GEO Work Programme 2016

WGISS#40HARWELL (UKSA) 28 SEP - 02 OCT 2015

MIRKO ALBANI, ESA

GEO Work Programme Framework

GEO Work Programme - DeadlinesAugust 24-31 Finalize version v3

August 31 Version 3.0 of Work Programme, send out to GEO Principals for review and confirmation of contributions (DEADLINE FOR REPLIES:  23 September)

August 31 – September 20

Actively seeking lacking contributions for FT; Actively seeking additional contributions for Flagships / Initiatives

Sept. 20 – 29 Finalize version v4September 29 Distribute Version 4.0 of

Work Programme, as a GEO-XII Plenary document;

Until November 11 Continue actively seeking contributions.

GEO Foundational Tasks Implements or supports GEO Core Function Clear relevance to Strategic Objectives Detailed description in Work Programme Resourced from GEO Trust Fund, Member- or PO-

commitments Central to GEO‘s own activities Usually strong GEOSEC role Often in the „Advocate“ or „Engage“ Area of Action.

• GEO Portal, Data Sharing Principles, Frequency Protection, …

GEO Foundational Tasks - GEOSS Development & CGI Ops

GEO Foundational Tasks - Community Development & Secretariat Ops

GEO Flagships Substantial, mature activity of global or regional

scope; Aims to provide information service or product

pre-operationally or as pilot; Flagship Implementation Plan Multi-national stakeholder group; Alignment with political priorities; Clear relevance to GEO’s Strategic Objectives.

• GFOI, GEO-GLAM, GEO-BoN, …

GEO Flagships

GEO Initiatives Activity of global or regional scope; Aims to develop or demonstrate prototype

information service or product; Implementation Plan, Multi-national stakeholder group, Clear relevance to GEO’s Strategic Objectives

• Blue Planet, Cold Regions, Great Lakes, …

GEO Initiatives

GEO Community Activities Objective shared by a group of interested partners, Multi-national stakeholder group or scope, Relevance to GEO’s Strategic Objectives

• Global Land Cover, Urban Observations, EO for Mineral Resources, …

GEO Community Activities

Work Programmes

• Generally 3-year Work Programmes

Work Programme 2016 (transitional)

Work Programme 2017-2019

Work Programme 2020-2022

Work Programme 2023-25

WGISS Contribution to GEO Workplan 2016

Actions:1) Review GEO 2016 workplan activities to

identify possible contributions from WGISS (e.g. Data Stewardship Best Practices, Data Discovery/Access systems, Technology, Water Portal, etc)– Target Date Mid October

2) Define contributions (schedule, effort, etc) and inform GEO Secretariat for updating Workplan – Target date End October, TBC with Osamu