1. GEO Capacity Building Capacity Building in GEO WP 2017 – Capacity Building Coordination TT Capacity Building Forum GEO WPS May 2017 Tshwane, Pretoria

2. GEO Strategic Plan 2016 – 2025: Implementing GEOSS core function:
Cultivating awareness, building capacity and promoting innovation
Building capacity, as well as sustaining and enhancing existing capacity, is essential for developing competencies in the effective use of Earth observations for responding to societal challenges and addressing sustainable development issues.
promote the engagement of institutional users worldwide;
assist countries to acquire, share, store, maintain, and utilize;
engage with the international development and donor organizations;
work with the appropriate national entities to develop activities; and
promote cooperation through national and regional GEO mechanisms.
Ministers will reconvene in 2019 to review and reaffirm GEOs progress

3. Implementation Mechanism
Foundational Task: Capacity Building Coordination
Task Team – coordinate activities:
Promote, Connect and Support
Capacity Building Forum – engagement with GEO WP
GEO WPS 12 May 2017, 12h30 – 13h30
Capacity Building Symposium – engagement with users
Capacity Building in GEO 2017 – 2019 Work Programme

4. … Capacity Building Coordination
The nature of the task implies the execution of “recurring activities” that can be summarized as follows:
Undertake baseline assessment of capacity building in GEO and undertake annual review of activities
Periodic review and update of the resource facility - the GEOCAB Portal (relevance, maintenance and marketing)
Periodic review of capacity building needs
Develop and maintain a database with resource providers, ongoing programmes and activities
Develop and maintain calendar of capacity building events
Undertake brokering activities – match needs with capabilities
Collate and promote best practices
Develop impact assessment – M&E – guidelines
Task Team
India; Sat-Drone, Chile

5. Coordinate Capacity Building Activities
GIVE
ASK
Promote
showcasing events
show-up
GEO Capacity Building profile
provide information on activities: slides, brochures, articles etc.
capacity building web page
calendar of events
feature in GEO Blog
GEO Secretariat thematic experts presentations to include "capacity building slides"
products, tools and material dissemination in GEOCAB Portal
Connect
provide platform for making connections - Capacity Building Forum; side event at Plenary; side event at GEO Flagship annual meetings etc.
regional initiatives i.e. AfriGEOSS, AmeriGEOSS, AOGEOSS, Himalayan GEOSS …
provide geographic specific information
Support
provide best practices
lodge interest with CBC WG
capture needs and requirements
articulate needs
provide brokering services (needs with providers)
open to engage with providers

6. Capacity Building in GEO WP 2017 - 2019
… Request for Capacity Building section in the Template for Flagship and Initiative Implementation Plans
Description of activities (4 pages)
Tasks definition, overall logic and phasing
Geographical scope
Tasks description (for each of them: description, planning, partners responsibilities, resources)
Capacity building/science & technology/training activities; communication/outreach/branding
Expected connections to other areas of the GEO Work Programme
GEO Work Programme Application

7. Implementation
First level analysis of capacity building in the GEO Work Programme 2017 – 2019
GEO Flagships 4 3
GEO Initiatives 22 16
Community Activities 33 15
Foundational Tasks 10
TOTAL 69 37
Full Activity / Task
Component
Description of work
Objectives

8. Flagships and Initiatives Community Activities & FTs
CB in GEO WP
SBA
Flagships and Initiatives
Community Activities & FTs
GEOBON
Forest biodiversity Asia – Pacific: capacity building
GFOI
LC and LCC
GEO-Wetlands
Blue Planet
GWIS
GEO-DARMA
GEOCRI
GSNL
GEO VENER
African geochemical baselines
GEOGLAM
GOS4POPS
EO4HEALTH
Geo Human Planet Initiative

9. Flagships and Initiatives Community Activities & FTs
CB in GEO WP
SBA
Flagships and Initiatives
Community Activities & FTs
GEOGLOWS
In-situ Observations and Practices for the Water Cycle
AquaWatch
DIAS
Climate Change
Climate Change on Africa's coastal zones
C3S
Data Management & Communication Infrastructure
GEOSS-EVOLVE
Research data science summer schools
GCI operations
GEONETCast
Regional Initiatives and SDGs
AfriGEOSS
Himalayan GEOSS
AmeriGEOSS
AOGEOSS
EO4SDGs
Other
EO for Cultural heritage documentation
Space and security

10. Implementation
Challenges
No easy to find the information (manual search)
Not populated in the right section
Not same level of detail of information provided

11. On-going Work
Categorization of the activities for effective promotion and coordination
Engage with GEO activities to better map their capacity building activities and resources e.g. type of activity, geographical focus, training / workshop dates, etc.
Solutions towards sustainable maintenance and upgrade of GEOCAB Portal

12. http://www.geocab.org/ Over 1500 Resources Broker by GCI
By Type
By SBA
Organizations
Biodiversity
Raw EO Products
Climate
Software
Disaster
Success Stories
Ecosystem
Tutorial
Water
Marketing Tool Kits
Weather
Energy
Health
Agriculture
Over 1500 Resources
Broker by GCI
There are now 950 resources
Mainly from IASON, EOPOWER and CEOS WGCapD members

13. What are your output Resources: □ Training Material / Tutorials
GEO WP Activity: GEOBON Name & ______________________________________________
Capacity Building Contact (name and address): _______________________________________________
Indicate in each country your capacity building activity: (1= training 2= technical support / mentorship 3= coordinated data access 4= awareness / dissemination workshop)
What are your output Resources:
□ Training Material / Tutorials
□ Guidelines and Methodologies
□ Open Source Software
□ Best Practices
□ Marketing Toolkits
□ Success Stories
Would you be willing to register the Resources in GEOCAB Portal?
□ Yes □ No

15. Categorization and Gathering Information

16. Thank you!