1. GEO Work Plan Espen Volden GEO Secretariat GEOSS Future Products 26-28 March 2013

2. GEO 2012-15 WP 1. INFRASTRUCTURE (Architecture and Data Management)
2. INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
(Data Sharing, Capacity Building, Science and Technology, User Engagement)
3. INFORMATION FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS
(9 GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas)

3. 5 INFRASTRUCTURE Tasks IN-01 Earth Observing Systems
IN-02 Earth Data Sets
IN-03 GEOSS Common Infrastructure
IN-04 GEOSS Communication Networks
IN-05 GEOSS Design and Interoperability

4. 5 INSTITUTIONS & DEVELOPMENT Tasks
ID-01 GEOSS Data Sharing Principles
ID-02 Institutional & Individual Capacity
ID-03 Science & Technology in GEOSS
ID-04 Building a User-Driven GEOSS
ID-05 Catalyzing Resources for GEOSS

5. 16 INFORMATION FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS Tasks
5 Cross-SBA Tasks
SB-01 Oceans and Society: Blue Planet
SB-02 Global Land Cover
SB-03 Global Forest Observation
SB-04 Global Urban Observations & Information
SB-05 Impact Assessment of Human Activities

6. 16 INFORMATION FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS Tasks
11 “single”-SBA Tasks
Disasters
DI-01 Risk Management and Disaster Reduction
Health
HE-01 Tools & Information for Decision-Making
HE-02 Tracking Pollutants (incl. Mercury)
Energy
EN-01 Energy and Geo-Resources Management

7. 16 INFORMATION FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS Tasks
11 “single”-SBA Tasks
Climate
CL-01 Climate Information for Adaptation
CL-02 Global Carbon Observation and Analysis
Water
WA-01 Integrated Water Information
(incl. Floods and Droughts)
Weather
WE-01 High-Impact Weather Prediction

8. 16 INFORMATION FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS Tasks
11 “single”- SBA Tasks
Ecosystems
EC-01 Global Ecosystem Monitoring
Agriculture
AG-01 Global Agricultural Monitoring
Biodiversity
BI-01 Global Biodiversity Observation (GEO BON)

9. Implementation Details
In Task Component Sheets
Available through online Work Plan Information Management System on GEO Web
Include details such as expected achievements by 2015, milestones, issues and gaps, gap analysis activities, key users, and information relevant to decision-making

10. Work Plan Management 1 Implementation Board for Infrastructure
1 Implementation Board for Institutions and Development
1 Implementation Board for Information for Societal Benefits

11. Boards Terms of Reference
Objectives
Monitor progress towards achieving the 2015 GEOSS Strategic Targets
Annually assess Strategic Targets completion progress and provide analytical review of Task performance against Targets
Identify issues, gaps, and Target objectives that require additional support from the GEO community
Design and conduct actions for addressing issues and gaps

12. Boards Terms of Reference
Objectives
Actively coordinate activities across Tasks within a specific part of the Work Plan (e.g. Infrastructure), while also establishing cross-cutting links to the other parts
Advise on Task implementation; provide guidance on issues of technical and non-technical nature (e.g. resources; delivery on commitments of Members and Participating Organizations)

13. Joint Implementation Boards initiative
Sprint to Summit
Joint Implementation Boards initiative
Improvement of user experience of GEOSS
Showcases (videos): added value
Wider access to EO resources
Increasing capacity of developing countries
Capabilities of GEOSS to be demonstrated:
Search, discovery & access to priority EO data (DataCORE)
Dissemination techniques
Joint Implementation Boards initiative (born in Infrastructure Board - Sprint to Plenary 2011)
Showcases (videos): added value of GEOSS & GEO
wider access to Earth observation resources, particularly access to the priority key observations as identified by the SBA user communities
Increasing the capacity of developing countries to use and apply EO resources to support decision making  
Search, discovery and access to priority Earth observation data, with a focus on GEOSS DataCORE data
Dissemination techniques including GEO Portal, GEONETCast & access through other Community Portals due to interconnectivity with the GEOSS Common Infrastructure
Actions being identified, targeting particular GCI functionalities and user interfaces, linkages with existing Community Portals, and a more robust dialogue with the Communities of Practice and application/user communities.
To achieve the Sprint to Summit objectives, the community will develop an action plan and complete the work by organizing into dedicated action teams tasked with specific parts of the action plan.
A dialogue with the Ministerial Working Group will be ensured to allow for a maximum synchronization of messages with the showcases spearheaded by this WG
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14. Work Plan Symposium “Demonstrating GEOSS Added Value: Sprint to Summit” 4-6 June in Geneva
Objectives:
Advance the Sprint to Summit initiative
Develop cross-cutting demonstrators for Ministerial Summit & GEO-X Plenary
Strengthen synergies across Tasks and accelerate GEOSS implementation
Collectively address issues and gaps
Inform the Work Plan community of recent progress
Develop practical recommendations for the 2014 Work Plan update
Improve Component Sheet contents
Implementation boards meetings 3 & 6-7 June
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17. Sprint to Summit Targeted Improvements of GEOSS Infrastructure
GEO Portal interface (neater, more user-friendly, for all)
Interconnectivity with Community Portals
Results ranking & presentation
Access
Implement
Preview of data
Use metrics
Increase registration …
GWP interface: cleaner, plug-ins not required to visualize data …
Presentation of search results to users (e.g. data at collection and granule level)
Improve access to the data from the discovered results
Embed links to services or data directly in the metadata
Needs involvement from data providers
Priority
To DataCORE resources needed for StS demonstrators
To other DataCORE
To rest of the data (over time)
Increase registration (DataCORE, time series, modeling resources, higher level products and socio-economic data)
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18. Sprint to Summit First ideas for showcases
Needs of users in developing countries
GEONETCast for distribution of data & products to users
Addressing variety of SBA needs, validated by users
User testimonial(s)
Inventory of space-based EO capacity building activities
AfriGEOSS
Needs of scientific and policy community at global level
Blue Planet (UNESCO)
Showing benefits at global and regional level
Management of marine resources (e.g. fish stocks)
3. Disasters? Energy? Water? …
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19. Sprint to Summit action plan & dedicated action teams by mid April
Next steps
Sprint to Summit action plan & dedicated action teams by mid April
Ministerial WG wide Call for Proposals for showcases mid May
Scenarios presentation and discussion at GEO Work Plan Symposium 4-6 June
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