Transcript Draft GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan and Status Report

Draft GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan
and
Status Report on Reference Document
Ivan B. DeLoatch, Toshio Koike,
Robert Scholes, and David Williams
GEO Implementation Plan Task Team (IPTT)
29 November 2004
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Documents Prepared by IPTT
10-year
Implementation Plan
Implementation Plan
Reference Document
Benefit
Outcomes
Summary
Benefit Outcome Details
with 2-, 6-, 10-year Targets
Implementation
Approach
Summary
Implementation Approach
with 2-, 6-, 10-year Targets
Governance
Provisions
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Documents Prepared by IPTT:
10-Year Implementation Plan
Draft GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan-GEO 302-1
• IPTT drafted text for GEO-5 negotiation
• GEO Co-chairs authorized distribution
to GEO community on 15 October 2004
• Comments received from Delegations
have been compiled by GEOSEC
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Draft GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan
1 Background
2 The Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Technical Elements
3 Purpose, Scope, and Vision of GEOSS
4 Benefits of GEOSS
5 Technical Approach, Capacity Building, and
Outreach
Governance Elements
6 Management Approach
7 Funding and Measuring Progress
8 The Transition Period
9 Endorsement and Commitment
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Benefits of GEOSS
Societal Benefit Areas
• Disasters
• Health
• Energy
• Climate
• Water
• Weather
• Ecosystems
• Agriculture/Desertification
• Biodiversity
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Technical Approach, Capacity Building and
Outreach
• Observations and Modeling
• Products, Data Management, and Radio Frequency
Protection
• Architecture and Interoperability
• Data Sharing
• Research Support
• Capacity Building
• Outreach Plan
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Governance in Draft Implementation Plan:
EOS, GEO, GEOSS
EOS
GEO
EOS (Earth
Observation Summit III)
establishes
GEO (Group on Earth
Observations)
GEOSS
GEO
Participants
Members
implements
GEOSS (Global
Earth Observations
System of Systems)
GEO consists of Participants
that are Member countries,
international or regional organizations
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GEO Established and Defined
Establishment - successor mechanism to ad hoc GEO, legally
non-binding intergovernmental forum with voluntary contributions
Objective - to provide leadership and resources for the
implementation of GEOSS
Management - subject to approval by Members, GEO is
authorized to establish procedures and support organizations, as
necessary, to accomplish its objective, including arrangements
for managing human and financial resources
Membership - open to United Nations countries plus EC,
other Participants being international and regional organizations
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Participant Roles
GEO Participants are expected to actively collaborate
in GEOSS implementation and planning
• to reflect ongoing activities and emergent opportunities
• to minimize gaps
• to assist developing countries in GEOSS participation
• to facilitate greater interoperability
• to draw on scientific and technological expertise
• to facilitate user involvement
• to conduct outreach at global and regional levels
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Transition
Period - starting after the third Earth Observation Summit;
ending no later than 15 February 2006
Management - During transition period, Co-Chairs of
ad hoc GEO will oversee activities, with authority
• to establish procedures and subordinate
ad hoc organizations
• to arrange for managing financial resources
and staffing of transitional and ongoing GEO
• to convene meetings among GEO Participants
Resources - The Co-Chairs of the ad hoc GEO will
request one-time contribution from GEO Participants
to support transition activities
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Adoption and Endorsement
Countries and international or regional
organizations that adopt the GEOSS
Implementation Plan at the third
Earth Observation Summit become
Participants in GEO
The Implementation Plan remains open
for adoption by other countries and
endorsement by other international
or regional organizations
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Documents Prepared by IPTT:
Reference Document
Draft GEOSS Plan Reference Document-GEO 202-1
• Inputs from all GEO Subgroups and
experts in the 9 Societal Benefit areas
• Draft "zero" distributed publicly on
22 July 2004 for technical comments from
individuals
• 1st draft, incorporating many suggested
comments, distributed to GEO community
on 15 October 2004
• Revised draft in mid-December for final
review
• Final by 20 January for GEO-6 adoption
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