14 th Afri GEOSS Working Group Teleconference 26

14 th Afri. GEOSS Working Group Teleconference 26 July 2016, 11 h 00 GMT+2 Andiswa Mlisa GEO Secretariat

103 Participating Organizations

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 (Afri. GAM), due 17 -Aug-2016 – GPSDD Collaborative data innovations, due 1 -Sept-2016

4. Secretariat Update • Afri. GEOSS 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-Afri. GEOSS Partnership TF: consideration on the value proposition for the resources Afri. GEOSS 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

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. 5 th CEOS WGCap. D 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 Afri. GEOSS UNGGIM 4 th HLF, 20 – 22 April – Globe. Land 30 side event – Afri. GEOSS in the UNGGIM-Africa Action Plan 1 st Afri. GEOSS Symposium, 27 – 29 April, Zimbabwe – see separate slide on outcomes 10 th GEO European Projects, 31 May – 02 -Jun, Berlin – GEO-CRADLE panel discussion

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 Afri. GEOSS activities in response new projects – Fly the Afri. GEOSS 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 • Afri. GEOSS in the UNGGIM-Africa Action Plan – Officially represent GEO and Afri. GEOSS at events • South Africa at UNGGIM 4 th HLF in Addis Ababa • Gabon at GPSDD workshop in Sierra Leone

5. 1 st Afri. GEOSS Symposium Outcomes • • • Establishing National GEO Coordination Mechanisms Strengthen the Afri. GEOSS Governance Structure Bring Afri. GEOSS 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 Afri. GEOSS • • Afri. GEOSS Agriculture Monitoring (Afri. GAM) Afri. GEOSS Sustainable Forest Management Continue engagements with the private sector and industry (AARSC) Contribution to the GEO Work Programme

6. Afri. GEOSS Implementaion Plan • Developed around the 1 st Afri. GEOSS 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

7. Highlights – upcoming activities • 35 th IGC, 27 Aug – 4 Sept, Cape Town – Pan. Af. GEO 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 / Afri. GAM special session Land Cover special session Afri. GEOSS Workshop: WGLCA Keynote addresses by South Africa Co-Chair and Secretariat Director Afri. GEOSS Steering Committee and possible a Uganda National GEO Day • WMO / EUMETSAT Training course on use of satellite products for

• 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 (Land. PKS) 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

GEO-XIII WEEK St. Petersburg, 2016 7 -10 November, 2016 – Afri. GEOSS 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