capacity building side-event geo week 2018 monday 29

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Angélica Gutiérrez, Chair of the AmeriGEOSS InitiativeOn behalf of the Coordination Working Group

Capacity Building side-event GEO week 2018Monday 29 October 2018, 13.30-17.30“ An innovative impact-driven approach on Capacity Building (CB) for GEO flagships, thematicand regional initiatives and community activities.”

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– Argentina – Bahamas – Belize – Brazil – Canada – Chile– Colombia– Costa Rica

– Ecuador – Honduras – Mexico – Panama– Paraguay– Peru– United States– Uruguay

Reflects local, national, and regional interests of the GEO country-members for short and long-term planning, development, and implementation aligned with GEO activities.

Is entrenched in the institutional and technical capabilities of its country members and in the resources of other global initiatives available for the benefit of the region.

Seeks to increase institutional and personal capacity and engage experts, stakeholders, and decision makers in the process of decision making.

Is a cooperative effort of the 16 GEO member countries in the Americas that:

16 Member CountriesObservers: Bolivia, Guatemala

AmeriGEOSS MembersNon-AmeriGEOSS Members

Conceived in October 2014, launched in November 2015

AmeriGEOSS / Background

AmeriGEOSS Initiative is a framework that seeks to promote collaboration and coordination among the GEO Members of the American Continent

The AmeriGEOSS initiative focuses its efforts in the four Societal Benefit Areas (SBA’s) selected and prioritized by the Americas Caucus

AmeriGEOSS / Background

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability Disaster Resilience

Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture

Water ResourcesManagement

AmeriGEOSS Week-2016• Americas Caucus Meeting – June 7-8, 2016

• Participants: Colombia, United States, Canada, Belize, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, and GEO Secretariat

• Four concurrent training sessions focused on capacity building and bringing GEO global initiatives to the region – June 7-10, 2016

• GEOGLAM • GEONETCast and Introduction to

Geostationary Observational Environmental Satellite – R Series (GOES-R)

• GEOGLOWS• Disaster Risk Reduction and Synthetic

Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications• ~170 participants in total

Training sessions organized by GEO-Colombia and CIEHLYC, and hosted by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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GNC-A stations, credit Diego Souza from CPTEC/INPE

The near real-time, global network of satellite-based data dissemination systems is designed to distribute space-based, airborne and in situ data, metadata, and products to diverse communities lacking in high speed internet access.

80+ Stations as of 5/30/2018

Operational StationsInstallations in ProgressEMUMETCast-Americas ConvertingIn Consideration by OrganizationAcquiring Equipment

Foundational Task

Access to EO Resources

How is the content, modality of the CB• CB activities are connected to

activities of the Global Initiatives and Flagships in the region.

• Methodologies driven by the activities of the global and local organizations.

• Materials developed are driven by the activities.

• AmeriGEOSS week in partnership with research and academic institutions who provide the facilities for the event and certify the courses.

• Target Audience • Government organizations • Academia from partner University

• Sometimes supply driven, sometimes joint development

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Earth Observations for Impact

GEO SYMPOSIUM 2018#EO4IMPACT18

Climate Cross-Cutting AmeriGEOSS Platform

Outreach •Workshops • Training •

Connections to flagships and Global Initiatives

• .Agriculture Disasters

• Establish ecosystem services• Project Pole to Pole (MBON)• Bon-in-a-box • EO4SDGs• Data Mobilization

Biodiversity & EcosystemsWater

• Expand Crop Monitor to all countries

• Increase the number of crops monitored

Foundational Task

Capacity Building

• Establish Working Group• Flood & Landslide–Integrate

Models and Monitoring• Earthquakes & Tsunamis–

Expand GNSS & SAR• Volcanos–integrate SAR &

LIDAR

• Hydro-forecasting Activities under GEOGLOWS

• Develop Water SDG Indicators

• Mobilize data and tools for Water use/stressors, availability and Quality

Infrastructure • Data • Tools • Services

• Funding: In-kind contribution from hosting country/Research Institution

• Instructors from International organizations and funded by the organization.

• Government institutions fund their staff, or the participants pay for their way to the event.

• Our courses are of very high quality provided by experts in the field.

• Institutions engaged in courses usually are also involved in the GEO Global activities.

• __________________________• The diverse background of GEO

Principals makes difficult sometimes to advance GEO activities.

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About AmeriGEOSS Initiatives | Data | Tools | Products | Services | Resources |

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Find Water DataWater Variables

Explore Social, Economic and Environmental , Reports, Information, Indicators…..and More

Water Reports & Indicators

Use maps, applications and other analytical tools

CEOS Water Portal

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AmeriGEOSS / Implementing Regional GEOSSLeveraging Systems & Emerging Technologies

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Angélica Gutiérrez-Magness, Chair of the AmeriGEOSS Initiative

CB side-event GEO week 2018Monday 29 October 2018, 13.30-17.30

“ An innovative impact-driven approach on Capacity Building (CB) for GEO flagships, thematicand regional initiatives and community activities.”

capacity building side-event geo week 2018 monday 29

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