COST-ESSEM for Earth System Science Sylvain Joffre Finnish

COST-ESSEM for Earth System Science Sylvain Joffre Finnish Meteorological Institute Chairman, COST Domain Committee for Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) sylvain. joffre@fmi. fi

INCENTIVE : A BROAD SPECTRUM of TECHNOLOGICAL-BASED SERVICES for SOCIETY • Knowledge and services related to Earth System Science at large (e. g. , meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, space weather, etc. ) play a key role in society, aiming to support safety, security, resilience, effectiveness and well-being of citizens and socio-economical activities. ! Developing and upgrading knowledge & services requires solid R&D ! ● International cooperation to cope with scales of issues ● Matching basic and applied sciences; ● Integrated approaches, e. g. coupled models together with comprehensive Observation and Monitoring Networks. => Flexible neutral forum for bringing together relevant partners into a multidisciplinary framework.

COST Mission and Premises • Strengthen European scientific and technical bases through the support of cooperation, synergies and interactions between National Projects and Scientists. • Intergovernmental co-operation under EU Council (since 1971) • 34 Member States + 1 co-operating Country (Israel) • Welcome International Organisations and research establishments from non-COST countries based on mutual benefits • European Commission/JRC can participate to or launch Actions • What are COST Actions ? • Concerted Projects to federate, synergise and network nationally funded R&D, • NOT loose discussion networks ! They deliver concrete results, tools, standards, infras, models, protocols, etc • Involve on average 15 -25 countries => broad pan-European relevance

Relations COST- EC Framework Programme COST Ministerial Conference EU Council COST Secretariat EU Council & EP Decision Consultation European COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) COST Domain Committees (DCs) European Negotiation COST Commission CSO/ESF ion at nt e Mo. U Im m ple Contract ESF Open Call Office COST Actions Research Community

COST Strategic Characteristics • Federates, networks & coordinates through cooperation, in order to optimise intra-European synergy. • Pan-European: cross-border issues + to counteract fragmented European R&D landscape • COST funds coordination and added value, while scientific activities are nationally funded => national responsibility and commitment. • Bottom-up / Flexible: project idea from any scientist • “A la carte” participation: only interested countries • Open to external world: non-COST countries, International organisations, users. . . • Open cooperation between Research institutes, Universities, Agencies, private companies, industry and Users of results. but with intrinsic objectives + integrating multi-disciplinarity.

COST’s Advantages and Benefits • Flexibility: No tedious or heavy activity proposal: just 15 -20 pages No complex legal agreement: just Mo. U signed by participants • Bottom-up: based on needs and interest of the community. No formal programmes or themes => easy to integrate science and user-driven practical problems • Openness: not reserved to big players => Capacity building • Long-term Impacts: Wide-range of actual and potential beneficiaries of results, applications, standards, public utilities and services: several success stories!! • Exploratorium of ideas: for emerging issues (interface between scientific fields), or for paving the way for EC activities/projects.

Focal scientific body: Domain Committee Strategic role of. DCs: - Assess Action proposals (2 -stage procedure with external experts) - Monitor ongoing Actions (through own rapporteurs) - Evaluate ending Actions (with external evaluators). DC-delegates networked beyond COST to ensure coordination 9 Domains of science and knowledge • • • Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS) Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST) Earth System Science & Environmental Management (ESSEM) Food and Agriculture (FA) Forests, their Products and Services (FPS) Individuals, Society, Culture and Health (ISCH) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Materials, Physical and Nanosciences (MPNS) Transport and Urban Development (TUD)

COST ESSEM assets for Space Weather • COST-Meteo was able to support the launch of COST-724 • COST provided additional support to the ESWWs • Provided a flexible platform to cooperate with ESA • COST-724 = Structured forum to promote Space Weather science and applications in Europe • COST-724’s involvement with Meteorological community triggered a specific session at the European Meteorological Society Conference for wider dissemination and contacts • COST-ESSEM has recognised COST-724 as one of its success stories.

