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GEOSS in AFRICA

GEO Capacity Building Resource Facility Portal Andiswa Mlisa GEO Secretariat CEOS WGCapD 5th Annual Meeting Hampton VA, USA 30 March - 1 April 2016. GEOSS in AFRICA.

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GEOSS in AFRICA

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  1. GEO Capacity Building Resource Facility Portal Andiswa Mlisa GEO SecretariatCEOS WGCapD 5th Annual MeetingHampton VA, USA 30 March - 1 April 2016

  2. GEOSS in AFRICA CBERS Africa, GEONETCast, SERVIR Africa, Sand and Dust Storm Warning System, AEGOS, Wildland Fire Early Warning System, Puma, AMESD, BIOTA, TIGER, SoDa, MERIT, African Protected Areas, ClimDev Africa, ChlorOGIN, FAO-AfriCover, MAFA, ARMC, EAMNET, WATPLAN, AFRIMASON, GARNET-E, SAGA-EO, EOPower, GEONETCab, AGRICAB, MESA, GEO Global Land Cover, GMES & Africa, GEO BON, GEO GLAM; GFOI; Africa Water Cycle, Blue Planet; etc.

  3. GEO Members / Regional Initiatives

  4. African Membership in GEO

  5. AfriGEOSS Initiative Established within the GEO framework to: • Enhance Africa’s capability to use and manage EO for decision making; • Foster the activities of African countries in GEO by linking existing capabilities and initiatives in Africa; • Provide the necessary framework for African countries to initiate mutual activities within the scope of GEO; • Create synergies and reduce duplication. • Contribute to the implementation of the African Space Policy and Strategy;

  6. AfriGEOSS Action Areas

  7. Africa in GEO Governance

  8. Growing Political Acknowledgement • 26h AU Summit, January 2016 • “URGES Member States, RECs, Partners such as AfriGEOSS and the Commission to popularize space science and technology in socio-economic development, mobilize domestic resources and implement the Space policy and strategy;” AUC STC-EST, 28-30 October 2015 “Urge the formulation of a partnership between the African Union Commission and AfriGEOSS geared towards the implementation of the African Space Policy”

  9. GEO Data Sharing Principles • Full and Open Exchange of Data • Data and Products at Minimum Time Delay and • Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction “Free data access” Announcements • CBERS, 2007 (Brazil & China) • Landsat family, 2008 (US) • Sentinels, 2014 (EC) • SPOT World Heritage Programme, 2014 (France) • Shuttle Radar Topography Mission-30m, 2014 (US) GEO Cape Town Plenary 2007

  10. AfriGEOSS Consultations on EO Infrastructure for Data Access & Dissemination • Identify current data dissemination framework for Africa based on the existing infrastructure; • Data acquisition for Africa needs to be institutionalized and coordinated based on the different user profiles and needs to enable data & infrastructure providers to respond appropriately; • Advocate and raise awareness of available data and existing initiatives;

  11. Data & Infrastructure Coordination Team Support EO data (satellite & in-situ) access and dissemination in Africa by identification existing infrastructure, gaps and recommend actions for the community to implement. African Space Policy & Strategy • Undertake a SWOT analysis of African EO infrastructure (data receiving, data processing, data archiving, and data distribution) • Resource optimization of existing EO infrastructure • Identify and exploit other continental infrastructure that enable EO data access and dissemination (e.g. ICT) • Develop action plan towards building EO infrastructures that respond to gaps • Advocate for free and open access of African owned data • ”ACCESSING SPACE SERVICES…. • ensure optimal access to space-derived data, information services and products” • African Space Policy draft document

  12. Earth Observations Capabilities in Africa Undertake a SWOT analysis of African EO infrastructure (data acquisition, receiving, data processing, data archiving, and data distribution). 7 of the 11 satellite receiving stations are Africa owned 4 countries with space engineering capabilities Provide access to a number of sensors through online catalogs and offline access - hard drives Data access policies vary from country to country and sensor to sensor Over 350 GEONETCast stations deliver about 200 satellite products In-situ observations networks

  13. Earth Observations Capabilities in Africa • Space Agencies and Space Institutes • National Remote Sensing Centers • Regional Centers • Research centers

  14. Invitation! 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium Date: 27 – 29 April 2016 Venue: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

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