Activities and Plans for Target Group 5

Planned Activity

Output

Place / Date

User involvementFunding source

Geographical coverage

Dedicated website for the activity

Dissemination

To be announced in the CIPA Symposium in Tapei, Taiwan, 2015

AUTH, CIPA, ISPRSFunded by AUTH

Global

Exchange of know-how, experiences and ideas, invitation to get involved

Dissemination

To be announced in COST-i2MHB meeting in Spain27-28 January 2016

AUTH, COSTFunded by COST

European

Special Session  SpS7 – GEO: Earth Observation and Societal Benefits: Global issues and best practices

Capacity building

Prague, CZ12-19 July, 2016

ISPRS, GEOFunded by ISPRS

Global

Summer school

TrainingCapacity building

Valencia, SpainSummer, 2016

3 EU universitiesFunded by Baden-Warttemberg Stipendium BWS +

Germany, Spain, Greece

Future plans

In general the envisaged Activities include:

  • Mobilize multi-disciplinary communities in EO
  • Provide a forum to international organizations, scientists, stakeholders and wide public
  • Exchange of know-how, experiences and ideas
  • Showcase best practices
  • Promote innovation in use of EO/GEOSS to CH activities
  • Connect CH to other SBAs
  • Provide expertise in extreme/rapid calamities to international organizations
  • Capitalize on previously financed activities/projects
  • Organize expert meetings, dissemination info-days, capacity building workshops together with other organizations (eg. UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, ISPRS, CIPA etc)