ST-09-01: Catalyzing Research and Development (R&D) Funding for

GEOSSFlorence Béroud, EC

Jérome Bequignon, ESAKathy Fontaine, US

ST-09-01 Kick-off Meeting

July 29 – 30, 2009Brussels, Belgium

Topics

• Expectations• Previous work• Task description• Notional flow• Next steps

Note: Some of the text I am presenting may or may not be modified prior to the next Plenary…

Expectations

• Understand and identify the activities required to complete all outcomes

• Develop schedules for each activity• Assign actions as possible• Begin identifying additional participants

Previous Work

• Task proposed prior to GEO-V Plenary and adopted there.

• Tasks and Roadmap discussed together at the STC meeting in San Francisco in December 2008.

• Drafting teams identified for both efforts.• Writing teams gathered in February 2009 to fill out

activities.• Writing team finished this draft for distribution to

the STC, and discussion here.

Task Description“Encourage national governments and international organizations to address GEOSS Science and Technology needs in their R&D programmes. As stated in "The Role of Science and Technology in GEOSS"1, it should be a priority for GEO Members and Participating Organizations to involve research institutions and funding agencies in GEOSS implementation. To this end, GEO Members and Participating Organizations will be encouraged to: (i) Plan and conduct R&D activities in support of GEOSS implementation; (ii) Contribute relevant R&D activities (planned or ongoing) to GEOSS implementation; (iii) Identify and earmark funding sources for those activities; and (iv) Promote GEOSS throughout the process. Related activities will include: Develop proposals and guidelines to assist R&D agencies in addressing GEO needs. Engage a dialogue with decision makers and funding agencies. Identify programmes relevant to GEOSS Science and Technology needs and encourage them to collaborate with one another.”

Blue text – areas of extensive discussion in the drafting group

Contents

• LeadsLeads (GEO Member or PO, Entity carrying out the work,

Contact: e-mail):EC, Florence Béroud, Florence.beroud@ec.europa.euESA, Jérome Bequignon, jerome.bequinon@esa.intIIASA, TBCUSA (TBC), Kathy Fontaine, kathy.fontaine@nasa.gov

Contents

• Motivation – to engage the science community through active,

planned funding and other resource opportunities

“Worldwide still only few organizations with available funding and other resources make explicit reference to GEO and GEOSS in their programs. It limits then the engagement of the scientific and technological communities in the realization of GEOSS. Therefore it becomes crucial that the funding and other resource providers dealing with earth observation and the SBAs are becoming more aware of GEO and proactive towards GEOSS.”

GEO Work Plan supports applications needed by users. Applications need data and technologies to be successful. Bringing the scientists, technologists, researchers,

individual users, and group users together may facilitate funding, will raise awareness, and will make a better GEOSS.

GEOSS Architecture

Planned Activities

Planned Activities1. Identified set of key Science and Technology

programmes needed in the context of the development of GEOSS as well as targeted funding and other resource mechanisms (mid 2009).– Bring together a group of experts knowledgeable about key relevant programs

and funding and other resource mechanisms to identify those programs and mechanisms and existing forums/networks of resource and other funding agencies supporting key S&T programmes (e.g. IGFA-International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research, ERA-Nets) and build on these existing initiatives; this should include input from relevant activities within the CBC, ADC, UIC. (Maps to Activity 2f)

Planned Activities (cont’d)

2. Identified set of key commercial/industry companies with substantial science, technology, or applications interests in GEOSS or datasets of broad scientific value (end 2009)– Compile database of key commercial/industry

companies with substantial science and technology interests in GEOSS or datasets of broad scientific value.

Planned Activities (cont’d)

3. Report on S&T gaps, priorities, and continuity needs to support GEO (2010 Summit)– Collect from the Task leads the answers to the following questions

from the task sheets: “In relation to the S&T component(s) of this Task, please describe gaps, priorities, continuity needs, barriers, scientific expertise, and additional resource needs (this information will be used for developing a gaps and needs assessment in Task ST-09-01).” (Maps to Activity 1a)

– Invite science groups (such as former IGOS-P theme leads and ICSU) and application groups to contribute to analysis of the feedback from task leads. (Maps to Activity 1e)

– Analyze all feedback gathered from the task leads and from the science and application group feedback.

Planned Activities (cont’d)

4. Establishment of effective forum/network of funding agencies, Members and POs supporting key Science and Technology programmes to exchange views on current actions and discuss overcoming S&T gaps, priorities and continuity needs (early 2010); Response to S&T gaps, priorities and continuity needs by this forum, including describing Best Practice in responding to these (e.g. by a workshop report)– Bring together an effective forum/network that can discuss regularly

GEO S&T issues and programming and publish forum notes that document the outcome of the forum.

Resources to Date

• Resources and Commitments to date– UK: NERC (BGS): S.H.Marsh: shm@bgs.ac.uk:

Influence NERC funding schemes to support GEOSS implementation

– EC - EuroGEOSS will contribute to the analysis of GEO S&T needs as identified by GEO Task leads.

– ESA will support EC in this task.

We welcome and encourage more

Participation to DateLead EC EC Florence Béroud florence.beroud@ec.europa.euLead ESA ESA Jérome Bequignon Jerome.Bequignon@esa.intLead/PoC USA (TBC) Kathy Fontaine kathy.fontaine@nasa.govContributor Canada (TBC)Contributor China (TBC) Wen Hongtao kjsdeve@cma.gov.cnContributor Denmark DMI Jun She js@dmi.dkContributor EC Gilles Ollier gilles.ollier@ec.europa.euContributor EC EuroGEOSS Max Craglia massimo.craglia@jrc.itContributor EuroGOOS (TBC)Contributor COSPAR Jean-Louis Fellous jean-louis.fellous@cosparhq.cnes.frContributor Germany Susanne Fretzdorff s.fretzdorff@julichy.deContributor IAG GGOS Hans-Peter Plag hpplag@unr.eduContributor IIASA Michael Obersteiner oberstein@iiasa.ac.atContributor ICSU Gisbert Glaser gisbert.glaser@icsu.orgContributor OGC (TBC)Contributor South Africa Mundau Humbulani Humbulani.Mudau@dst.gov.zaContributor Spain Gregorio Parrilla-Barrera gregorio.parrilla@md.ieo.esContributor Turkey TUBITAK Tamer Ozalp tamer.ozalp@tubitak.gov.trContributor UK IGOS Themes Stuart H. Marsh shm@bgs.ac.ukContributor WMO RES Jim Caughey JCaughey@wmo.int

Notional FlowTask ST-09-01

Activity 1Identify key relevant programs, funding agencies …

Activity 2/2fIdentify key industry partners Compile database …

Activity 3aCollect from the Task leads…

Activity 3bInvite science groups (…) to contribute to analysis

Activity 4Bring together an effective

forum/network…

Activity 3cAnalyze all feedback…

Output 1Identified set of key S&T programmes

Output 4Effective forum /network of funding

agencies

Output 5Response to S&T gaps, priorities …

Output 3Report on S&T gaps, priorities, and continuity needs

Output 2Identified set of key commercial/industry...

2010

Summit

end 2009 end 2009

early 2010

Next steps

• Discuss each outcome in detail.• Develop detailed activities, needs, and

schedule.• Determine work methodology.• Updates to be posted on the ST-09-01 website

http://www.geo-tasks.org.