COST-ESSEM assets for Earth system science • COST ESSEM DC: 30 national delegates: 50% with atmospheric and/or remote sensing background • Presence of Permanent Observers in the ESSEM DC: WMO, EUMETNET, EMS, EEA, EC/DG-Research => Efficient exploitation and transfer of COST results to wider forums • WMO assigns dedicated contact persons within its administration for all relevant COST Actions => Inter-comparison campaigns, mutual exchange of experts • Relationship with HMEI (Association of Hydrometeorological Equipment Industry)

Strategic Achievements and Successes Several success stories in the past: • COST 70 => ECMWF • 5 COST Actions: WMO standards for radar/windprofiler/GPS data transfer + competitive advantages for participating industrial partners • COST 713 => harmonised UV-index (with WMO, WHO) COST Actions as a forum for preparing EU-FP proposals: Maxwave, FUMAPEX, TOUGH, HYDROMET, EUROROSE. . Cooperation (+ coordination) with: WMO, ITU, WHO, UNESCO-IOC, FAO, EUMETSAT, ESA, ECMWF, EUROTRAC and EEA Two new Actions as support activities to GMES COST-EUMETNET metabolism: COST 74 -76 => WINPROF COST 75 => OPERA COST 716 => E-GVAP SWS => COST 727 + New COST-proposal connected to EUCOS WMO Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 2 (April 2002), p. 150 -155.

R&D Landscape in the ERA Framework EU FPs EUMETNET PROs - Substantial funding - High profile CONs - Limited topics - Closed consortia - Operationality rare - Topics can be specifically designed - Own funding - Only NMS consortia - Mainly operational EUMETSAT / - Substantial funding ESA - Topics limited Eureka - Topics free - No funding - Technological topics ESF - Topics free - Limited funding - Academic topics COST - Topics free + mixed wide consortia - Limited funding - Strong traditions for NMSs - Flexibility of work (basic-applied)

COST customer satisfaction survey: 2007 • COST well positioned to make an even greater impact by extending its strategic positioning to co-ordinate and cooperate more with adjacent, but more downstream, policy instruments, such as the FP, and other European (e. g. , ESA) and national programmes, which are seeking to carry the outputs from the COST ideas incubator, make them into real services or products and take them to global forums. • Amongst international R&D frames, COST positioned as one which is suitable to “new openings in basic research” and “new views to top science”. • i. e. : conduit from ideas and breakthroughs in S&T, which hold a significant potential or promise of substantive downstream impacts.

Strategic potential for the future ESSEM objectives to face the changing R&D environment: - To profile and offer COST specificities vs. other schemes in ERA, e. g. : multi-disciplinary, cross-institutional, pan-European, neutral forum Liaise and interact with the Earth System Science community through ESSEM DC-delegates and other contact persons: - To clarify and advise on format and style of proposals; - To identify what is possible and what is not through a COST Action; - To provide COST’s potential for other international endeavours and initiatives as a supporting instrument and funding mechanism; - To avoid duplication but identifying gaps and complementary potential. Maintain and strengthen the existing coordination between COST ESSEM and international organisations => to ensure long-term impacts Articulate links between various topics for more integrated approaches, solutions and services.

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Earth system modelling O t h e r C O S T F i e l d s

Action portfolio of ESSEM Currently 25 Actions: Distributed grossly in 13 subfields: • • • • Meteorology: 722, 730, 733 Instrumentation/Network: 720, ES 0701 Climatology: 725, ES 0601 Atmospheric physics and chemistry: 726, 727, ES 0604 Geo-space (space weather): 724 Air Pollution and composition: 728, 732, 633, ES 0602, ES 0603 Biogeochemical cycles: 729 Hydrology: 731, 634 Climate change impacts: 734, 639 Marine Sciences: 735, 638 Geodesy: ES 0702 Water Pollution: 636, 637 Ecology: 635