1. www.qa4ecv.eu Progress on WP9 (T9.1) Scientific and Technical Coordination K. Folkert Boersma, KNMI Jan-Peter Muller (UCL) QA4ECV 1 st (Interim) Review meeting, Brussels, 7 October 2015

2. Activities for overall Scientific & Technical Coordination KNMI organized 4 Scientific & Technical coordination meetings 2015: 26-01-2015 03-03-2015 12-06-2015 14-09-2015 Minutes can be found on protected area of project site Topics discussed: WP progress & Deliverable status Website integration (Land ECV data via iFrame) Follow-up on recommendations by reviewers + Advisory Board Definition of uncertainty viz-a-viz QA4EO, GAIA-CLIM, CCI, SAF Organization of (interim) Review Meeting + Land Atmosphere Workshop

3. Activities for Coordination of WP1+2 KNMI & UCL together with BIRA, NPL, and S&T facilitated the WP2 workshop on 5-6 August 2015 in Delft Minutes can be found on protected area of project site

4. Activities for Coordination of WP3 BIRA organized the ‘QA for reference data workshop’ in March 2015 in Mainz Minutes can be found on protected area of project site

5. Activities for Scientific & Technical Coordination - Land UCL organized monthly video conferences and 2 Scientific & Technical coordination meetings 2015: 15-16 January 2015 at NPL, UK 16-17 June 2015 at JRC Ispra, I Topics discussed: WP progress & Deliverable status Definition of uncertainty viz-a-viz QA4EO, GAIA-CLIM, CCI, SAF Organization of (interim) Review Meeting + Land Atmosphere Workshop Minutes on protected area of project site and via UCL dropbox.

6. Activities for Scientific & Technical Coordination - Atmosphere KNMI organized 7 dedicated WP4-meetings on Atmosphere ECV generation Recommendations+Best Practices workshop (MPIC, 21 May 2015) Minutes on protected area of project site.

7. Internal (protected) area of www.qa4ecv.eu

9. www.qa4ecv.eu Progress on WP10 Project Management K. Folkert Boersma, KNMI Jan-Peter Muller (UCL) QA4ECV 1 st (Interim) Review meeting, Brussels, 7 October 2015

10. Activities for Project Management Digesting these messages:

11. Activities for Project Management KNMI submitted the 1 st Project Periodic Report in September 2015 Late submission because of long Amendment procedure for partner Wageningen Uni. + Rayference Without amended status Rayference, Financial Reporting could not be completed Many detailed questions on costs were dealt with by Patricia van der Kooij + EC

12. Activities for Project Management KNMI and UCL helped solving hiring issues at JRC Requests for travel funds Requests for subcontracting issues New hires at: JRC (Cristian Lanconelli) EUMETSAT (Iryna Khlystova) UCL (Richard Brennan, Nov14-Jun15; Said Kharbouche: Feb15- ) Rayference (Violette Zunz) KNMI (Marina Zara) Still to initiate: Amendment for A. Loew MPI  LMU

13. Activities for Project Management Updated and completed the Project Management Plan (D10.1)

15. KNMI (Boersma) will have overall responsibility for the project and oversee activities from the partners working on the Atmosphere ECVs. UCL (Muller) will manage activities for the Land ECVs. KNMI will: Co-ordinate the overall Scientific and Technical project activities. Organise project (Scientific and Technical Coordination) meetings, and chair interactions with project partners & Scientific and Technical Coordination Team. Ensure the integrating of the various activities into a single project result. UCL will: Co-ordinate day-to-day Land activities in all WPs and between WPs to ensure maximum communication, minimum duplication and clear focus on goals. T9.1 – Part A DOW

16. T10.1 – Part A DOW WP10 focuses on the administrative, legal and financial management of the project. It will: Manage the administrative, legal and financial aspects of the project. Coordinate and manage the workflow and project organisation. Keep all tasks on schedule, making sure that resources are deployed, manage risks, and eventual recovery actions. Check completion and adequacy of deliverables with respect to the contract. Prepare and coordinate regular progress reports. Manage financial matters, cost reports, and subsequent payments. Organise Project Review Meetings.