Welcome!
Earth Observation Training, Education,
and Capacity Development Network
EUROPE REGION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
TASK TEAM MEETING
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
THEMATIC FOCUS
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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 Preview of EURISY’s new Disaster and Risk Management Dashboard |
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15:40 | CoP member updates and discussion All participants are invited to share information on upcoming events, new work, and other opportunities Discussion topics:
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15:50 | Global partner/Secretariat updates
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16:10 | Summary of next steps and thank you | EOTEC DevNet Secretariat |
16:15 | CONCLUSION | |
CoP spotlight 1
Space Cooperation for Sustainable Partnerships: INTPA Strategy and Opportunities
Cecilia Donati, European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
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CoP spotlight 2
A Preview of EURISY’s new Disaster and Risk Management Dashboard
Henry Boeree, EURISY
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Member updates�Any updates to share…?
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Open discussion
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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
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
EOTEC drought-related events
Engagement on drought resilience + artificial intelligence
Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/XUN80R8u5UI?si=5zPofiO7csGOrdQE
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”
Poster: Fostering EO Capacity for Disaster Management in Europe
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
https://eotecdev.net/call-to-action-role-of-eo-in-mapping-and-forecasting-natural-disasters/
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
https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/world-space-forum/2024/world-space-forum-2024.html
New feature on www.eotecdev.net�Photo of the week: Share your imagery!
**Upload your image to this form**
https://forms.gle/vBfSfN46wP7ND3936
Opportunities
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Opportunities and resources
SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES | |
An Online Workshop on Climate Services for the National Adaptation Plans, 9 December, 2024, in English |
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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 | NEW! EO College Introduction to Machine Learning for Agriculture, online, self-paced. |
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 |
New Resource! UNDRR - Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (2024) | ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, 23-27 June 2025, Vienna, Austria |
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) | EO Africa R+D Facility webinars on youtube: @eoafricardfacility3607 |
CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/ | NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe NASA’s Transform to Open Science curriculum: https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/ |
UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0 | |
GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events | 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/#/ | WMO-CGMS VLab: wmo-sat.info/vlab/vlab-training-calendar/ |
Summary and next steps
Next Flood Working Group meeting: January 16, 15:00 CET
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!