Presented by Ezio Bussoletti

GEO-2Baveno (I) 27-28 November 2003

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Draft GEO Framework, Chapter 4/5

“USER REQUIREMENTS & OUTREACH”

SG co-chairs: Stephen Briggs, CEOSEzio Bussoletti, Italian Ministry of the EnvironmentGiorgio Cesari, Italian Agency for Environment - APATDavid Kendall , Canadian Space AgencyEwen MacCallum, MET Office, UK


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URSG Scope:

• Develop for the 10-year implementation plan an effective mechanisms to identify high priorities requirements for current and future EO

Starting from

• Analysing users’needs for EO data and information at: local, national, regional, global levels

through a user-driven rather than

technologically-driven approach

Scope


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Approach

Main Users categories identification Key topics selection Analysis of existing inventories of major user

requirements (international, national) : current status and gaps.

How to tackle the gaps Definition of mechanisms for effective user-

involvement Outreach mechanisms


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Main Users Categories

policy makers at both national and international levelsagencies and institutions responsible for policy implementation

and enforcement at global, regional, national and local levels agencies and institutions responsible for co-ordination of

national and international observation systems (operational)scientific communities who provide inputs into policy

formulation (universities and national and international research agencies and centres

Industry and commercial sectors - often the target of policy decisions;

NGOs the general public


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GCOS, IGOS-P, WMO, GOOS, WRCP analysis= sound knowledge

of data requirements

on current modelling and on necessary improvement

on observations systems (satellite and in situ) needs at global and at regional or local scales

for research and climate change communities, weather forecast (extreme events), support convention on climate

IGOS- P provide also analysis on continuity and knowledge challenges for oceans, water, geohazards, carbon, coral reefs, coastal zone, atmospheric chemistry

Preliminary review – to be completed with additional contributions


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Inventories (2)

GMES - a joint programme of the EC and ESA =

Includes analysis of users requirements (information, data, modelling)

Through ad hoc inventories (e.g. BICEPS)Users directly involved in EU Projects (5th and 6th EC Framework Programmes) and ESA GMES Service Elements Programme

Environment (climate change, air quality, marine environment, coastal zones, soil management, land use., inland water management) and Natural and anthropogenic hazards (forest fires, oil spills, flood, eutrophication) and Security (Food, humanitarian aid).

GMES : main contribution of Europe to GEO


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Inventories (3)

National Inventories (from members of the subgroup) :

Others will be added

Canada (e.g. specific operational need with radar: ice monitoring) France (Agriculture, forestry, tropical zones and oceans, soil protection, creation of a GEO mirror group for UR)

Italy (National requirements for environmental monitoring, surveillance and risk management: fires, flood, landslides, oilspills, in connection with the COSMO-SkyMed programme)

Sweden (e.g. specific request / forest management)

US (e.g. human health, earthquakes, water quality, water resources, oceans and coastal zone, weather and climate, land, air quality, space weather and atmosphere).


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extract current status and gaps from global to local levels

identify priorities

identify commonalities of users requirements across user categories (information, data, model, etc..) among topics

provide recommendations and inputs to the other GEO subgroups (architecture, data utilisation, capacity building and International Cooperation).

Analysis of existing Inventories (1)

In order to


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Possible Work approach for UR subgroup

Analysis of existing Inventories (2)

Topic

Atmosphere climate change

Oceans and Marine environment

Inland water

Soil and land

Biodiversity and nature protection

Natural and human-produced hazards

Integrated regional management and territorial dimension

Human health + well being

Lead Org. (s) within URSGGCOS, WRCP,WMO, IGOS-P

IGOS-P, IOC/GOOS

EC, UNEP

EC, UNEP, FAO

IGBP, EC, Sweden

ESA, FAO, UNESCO

UNEP, EC

UNEP, WHO, US

Need of strong support by Countries and International organisations working with developing countries (UNEP, FAO).


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User Involvement mechanismsthrough

Build on approach already used by WMO, IGOS-P, GCOS, GOOS, etc, for example the WMO process : RRR (Rolling Review of Requirements) on annual basis.

involvement of standardisation organisations and certification bodies (e.g. ISO).

structured and permanent dialogue between all stakeholders involved in information production and use: along the chain of production of information and between the sectors and disciplines, as proposed in GMES for ensuring that user needs are met.


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Outreach mechanisms

National websitesbrochures, CDs for those countries without easy web access ad hoc publications/newsletters for different stakeholdersspecial sessions or exhibits on EOS(s) at key events, COPs,

UN Commission for Sustainable Development, othersPress communication strategies Awareness-raising actions to ensure public support and

upward pressure towards policy makers

Some main tools :


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•Users involvement•Outreach mechanisms

•Key variables•Data transformation into information•Data utilisation strategy

•Key variables•Data processing component•data exchange and dissemination process

Integration needs/overlaps with the other subgroups

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Presented by Ezio Bussoletti