103 Participating Organizations

1. 14thAfriGEOSS Working Group Teleconference26 July 2016, 11h00 GMT+2Andiswa Mlisa GEO Secretariat

3. 103 Participating Organizations

4. 4. Secretariat Update • Welcome new Participating Organizations • ASREN and ARCSSTEE (bringing number of African POs to 9) • OSS has submitted application – already participate in WGLCA • EO data access survey drafted in partnership with AUSWG, soon to be launched • Resource mobilization • INFRASUPP on research infrastructure policy (DICT) (closed) • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation RFQ, due 5-Aug-2016 • AUC Grant on food security (AfriGAM), due 17-Aug-2016 • GPSDD Collaborative data innovations, due 1-Sept-2016 • H2020 on food security (AfriGAM), due Feb-2017 • Preparations for upcoming events (see agenda item 7)

5. 4. Secretariat Update • AfriGEOSS Steering Committee, 25 – 26 Feb, South Africa • 4 thematic areas: food security and agriculture, water resource management, urban development and forest management • 10 (l) establish Coordination Teams for each • 5 (f) AUC-AfriGEOSS Partnership TF: consideration on the value proposition for the resources AfriGEOSS envisages to be made available through the mandates • 7(h) implement communication flow between Working Group (i.e. CT), Programme Board Members, EXCOM Members and the Cuacus • 8 (i) DICT to focus its work on developing Towards a Coordinated Data Acquisition Strategy for Africa • 13 (s) DICT to consider aspects of its action plan to be developed into proposals for funding • 11(o) establish Coordination Team for Capacity Building • 14 (t) AfriGEOSS Symposium Technical Committee to provide updated draft Symposium agenda to the SC for consideration

6. 4. Secretariat Update • Consultative Meeting of the SADC-GEO Secretariats, 29 Feb, Botswana • identified areas of potential collaboration, recommendations awaiting approval by SADC Exec Sec. • 5th CEOS WGCapD Annual Meeting, 30 Mar – 1 Apr, USA • SAR training workshops in Africa – Zambia, October 2016 and Gabon, February 2017 • ESA-EC Earth Observations for food security, 11-12 April, Italy • Consultative workshop for the development of a food security exploration platform • Exploring the potential around Africa’s space strategy, London • Interest from UK institutions to work with AfriGEOSS • UNGGIM 4th HLF, 20 – 22 April • GlobeLand30 side event • AfriGEOSS in the UNGGIM-Africa Action Plan • 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, 27 – 29 April, Zimbabwe – see separate slide on outcomes • 10th GEO European Projects, 31 May – 02-Jun, Berlin • GEO-CRADLE panel discussion • SASSCAL regional science workshop, 21-23 June, Namibia , not represented • SERVIR West Africa Launch, 14 July, Niger • Strengthen AfriGEOSS network in West Africa

7. 4. Secretariat Update • Call for action to all • Share information on ongoing projects – especially those you involved in to help build inventory of active projects • Include relevant AfriGEOSS activities in response new projects • Fly the AfriGEOSS flag wherever possible • Egypt at GEO-CRADLE North Africa,Cairo • Egypt at Awareness and CB of NGOs & Stakeholders workshop, Cairo • Always look for potential synergies and collaborations • AfriGEOSS in the UNGGIM-Africa Action Plan • Officially represent GEO and AfriGEOSS at events • South Africa at UNGGIM 4th HLF in Addis Ababa • Gabon at GPSDD workshop in Sierra Leone • South Africa at the RAPP Workshop in Pretoria • Share events you about to participate in with the Secretariat

8. 5. 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium Outcomes • Establishing National GEO Coordination Mechanisms • Strengthen the AfriGEOSS Governance Structure • Bring AfriGEOSS into political discussions to inform and influence policy formulation • Promote and Ensure the use of EO Data and Information in decision-making • Confirm the mandate of the Data & Infrastructure Coordination Team and consolidate its working plans (Develop the framework for a ‘Coordinated Data Acquisition Strategy”) • Establishment of thematic coordination mechanisms within AfriGEOSS • AfriGEOSS Agriculture Monitoring (AfriGAM) • AfriGEOSS Sustainable Forest Management • Continue engagements with the private sector and industry (AARSC) • Contribution to the GEO Work Programme

9. 6. AfriGEOSS Implementaion Plan • Developed around the 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium Outcomes and the recommendations of the Steering Committee • Needs to comprise of activities driven by the community rather than just those by the Secretariat • Challenges: • Articulation of available resources for 2017 – 2019

10. 7. Highlights – upcoming activities • 35th IGC, 27 Aug – 4 Sept, Cape Town • PanAfGEO launch • Eumetsat User Forum for Africa, 12 – 16 Sept, Rwanda • Side event with AMCOMET and AUSWG – Implementation for the African Space Strategy • ICRI 2016, 3 – 5 October, Cape Town, South Africa • Side event on infrastructure – exploration mechnaism for appropriate archiving, processing and dissemination of EO data and products infrastructure platforms • AARSE 2016, 24 – 28 October, Uganda • GEO private sector breakfast • GEOGLAM / AfriGAM special session • Land Cover special session • AfriGEOSS Workshop: WGLCA • Keynote addresses by South Africa Co-Chair and Secretariat Director • AfriGEOSS Steering Committee and possible a Uganda National GEO Day • WMO / EUMETSAT Training course on use of satellite products for drought monitoring & agriculture meteorology applications, 24-28 October, Zimbabwe • AfriGEOSS invited to participate…how?

11. 7. Highlights – national, regional activities • RCMRD Activities/Initiatives 2016/7 (www.rcmrd.org) • MESA with AU/EU/IGAD • AFREF Implementation and Installation/Advice of Continuous Operating Reference Stations • SERVIR ESA • Supporting to East Africa Land Administration Network • AU/UNECA Land Policy Initiative implementation • Development of information portals with GEOSS • Development of Digital Vulnerability Atlases with UNDP for guiding policy and interventions for DRR • Vulnerability Impact Assessment (VIA) & Index Mapping for EAC with USAID/PREPARED Project • Data Dissemination of MODIS and associated high resolution datasets to RCMRD Member States including Sentinel • System for Land based emission Estimation for Kenya (SLEEK) with Australian Aid & BMGF • UNGGIM promotion with UNECA • RCMRD Regional Capacity Building Activities • Use of EO for DRR for SERVIR ESA • Land Innovation Learning for Land Administration with ITC/UT & GLTN • Land & Natural Resources Learning Initiative for Eastern & Southern Africa on Spatial Tenure Domain Modeling (STDM) with GLTN UNHabitat • Use and application of Sentinel Data for Forestry with ESA • Training on Implementation of Land Potential Knowledge Service (LandPKS) with SERVIR EA • Developing content on merging Valuation, Geo-information and Statistics to address UNGGIM • GIS/RS application in Ecosystems Management for SERVIR ESA • Launch of Certificate and Diploma programs in Geo-information Technology (GIT) • Training of Trainers in Transparency for Land Administration with GLTN/UNHabitat • Training on MODIS Fire Detection Product and applications in Forestry & Wildlife Management

12. GEO-XIII WEEK St. Petersburg, 2016 7-10 November, 2016 • AfriGEOSS side event on data & infrastructure in partnership with GEO Working Group on Data Sharing and WIGOS, 7 Nov 2016 • Africa Caucus Meeting, evening 8 Nov 2016