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Capacity Building Issues

Capacity Building Issues. ADC-3 Meeting Geneva – 3 March 2007 Errol Levy CBC Co-Chair (European Commission). Contents. CBC Developments GEO-III Outcomes GEO CB Strategy CBC-3, 1-3 Feb 2007, Spain CBC-ADC Liaison Committee Co-Chair Liaison GEO Portal GEONETCast. CBC Developments.

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Capacity Building Issues

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  1. Capacity Building Issues ADC-3 Meeting Geneva – 3 March 2007 Errol Levy CBC Co-Chair (European Commission)

  2. Contents • CBC Developments • GEO-III Outcomes • GEO CB Strategy • CBC-3, 1-3 Feb 2007, Spain • CBC-ADC Liaison • Committee Co-Chair Liaison • GEO Portal • GEONETCast

  3. CBC Developments

  4. GEO-III Outcomes • Amendment of the CBC Terms of Reference • Acceptance of CB Strategy (2007-2011) • Acceptance of CBC recommendations on WP 2007-2009 • Approval of S. Africa and UNESCO as new CBC co-chairs

  5. GEO CB Strategy (2007-2011) • Responds to call for a strategy in 10-Year Implementation Plan • Created to focus and co-ordinate GEO CB activities • Reviews current status of initiatives and identifies priority actions: • Capacity building coordination through the GEO Web Portal. • Sustainable infrastructure e.g. GEONETCast • Strengthening networks of experts and stakeholders. • Promoting development of open source software/courseware. • Facilitating development of national and regional institutional capacity. • Engagement of, and coordination with donors. Requires strengthening of outreach activities & development of performance indicators

  6. CBC-3 Meeting1-2 Feb 2007, Tenerife, Spain • Outcomes of GEO-III Plenary Meeting • Work Plan Implementation Guidance • Work Plan 2007-2009 • Task sheets review and update • Capacity Building in other GEO Tasks • CB Donor Symposium – Sept 2007, Seville • GEO Outreach Plan • GEO Ministerial Meeting

  7. CBC-ADC Liaison

  8. Committee Co-Chair Liaison • Personnel • Joao Vianei Soares (Brazil) • Errol Levy (EC) • Alternate: Yolanda Berenguer (UNESCO) • Telecons and meetings • Meetings are difficult to support; regular telecons were agreed in 2006 • Task linkages and synergies remain to be identified (for most committees) • Next CBC meetings to be co-ordinated with co-chair co-ordination and other large meetings

  9. GEO Portal • An excellent tool to serve human, institutional and infrastructure CB activities in all SBAs • Top-level CB “requirements” are being drafted to enable access to: • EO education, training and software resources • Info on CB standards and best practise • CB co-ordination networks and expertise • Means to identify needs and match them to available funding • CB outreach materials, etc • CBC task liaison: Gordan Bridge (EUMETSAT)

  10. GEONETCast • An example of infrastructure and human capacity building; need for institutional CB? • Can the CBC assist the ADC with GEONETCast? e.g. • Identifying CB needs of GEONETCast users • Finding donors for infrastructure provision and training • Provision of open source software and open courseware for dissemination • Etc…

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