EGIDA PROJECT COORDINATING EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CROSS- DISCIPLINARY PROJECTS TO PROMOTE GEOSS Contact Point: Stefano Nativi

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA project Proposal full title Coordinating Earth and Environmental cross- disciplinary projects to promote GEOSS Proposal acronym EGIDA Type of funding scheme Co-ordination and support actions (Coordinating) Work programme topics addressed Area Integration of European activities within GEO ENV Supporting the integration of European and international R&D programmes in GEO Start date01 September 2010 End date01 September 2012

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA GOAL SUPPORT BROADER IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GEOSS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP AND THE MISSION OF GEOSS THROUGH COHERENT AND INTEROPERABLE NETWORKING OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES AND EUROPEAN PROJECTS

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EU ProgramsNational Initiatives GEO STC Tasks Promote GEO in S&T Communities WP2 Engage S&T Communities in Developing GEOSS WP3 WP5 Dissemination & Outreach WP4 EGIDA Methodology & Use cases EGIDA APPROACH ST ST Exploitation SoS engineering process / Lower Entry Barriers

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA APPROACH (1) BOTTOM UP –BUILD ON NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS –ANALYZE NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES RELATED TO GEOSS IMPLEMENTATION IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE –ENGAGE RELEVANT FP7 PROGRAMS

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA APPROACH (2) –TOP DOWN-SUPPORT AND COORDINATE WITH THE GEO STC Co-leadership of GEO TASKS ST AND ST STC leaders play an active role in the project GEO Secretariat liaison to STC is member of EGIDA Advisory Board Advisory Board members are leading other relevant European and non-European initiatives (e.g. INSPIRE, GMES, GEO) EGIDA will deliver a Methodology to apply a System of Systems engineering process at the National level

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA Stakeholders

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA DELIVERABLES Evaluation processes Tests and assessment indexes Expertise databases A “GEO label” concept Surveys Other instruments The EGIDA Methodology Four Use Cases to assess the EGIDA Methodology

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant EGIDA Methodology a general methodological approach adopted by national/regional S&T communities for a sustainable contribution to the GEOSS –through the participation in national, European and international initiatives and projects provide guidelines to align the on-going and planned national/regional actions with the GEOSS objectives a set of good practices for: –Capacity building –Community engagement –Existing organizations role

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Transfer EGIDA S&T Methodology to them and implement four Specific Use Cases –HOT SPOT POLLUTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Chemical pollution investigated under the KNOWSEAS project –MEDITERRANIAN REGION Focus on partnership, infrastructures, products and services involving southern Mediterranean countries –PAN-EUROPEAN “AIR QUALITY FOR HEALTH” Analysis of national and international stakeholders initiatives in air quality and health Methodology development and transfer of geo principles in air quality and health community –SLOVENIA (methodology transfer in a small country use case) Investigate feasibility of EGIDA methodology transfer to small countries

GEO-EGIDA Workshop Connecting GEOSS and its Stakeholders in Science and Technology Bonn, Germany, May 9-11, Workshop Web Page ( )

FP7 EGIDA project, Grant