1. The SWFP COMPASS Project
Richard Lawford on behalf of the COMPASS Team
Morgan State University
Side Event: GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of GEO Water Activities

2. Mission / Objectives and Goals
Compass
Mission / Objectives and Goals
Mission
To provide comprehensive assessments for global water resources to aid in planning and management water resources on multiple scales.
Goals
To develop a prototype assessment system and use it to produce a suite of potential products.
To operationalize the system and begin producing routine assessments.

4. COMPASS COMMUNITY DATA & MODELING FRAMEWORK (CCDMF).
COMPASS INPUT TRANSLATOR & INTEGRATOR
MODEL A
Module A
Dataset-1
D-2
D-3
D-4
Simulated Numerical Outputs
(Model-Specific) P1 P7
COMPASS Integrated and Operational
Data Base
D-..
COMPASS COMMUNITY DATA & MODELING FRAMEWORK (CCDMF)
Module B
Module C
COMPASS OUTPUT TRANSLATOR & INDICATOR GENERATION TOOLS
Example
Product
Suites
SDG Metrics
Water Dow Jones P8 P3
Water Stress Migration
Multi-Module
Management
--Satellite Data
--Global Model Outputs
--Big Data/Citizen Data
--In-Situ Observation
--Socio-Economic Data

5. The COMPASS Product Suite
A Water Future Index for the global resource (Dow Jones of water)
Six Month Water Outlooks
Annual State of the Resource Report Cards
SDG report cards
Medium-term Water Trends
Business intelligence reports.
COMPASS interpretation services will be provided by SWFP Working Groups:
Water Quality and Ecosystem
Environmental Flow Management
Groundwater Management
Freshwater Biodiversity
Memory, Community and Place
Urban Water
Water Ethics
Sustainability in the Water Energy Food Nexus
Water Economic Policy
Water Governance
SDG Assessment

6. Compass Geographical Scope Methodology
Develop a cloud-based system that accepts multiple data streams to produce a suite of products for use by different agencies and programmes.
The products will be global but will be validated through regional studies. One of the first areas where regional studies are being planned is Australia.
Project Governance Structure
Under the management of SWFP a distributed capability for undertaking assessments and interpreting the results will be maintained.

7. Significant achievements in 2016-2017
Compass
Significant achievements in
Achievement 1
After several workshops and meeting a conceptual plan and marketing document have been developed.
Achievement 2
Meetings continue to been held with potential funders and contributors.

8. Plans and Deliverables for 2018-2019
Compass
Plans and Deliverables for
Deliverables
2018: Develop a system design and an implementation plan that will be presented at the WWF.
2018: Prototype assessment system will be developed and tested.
General Plans
Continue to seek partners and funders for the system
Define a pilot project where global products would be prepared and validated against regional products.

9. Plans for cross SBA linkages and SDG support
Compass
Plans for cross SBA linkages and SDG support
Links to GEO and its SBAs
The assessments will have potential to link with food, energy, ecosystems/biodiversity and health among others.
Contributions to SDGs
The information from this system will contribute to Water 6.4 directly and to other targets such as The product suite will include an SDG report card.
Challenges and Issues:
This is a program that will require substantial development work. Efforts are underway to attract the funding required for moving forward in an accelerated manner.
GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of
GEO Water Activities

10. Thank You
Richard Lawford