GEO Partnerships, Objectives and Activities Roundtable: Strengthening UN Engagement with a Special Focus on the Post-2015 Development Agenda Barbara J. Ryan Director, GEO Secretariat 18 February 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

To realize a future wherein decisions and actions, for the benefit of humankind, are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and information. GEO Vision

GEO Member States

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UN Agencies, Programmes and Conventions Value Proposition: Leverage existing monitoring efforts, systematically incorporate Earth observations into monitoring international treaties and conventions, and increase political support/recognition of Earth observations and GEO.

Intergovernmental Organizations Value Proposition: Leverage existing expertise, capacity, and coordination/representation of selected communities and provide additional data, tools and services.

International Scientific Organizations Value Proposition: Leverage existing expertise, capacity and coordination/representation of selected communities, and increase visibility for importance of sustained observing systems.

International Development Banks Value Proposition: Leverage assets in GCI to select, monitor and evaluate investments/loans, ensure new data is open, available and shared (in situ opportunities extensive), build capacity and potential funding for GEO projects.

Commercial Sector/Associations Value Proposition: Bridge gaps between data and information by developing products, tools and services, potential funding for GCI.

Infrastructure Partnerships

Improve and coordinate observation systems globally Foster increased use of Earth observation data and information Provide access to data and information Advance broad open data policies/practices Build capacity GEO Objectives

A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems GEOSS

GEOSS Portal Enabling a System of Systems GEO Discovery & Access Broker

Introduction of the Brokering approach -- a year ago

Terminology Tracking & Reporting About 45 brokered data providers... More than 14 Million accessible resources (mix of data collections and datasets)... Publish Contain More than 174 Million assets (mix of satellite scenes, raingage, streamgage records, etc.)...

H 2 GEO Water task, 5 components Extremes Water quality Cold regions Capacity building Integrated water cycle Products and services

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