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Welcome!

Earth Observation Training, Education,

and Capacity Development Network

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EUROPE REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

TASK TEAM MEETING

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Erin Martin and Yasha Moz

EOTEC DevNet Secretariat

5 December 2024

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For those who are new…�EOTEC DevNet partners, aim and themes

AIMS

  • Improve collaboration among EO-capacity building providers
  • Foster exchange of capacity building resources
  • Reduce duplication of effort

THEMATIC FOCUS

  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Climate adaptation and mitigation

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Today’s agenda

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Time (CEST)

Agenda item

Presenter/moderator

15:00

Welcome and introduction

EOTEC DevNet Secretariat

15:05

CoP Spotlights

Space Cooperation for Sustainable Partnerships: INTPA Strategy and Opportunities

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Preview of EURISY’s new Disaster and Risk Management Dashboard

  • Cecilia Donati, European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
  • Henry Boeree, EURISY

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CoP member updates and discussion

All participants are invited to share information on upcoming events, new work, and other opportunities

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Discussion topics:

  • What is one EO or capacity development lesson you learned in 2024?
  • What topics would you like to see featured in an EOTEC webinar or Spotlight next year?

All participants invited to contribute

15:50

Global partner/Secretariat updates

  • Staff transition
  • EOTEC year in review
  • AI + Drought events and resources
  • End of year member survey
  • Upcoming activities and opportunities
  • EOTEC DevNet Secretariat
  • All participants invited to contribute

16:10

Summary of next steps and thank you

EOTEC DevNet Secretariat

16:15

CONCLUSION

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CoP spotlight 1

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Space Cooperation for Sustainable Partnerships: INTPA Strategy and Opportunities

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Cecilia Donati, European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)

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CoP spotlight 2

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A Preview of EURISY’s new Disaster and Risk Management Dashboard

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Henry Boeree, EURISY

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Member updates�Any updates to share…?

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Open discussion

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  1. What is one EO or capacity development lesson you learned in 2024?

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  • Do you have any suggestions for a topic for an EOTEC webinar or Spotlight next year?

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Global and Secretariat Updates

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EOTEC Year in Review

2024 Benchmarks: the network is steadily growing

Sample statistics

2023

2024

Change (%)

People engaged in the network

600

1350

+125%

LinkedIn followers

123

1154

+838%

X followers

276

401

+45%

Average views/website post

807

3,147

+290%

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ACTIVE USERS

Flood tools tracker

Aug-Nov 2024

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EOTEC 2024 Benchmarks

CoP quarterly meeting attendance increasing in most cases

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CoP Task Team Attendance, 2022-24

CoP Floods WG Attendance, 2022-24

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  • Drought resilience +10 resources: https://www.droughtmanagement.info/hmndp10/materials/
  • Link to EOTEC EO and AI for drought management side event: https://vimeo.com/wmo/review/1022503031/2b25100135

EOTEC drought-related events

Engagement on drought resilience + artificial intelligence

Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/XUN80R8u5UI?si=5zPofiO7csGOrdQE

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Other EOTEC outreach events

EO4Africa Symposium and EuroGEO

WATCH ALL THE PLENARIES AND SIDE SESSIONS: https://eo-4-africa-symposium-2024.esa.int/eo4africa-symposium-re-watch/

Panel discussion: "Stakeholder engagement; Capacity Development and Youth”

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Poster: Fostering EO Capacity for Disaster Management in Europe

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Call to action�Role of EO in Mapping and Forecasting Natural Disasters

EO College conducting this work with the support of the European Space Agency

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https://eotecdev.net/call-to-action-role-of-eo-in-mapping-and-forecasting-natural-disasters/

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UNOOSA event�United Nations World Space Forum 2024

"Sustainable Space for Sustainability on Earth"

Organized by

The United Nations in collaboration with Germany, United Arab Emirates and Peru

UN-Campus, Bonn, Germany 03 - 05 December 2024

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https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/world-space-forum/2024/world-space-forum-2024.html

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New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Photo of the week: Share your imagery!

**Upload your image to this form**

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https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936

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Opportunities

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Opportunities and resources

SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES

ARSET:

Climate Change and the Oceans, 13 December 2024, Online, in English

Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting CDOP4 Users Workshop 2025, 25-27 February 2025, Madrid, Spain (Hybrid), in English

ISRSE-40 Call for Papers, 17-21 March 2025, Farnborough, UK, in English.

Abstracts due 9 January 2025, midnight GMT

SEEMET 2025 – Regional Training Course, 17 March 2025, Athens Greece (classroom), in English

EUMeTrain Marine Course 2025, 31 March 2025, Lisbon, Portugal (classroom), in English

AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington, D.C., USA (hybrid).

IGARSS 2025 - Call for Abstracts, 3-8 August 2025, Brisbane, Australia (in person)

Abstracts due 10 January 2025

GEO Global Forum, 5-9 May 2025, Rome, Italy (in person), in English

ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, 23-27 June 2025, Vienna, Austria

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Opportunities and resources

PLACES TO FIND TRAINING

World Climate Research Programme catalog: wcrp-academy.org/catalog

International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing calendar of training events: https://www.isprs.org/calendar/2024.aspx

SELPER BRASIL COURSES (Portuguese)

https://selperbrasil.org.br/cursos-e-treinamentos/

EO Africa R+D Facility webinars on youtube: @eoafricardfacility3607

CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org

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CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/

NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe

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NASA’s Transform to Open Science curriculum: https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/

UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0

EO College: eo-college.org.

EUMETSAT training catalogue: catalog.trainhub.eumetsat.int

UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/

WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/

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Summary and next steps

Next Flood Working Group meeting: January 16, 15:00 CET

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Next CoP Task Team meeting: March 20, 15:00 CET

Thank you for being part of the EOTEC community of practice.

See you online!

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!