GEO 2009-2011 WORK PLAN

1 BUILDING AN INTEGRATED GEOSS

1.1 ARCHITECTURE

AR-09-01: GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

AR-09-02: Interoperable Systems for GEOSS

AR-09-03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems

AR-09-04: Dissemination and Distribution Networks

AR-06-11: Radio Frequency Protection

1.2 DATA MANAGEMENT

DA-06-01: GEOSS Data Sharing Principles

DA-09-01: Data Management

DA-09-02: Data Integration and Analysis

DA-09-03: Global Data Sets

1.3 CAPACITY BUILDING

CB-09-01: Resource (or Seville Roadmap) Mobilization

CB-09-02: Building Individual Capacity in Earth Observations

CB-09-03: Building Institutional Capacity to Use Earth Observations

CB-09-04: Capacity Building Needs and Gap Assessment

CB-09-05: Infrastructure Development and Technology Transfer for Information Access

CB-10-01: Building Capacity through Outreach and Awareness Raising

1.4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ST-09-01: Catalyzing Research and Development (R&D) Resources for GEOSS

ST-09-02: Promoting Awareness and Benefits of GEO in the Science and Technology Community

1.5 USER ENGAGEMENT

US-09-01: User Engagement

US-09-02: Socio-Economic Indicators

US-09-03: Cross-Cutting Products and Services

2 THE 9 GEOSS SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS

2.1 DISASTERS

DI-06-09: Use of Satellites for Risk Management

DI-09-01: Systematic Monitoring for Geohazards Risk Assessment

DI-09-02: Multi-Risk Management and Regional Applications

DI-09-03: Warning Systems for Disasters

2.2 HEALTH

HE-09-01: Information Systems for Health

HE-09-02: Monitoring and Prediction Systems for Health

HE-09-03: End to End Projects for Health

2.3 ENERGY

EN-07-01: Management of Energy Sources

EN-07-02: Energy Environmental Impact Monitoring

EN-07-03: Energy Policy Planning

2.4 CLIMATE

CL-06-01: A Climate Record for Assessing Variability and Change

CL-09-01: Environmental Information for Decision-making, Risk Management and Adaptation

CL-09-02: Accelerating the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System

CL-09-03: Global Carbon Observation and Analysis System

2.5 WATER

WA-06-02: Droughts, Floods and Water Resource Management

WA-06-07: Capacity Building for Water Resource Management

WA-08-01: Integrated Products for Water Resource Management and Research

2.6 WEATHER

WE-06-03: TIGGE and the Development of a Global Interactive Forecast System for Weather

WE-09-01: Capacity Building for High-Impact Weather Prediction

2.7 ECOSYSTEMS

EC-09-01: Ecosystem Observation and Monitoring Network (GEO EcoNet)

EC-09-02: Ecosystem Vulnerability to Global Change

2.8 AGRICULTURE

AG-06-02: Data Utilization in Fisheries and Aquaculture

AG-07-03: Global Agricultural Monitoring

2.9 BIODIVERSITY

BI-07-01: Developing a Global Biodiversity Observation Network

Appendix a:  GEO Communities of Practice

Appendix b:  ACRONYMS

Annex: GUIDE TO WORK PLAN MANAGEMENT

I. THE 2009-2011 WORK PLAN

II. TASK MANAGEMENT

III. ROLE OF GEO COMMITTEES