1. WG Capacity Building & Data Democracy (WGCapD)
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
WG Capacity Building & Data Democracy (WGCapD)
Nancy D. Searby, PhD., NASA & Prakash Chauhan, ISRO, WGCapD Vice-Chair & Chair
CEOS WGISS-47
Silver Spring, MD, USA
1 May 2019

2. Working Group for Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD)
Raise awareness of the value of EO and build capacity in user communities, by providing
Support to locate and access data, products, and tools
Targeted training workshops
Expert lecturers to support training activities of other stakeholders
Support CEOS initiatives and help WGs and VCs undertake their own capacity building initiatives
E.g. guidance on best practices
Collaborate with GEO, UNOOSA, and other UN agencies
Bring out the benefits of EO tools and services
Help to collect, coordinate, and synergize capacity building resources
Provide expertise to support their efforts in workshops, symposia, and conferences

3. WGCapD Linkages to Work Plan, SIT, SIT TW Actions
CEOS Work Plan v0 – WGCapD’s 17 deliverables, 12 in 2019, 5 in 2020; * new this year
Global activities
CB-28, 30, 31: MOOCs on Radar Backscatter (Q1), SAR applications (Q1), LCLUC (Q – delayed, in procurement, now likely 2020)
CB-29: Webinar series on multiple topics, e.g. GEOGLAM, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Disasters (Q4), LCLUC (Q3 2020)
Regional activities – training in GEO regions
CB-35, 36: AmeriGEO (Aug 19-23) (Q3), AfriGEO (Aug 13-16) (Q3)
CB-27: AOGEO (Q4 2020)
CB-32: Regional hands-on training in Land Cover Land Use Change (Q4)
*National in-person training
CB-33: SAR and EO data training for VNSC Chair initiative (Q3 – completed 1 of 2 workshops)
CB-39: hands-on training on forest monitoring & Orfeo Tool Box for AEM (Q1)
CB-40: hands-on training on flood monitoring for Vietnam School of Earth Observation (Q3)

4. WGCapD Linkages to Work Plan, SIT, SIT TW Actions, cont’d
CEOS Work Plan v0 – WGCapD’s 17 deliverables, 13 in 2019, 4 in 2020; * new this year
CB infrastructure
CB-21: portal-based access to CB and training resources (Q4 2020)
* CB training materials
CB-38: hyperspectral training resources on line (Q2 2020)
WG collaborations
CB-41: with SDG AHT, promote use of EO for SDG’s (Q3)
Hands-on with AmeriGEO Week on SDG 6.6.1/6.3.2 
FDA-5: FDA´s awareness building and outreach (Q3)
Broader CB collaborations
CB-37: white paper describing how CB networks, e.g. UN’s, Regional Centres can work together with WGCapD (Q2 – provided to SIT for discussion)
CEOS & SIT TW : GEO-LEO project coordination with CGMS, WGDisasters - ongoing

5. CB-37: white paper describing approaches for CB networks, e. g
CB-37: white paper describing approaches for CB networks, e.g. UN’s, to work together (due Q2 ‘19)
White paper draft provided for capacity building community review
WGCapD, GEO, WMO, Vlab
Incorporated suggestions
Now provided to SIT for discussion
Framework for coordinated capacity building

6. WGCapD Capacity Building Infrastructure (CB-21)
CB : Link WGCapD jointly offered training and individual agency training sites (Q3)
CEOS Plenary 2018 endorsed implementation of training calendar used also by EUMETSAT, VLab and WMO Global Campus
Benefits
Training activities will be available on a standardized calendar with consistent information
Training participants will be able to more easily find, participate, and learn from our training activities to use Earth observations for their needs
Pilot calendar development underway – 3 pilots by DLR, NASA, and SEO for WGCapD

7. WGCapD Training Calendar
WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting
IIRS, Dehradun, India March 06th – 08th, 2019
WGCapD Training Calendar
One shared training calendar for WGCapD to be hosted by CEOS with similar calendars hosted on NASA, DLR, and others’ websites that will feed the WGCapD calendar. Follows the approach developed by EUMETSAT and their training activities, as well as by the WMO/CGMS VLab training network and by WMO’s on- line learning platform WMO Learn.
Example Calendar: VLab
Example Calendar: EUMETSAT

8. Progress & Upcoming Activities
WGCapD-8 Annual Meeting
IIRS, Dehradun, India March 06th – 08th, 2019
Progress & Upcoming Activities
RECENT
Compiled master list of fields used by EUMETSAT, VLab, and WMO Learn calendars; evaluated, discussed & finalized fields list (compiled list + additions)
Compiled test dataset of future trainings
IN-PROGRESS
Exploring user interface options
Finalizing development schedule
FUTURE
Coordinate with EUMETSAT to learn their system and process
Build by July 18th
Share; beta test; collect feedback; refine
Launch calendar on CEOS website by Sept 30th
Month
Action
March
Compiling & Reviewing Fields
April
User Interface Option Review
May-July
Build & Beta Testing
July-Aug
Refinement
Sept
Calendar Live
POC:
Lauren Childs-Gleason:

9. WGCapD Capacity Building Infrastructure (CB-21)
CB-21: Explore future options for providing portal-based access to capacity building and training resources (Q4 2020)
GEOCab portal linked to GEOSS portal no longer on line
Originally designed to provide information that helped users become more familiar with EO applications and opportunities, including capacity building resources
Funds were not found to enable sustainable operation
WGCapD: resources on INPE learning Center linked to CEOS WGCapD page
Action in progress to make one WGCapD page that points to each agency’s training resources, e.g. NASA ARSET
WMO Global Campus Library Catalogue is being implemented in PMB
PMB is a fully featured open source integrated library system. It is continuously developed and maintained by the French company PMB Services
Learning from WMO’s experience, & would appreciate WGISS advice

10. WGCapD Capacity Building Infrastructure (FDA-5)
FDA-5: With growing interest in Future Data Architectures, WGCapD will identify ways of promoting the use of Future Data Architectures and organize outreach capacity building activities for end users and decision makers (e.g. webinars, workshops, etc). (Q3)
WGISS Technology subgroup co-chairs to serve as liaison to WGCapD
WGCapD will support WGISS in their development of a series of awareness- level (1 hour?) webinars targeting potential users of FDA technologies.
Potential topics include:
Analysis Ready Data and CARD4L
Exploitation and Application Platforms
Data cubes
Data and Information Access Services (DIAS’s)
WGCapD will share webinar best practices and share training opportunities to those previously trained through the WGCapD World distribution list.
POC: Kent Ross:
Participating in WGISS-47 to plan next steps

11. Chair: Dr. Prakash Chauhan Vice Chair: Dr. Nancy Searby
Thanks
Chair: Dr. Prakash Chauhan
Vice Chair: Dr. Nancy Searby
& WGCapD Members