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Capacity Building Issues
ADC-3 Meeting Geneva – 3 March 2007
Errol LevyCBC Co-Chair (European Commission)
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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
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CBC Developments
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• 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
GEO-III Outcomes
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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
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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
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CBC-ADC Liaison
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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
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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)
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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…