The EOPOWER projectEarth Observation for economic emPOWERment

June 2013 – May 2015

Project Coordinator: Nicolas Ray (Uni. of Geneva; UNEP/GRID-Geneva)Project Director: Mark Noort (HCP International)Project Manager: Gregory Giuliani (Uni. of Geneva; UNEP/GRID-Geneva)

GEO-X, EU speaker cornerGeneva, SwitzerlandJanuary 14, 2014

ENV-2013-6.5-2: Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy and society(c) Empowering international economic development through the use of environmental Earth Observations

Coordination and Support Action (Supporting Action)

EC Project Officer: Ms. Jane Shiel

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Project partners

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Consortium map

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Create conditions for sustainable economic developmentThrough the increased use of Earth observation products and servicesFor environmental applications

Effective use of Earth observation for decision-makingManagement of economic and sustainable development processes

What the project is about

EOPOWER builds on six FP7 projectsGEONetCabGEO Network for Capacity Building

BalkanGEONetTowards Inclusion of Balkan Countries into Global Earth Observation Initiatives

OBSERVEStrengthening and development of Earth Observation activities for the Environment in the Balkan areaSEOCAGEO capacity building initiative in Central Asia

EGIDA Coordinating Earth and Environmental cross-disciplinary projects to promote GEOSS

enviroGRIDSBuilding Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development

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1. Roadshow activities to promote the increased use of EO products and services for environmental applications

2. Create a portfolio of potential EO applications for economic development and environmental management

3. Enhancement of the resource facility on capacity building in the GEO web portal (Cooperation with CEOS). Workshop “Bringing GEOSS services into practice”

4. Establishment of local focal points (nodes) that actively promote and provide capacity building on the use of EO for environmental applications effectively and at low-cost

5. Explore the establishment of a high-level forum of stakeholders6. Establishment of a central feedback node

What we will do:

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 Southern Africa French-speaking Africa

Czech Republic & Slovakia Poland & Ukraine

Turkey and Turkish-speaking countries Black Sea Region

Balkan Region Latin America

International organizations

How will we do it ?

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Pilot studies

For sustainable contribution to GEOSS and other relevant international initiatives

Armenia

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• Making a survey of available EO datasets in Armenia, publish them in a Spatial Data infrastructure (SDI) and register them to GEOSS (linked to FP7 EcoArm2ERA project)

• Identifying stakeholders and infrastructures, and moving toward a National SDI.

• Setting up GeoNetCast (and associated capacity building) at the Center for Ecological and Noosphere Studies (CENS)

• Help CENS become a teaching centre of the workshop "Bringing GEOSS services into practice"

• Toward GEO Membership

Pilot study in Armenia

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Thank you

Further information: www.eopower.eu