacity building projects
on the use of space- derived Earth observations. Partnering with
EOPower to achieve a better product.
http://geonetcab.mdweb-project.org/search/main.jsf
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CEOS QUESTIONNAIRE First round of questionnaires, inputs were
received from main points of contact (50+ inputs received):
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PLANS FOR 2014-2015 1.E-learning continuation to be assessed by
ISRO 2.SRTM2/DEM release and future workshops with or without this
data 3.Continuation of Practical EO Education for Students and
Teachers 4.More engagement into EOPOWER Resource Facility
(GEONETCab CB Portal) 5.Continuous support to WGDisasters and
planning to increase engagement with other CEOS VCs and WGs to
identify ways to contribute to or facilitate CB within those
contexts. 6.Development of Webinars on thematic areas 7.Tandem-X
Pilot Project 8.More outreach activities: update video, newsletter,
listserve etc. 9.Continuous support to GEO ID-02 task
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WGCapD OUTREACH To Find Out More & Get Involved, please
visit: www.ceos.org/WGCapD Please check the WGCapD Video which
summarizes our main activities since we have started in 2012:
http://www.ceos.org/images/WGCapD_Video_3.pptx