Capacity Building Committee

1. Capacity Building Committee Architecture and Data Committee Meeting Seattle – 20-21 July 2006

2. Contents • CB Committee Activities and Issues • CB Strategy Development • Questions for GEO Committee Co-chairs

3. CBC Activities Terms of Reference • To build the capacity of all GEO Members [global capacity]to access, retrieve, analyze, include into appropriate models, and interpret relevant data from global data systems. • To build the capacity of all GEO Members [global capacity] to integrate Earth observation data and information with data and information from other sources, improving understanding of problems in order to identify sustainable solutions. • Support the GEO in developing [To develop]a coordinated GEOSS capacity building strategy among GEO Members and Participating Organizations based on the principles articulated in the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan Reference Document.

4. CBC Co-Chairs • Architecture and Data Committee: João Vianei Soares (Brazil) e-mail:vianei@dsr.inpe.br; tel: +55 12 3945 6447 • Science and Technology: Errol Levy (EC) e-mail: errol.levy@ec.europa.eu; tel: +32 2 296 7934 • User Interface: José Marcos (Spain) e-mail: jmarcos@inm.es; tel: +34 91 58 19 641

5. CBC Activities CB Committee Meeting - 6-7 March 2006, Paris • Reviewed Terms of Reference • Addressed overall planning of 2006 activities • Implementation of GEO 2006 Work Plan • Development of a GEO CB Strategy • Reviewed GEO 2006 Work Plan Task Sheets Considerations: clarity, relevance, participation & contacts, timescales & deliverables, funding priorities, links with other tasks/committees

6. CBC Activities 2006 Activities • Implementation of 2006 WP tasks • Development of a CB Strategy • CB Workshop – 29-31 May (Sao Paulo) based on preliminary survey and analysis http://www.dsr.inpe.br/workshopgeo • CBC meeting – 14-15 Sept (Brussels) • Review for endorsement at GEO-III Plenary meeting – Nov 2006 • Communication of strategy from start 2007 at CB Symposium (Feb in Spain) to donors and decision-makers

7. CB Strategy Rationale • To provide principles, an overall framework and specific mechanisms for co-ordination and contributions to global EO capacity development efforts Should make clear the gains for users and contributors (including donors and decision-makers) e.g.: • Access to information, resources and tools • Identification of needs and priorities (better targeting of effort) • Means to enhance co-ordination and synergy (and avoid unnecessary overlaps) • Identification of lessons learned • Publicity for existing and planned activities

8. CB Strategy Principles / Requirements • Acknowledging and embracing the capacity development efforts of global, regional and national organisations • Making clear the gainsfor users and contributors (including donors and decision-makers) • Starting with what exists and avoiding duplication • Fostering collaboration • Dealing with end-to-end Earth observation needs • Based on user requirements • Addressing the needs of developing countries • Focusing on People (institutions and education & training), Data & Tools and Infrastructure • Relying on identified best practice • Incorporating reviews – annual/biennial (tied to GEO Work Plans)

9. Institutions + + People Data & Tools Education & Training Infrastructure GEO Capacity Building Strategy “LOWERING THE BARRIERS” “LIVE TOGETHER, TALK AND CONVERGE”

10. CB Strategy Timetable June-July Formation of writing team and reference group Drafts sections begun 4 Aug Draft document distribution to reference group (Comments due by 15 Aug) 4 Sept Updated draft document distribution to CBC 14-15 Sept CBC meeting 28 Sept Updated draft document distribution to reference group / CBC (Comments due by 4 Oct) 13 Oct Distribution to GEO community 28-29 Nov GEO-III Plenary meeting Feb 2007 GEO CB strategy symposium (Spain) Co-chair re-invitation to be involved in strategy development!

11. CBC Issues • GEO Work Plans - definition of responsibilities and expectations. Some suggestions: • Co-chairs: overall organisation and facilitation, recruitment, cross-committee liaison, reporting to GEO Plenary (and Executive Committee) • Lead organisations: leadership, organisation and identification of resources for task implementation, cross-task liaison, reporting • Contributing organisations: task implementation and co-funding • Contributing users: advice and information on requirements, best practice etc • All: definition of overall CB Strategy and task/funding priorities, input to future work plans • CB Committee participation (increasing membership and engagement, especially developing countries) • Liaison and co-ordination with other committees (to develop strategy and fulfil tasks, avoiding overlap, duplication etc)

12. CBC Issues (continued) • Liaison/co-ordination between tasks (under and outside own committee responsibility) • Executive Committee guidance • Expectations for CBC participants and GEO Sec • No. of workshops, funding priorities • Identification of early success stories • outreach contributions • Role in GEONetcast • Outreach tasks: CBC guidance, incl. GEO Sec role as lead • CBC comments on GEO 2007-9 Work Plan

13. Questions for committee co-chairs • How best to co-ordinate for work plan task implementation and CB strategy development (including GEONETCast)? • What are our issues, concerns and priorities concerning the implementation of the 2006 WP tasks? • Based on answers to 2. above, what changes are required to the draft 2007-2009 WP?