1. Slide: 1Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy EUMETSAT Monitoring weather and climate from space

2. Slide: 2 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy Overview EUMETSAT role in reinforcing Europe’s contribution to GEO Member of GEO, EU HLWG Contribution to GEO, through CGMS, CEOS… GEONETCast and related projects Capacity Building: Africa Future perspective

3. Slide: 3 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy EUMETCast Overview

4. Slide: 4 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy EUMETCast Coverage HB-6, Ku-Band Coverage AB-3, C-Band Coverage NSS 806, C-Band Coverage

5. Slide: 5 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy EUMETCast (DVB) Standard Hardware - indicative costs C-band antenna Generic EUMETCast Solution LNB/Feedhorn, Antenna DVB PCI Card100 EUR EUMETCast Client Software 60 EUR 2 x PC, Hard Disk, Ethernet2000 EUR 3200 EUR EUMETCast Key Unit (EKU) 40 EUR Total (2 PCs) 1000 EUR

6. Slide: 6 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy GEONETCast Objective: Global Coverage for near-real time data dissemination Accessible for user in remote area or with poor internet capacities Cooperation between NOAA, CMA, EUMETSAT, WMO

7. Slide: 7 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy Global Coverage 95% of the worldwide population covered by GEONECast

8. Slide: 8 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy GEONETCast Data excange

9. Slide: 9 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy GEONETCast Overview GEONETCast is a good way to access earth observation data… Operational or project data dissemination High data volumes are involved Data timeliness and availability are important A number of users could benefit from the same data Regular data extraction is required (hourly,daily,weekly) Data is needed in “low infrastructure” areas or areas of no or limited network (e.g. Internet) availabilities

10. Slide: 10 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy Data Provider Engagement –Each region working directly with its data providers; –In addition to CMA, EUM and NOAA data, data from SERVIR, USEPA, RANET, INPE, AMESD, TAMSAT, SAWS, COMET …etc is available on GEONETCast; –A number of EU Environment and ICT projects include use of GEONETCast – DevCoCast, AIDA, MIA-VITA, AEGOS; –A concept for the use of GEONETCast in training and disaster alert and response applications is being developed; –A prototyping exercise using DANTE to provide data exchange links is planned for later this year.

11. Slide: 11 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy User Engagement –Each region working directly with its Users; –In Europe there are about 2350 EUMETCast stations deployed; –In Africa, there are about 150 EUMETCast stations deployed; –In the Asia/Pacific region, there are approx 200 FENGYUNCast stations; –In the Americas there are about 50 stations deployed.

12. Slide: 12 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy GEONETCast & GCI GEONETCast is interfaced to the GCI using the EUMETSAT EO Portal – which is … -A one-stop-shop EO Portal which is fully compliant with: -ISO Metadata Application Profile v1.0 (ISO19115/19119) -ISO 19139 v1.0 (XML encoding of ISO 19115/19119) -OGC Catalogue Services CSW 2.0.2 interface (internetworking with other catalogues) -INSPIRE -WMO core profile –It allows end-users to discover and access EO data GEONETCast and the Portal are GEOSS registered components and services; GEONETCast catalogue extract is delivered to all Users.

13. Slide: 13 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy GEONETCast & GCI

14. Slide: 14 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy DevCoCast – FP7 project GEONETCast applications for and by Developing Countries Involving Developing Countries in the GEONETCast initiative and sets up a strong user and provider base. The DevCoCast project will disseminate existing environmental added-value data (both in-situ and satellite) from various sources in Africa, South- and Central America, Asia and also Europe via GEONETCast to a broad range of end-users in Developing Countries. Duration: 3 years Started: 1 st May 2008 Partners: 5 from Africa 7 from South America 8 from Europe

15. Slide: 15 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy AÏDA – FP7 project Assessment of ICT for DM in Africa – Best practices & Information Sharing Acquiring and sharing knowledge about affordable ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) solutions in support of Disaster Risk Management (DM) in Africa GEONETCast as a contribution to an alert system Duration: 2 years – Started 1 st June 2008 Partners: –4 from Africa –4 from Europe 2 Other FP7 projects: –MIA-VITA: GEONETCast to contribute to the dissemination of volcanologic data –AEGOS: GEONETCast to contribute to the dissemination of georessources information

16. Slide: 16 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy CBERS – dissemination through GEONETcast Cape Town Ministerial Summit 2007 announcement: CBERS data: free for Africa and Caribbean EUMETSAT and CSIR started technical discussion on the dissemination of CBERS products in SADC region (end of 2008 – 2009) To be expanded to other African Region

17. Slide: 17 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy EUMETSAT Activities in Africa EUMETSAT commitment to support African Users is part of EUMETSAT long term strategy: -Long term commitment for data coverage of Africa (~ 2035) -Real-time dissemination of the data & products to Africa (EUMETCast) -Training -80 experts trained per year -3 training centres (Niamey, Nairobi, Pretoria) -Strong link with Users (User Forum, Help desk) -In-kind support to EDF programmes (PUMA, AMESD, post-AMESD, GMES Africa)

18. Slide: 18 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy The PUMA 2002-2006 Preparation for the Use of Meteosat second generation in Africa (PUMA) Provided: –53 African countries (and 5 Regional Centres) receive in real- time EUMETSAT data (PUMA receiving stations) –350 African technicians are trained on the use and maintenance of PUMA receiving stations –6 Pilot Projects (Outlook activities) have prepared the continuation of the project (AMESD)

19. Slide: 19 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy AMESD (2007-2012) African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development Provides: Maintenance and enhancement of the PUMA receiving stations (continuity) Capacity building: infrastructure and training Coherent use of Earth Observation data for Environmental issues Five regional thematic applications : –Cropland and rangeland monitoring (West Africa) –Water management for fluvial transportation (Central Africa) –Land degradation and natural habitat conservation (East Africa) –Environment and natural resources management (Southern Africa) –Costal and marine monitoring (Indian ocean)

20. Slide: 20 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy AMESD programme African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development Finance by European Development Fund (EDF), Lead by the African Union Commission Supported by the ACP Secretariat, ECOWAS, IGAD, CEMAC, SADC and COI Technical work started in October 2007: A continuation of PUMA through the maintenance and enhancement of the operational data acquisition capacities deployed in Africa A massive and coherent use of EO data for Environmental issues Five regional thematical application (one in each five RECs) implemented on a regional and national networking implementation basis An important programme of capacity building on infrastructure and training www.amesd.org

21. Slide: 21 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy AMESD – political awareness – 29 April 2009

22. Slide: 22 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy Key success factors Demand-driven (users at the heart) Capacity Building project African ownership Sustainable dimension Long-term commitment => Ingredients also for the GMES Africa initiative

23. Slide: 23 Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy Future perspective Consolidating GEONETCast: –continue broadening the scope of data available on GEONETCast (bandwidth issue) in cooperation with EC and EU data providers –Interface the other GEOSS elements (GCI, Capacity, SBAs); Strengthening the link with Africa: –GMES Africa –Link with other initiative (SERVIR Africa, CBERS data dissemination)

24. Slide: 24Reinforcing Europe‘s contribution to GEO, ISRSE conference 5th May 2009, Stresa, Italy EUMETSAT Monitoring weather and climate from space