WA0607 Task Report

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WA-06-07 Task Report
Prepared by Rick Lawford Presented by Ted
Engman February 13, 2008
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WA-06-07 Task Report

• Short Background and objective (Strategy
  Actions/GEO CB Targets being addressed)
• This task arose from a Workshop on Capacity
  Building hosted by CONAE in
• Argentina in October 2005. The workshop was one
  of three planned and organized by IGWCO and
  TIGER. Task WA-06-07 was initially included in
  the 2006 Work Plan with a Latin America only
  focus. Subsequently the objective was broadened
  to include the excellent work being undertaken by
  ESA in Africa (through the TIGER project) and by
  JAXA in Asia (through the Asian Water Cycle
  Initiative).

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WA-06-07 Task Report

• Milestones achieved to date
• - A small workshop was hosted by CONAE in Buenos
  Aires in 2006 to develop the Latin America
  proposal. Work has continued on developing this
  draft plan, although not all inputs have been
  received.
• A number of briefings and discussions about the
  plan have taken place at IGWCO and GEWEX
  meetings. The latest took place at a GEWEX
  meeting with CONAE staff present in February
  2008.
• - JAXA has developed a set of capacity building
  demonstration projects in conjunction with the
  Asian Water Cycle Initiative.
• - ESA is completing the first phase of TIGER
  activities and established a Secretariat in
  Africa. They are now working with UNESCO to
  determine how these activities can best be made
  self-sustaining.
• - NASA has developed a draft plan outlining the
  capacity building activities they plan to
  undertake in Latin America. This plan will be a
  major contribution to the GEO Capacity Building
  efforts.

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WA-06-07 Task Report

• Expected milestones for 2008
• June 2008
• - Completion and distribution of the draft
  Latin America CB proposal.
• October 2008
• - Completion of the Latin America CB proposal
• November 2008
• - Workshop in Washington DC to inform potential
  donors of CB opportunities in the water sector.
  
• Extent of Participation/Recommendations for
  additional participants
• - New partners, particularly in Latin America,
  will be sought as we move to the implementation
  phase of the Latin America (LA) CB activity.
• - The LA CB project looks forward to having
  more active participation by NASA and ESA in the
  coming months.

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Extent of Participation

• Portugal Portugal is also starting a related
  project with Peru, Bolivia and Chile in
  association with Spain and UK.
• UNESCO UNESCO has expressed an interest in
  participating in the November 2006 Buenos Aires
  workshop and its follow-up.
• Italy (ASI). One of the principal aims of the
  hyper-spectral
• mission is the monitoring of internal water and
  coastal
• areas for the water management. Our direct
  collaboration with
• the Argentinean Space Agency (CONAE), in
  particular with the
• Gulich Institute will contribute to the
  definition and development of
• tools for using satellite data in Latin American
  for water
• management.
• JAXA Through its support of IGWCO and will
  assist in the development of the proposal

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Potential Contributors to the Task

• Germany WTZ Space Coordinator for South America
• Remote sensing in exploration for water
  resources. (BGR)
• Netherlands ITC in the Netherlands and
  Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS) and Centro
  de Levantamientos Aeroespaciales Aplicaciones SIG
  para el Manejo de los Recursos Naturales (CLAS)
  in Bolivia conduct a joint education program on
  GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION.
  ITC and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
  Mexico (UNAM) conduct a joint education programme
  on GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH
  OBSERVATION.
• Both activities can be integrated into the GEO
  capacity building program in L.A.

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Potential Contributors to the Task

• USA Mexico workshop (May 2006) by NOAA climate
  Program and Climate Prediction Center.
• IRI for Climate and Society CB activities in the
  region and to establish climate risk management
  work
• NASA and USGS has made available wall-to-wall
  Landsat data for Central America (SERVIR)

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WA-06-07 Task Report

• Coordination points with other GEO work plan
  tasks
• - This activity serves as the Capacity
  Building component of IGWCO and GEO Water Tasks,
  consequently it is strongly coordinated with
  these activities.
• Potential risks that may impede completion of
  task
• - The lack of resources and commitment for
  supporting a coordination or secretariat service
  in Latin America has slowed the development of
  this project.
• Gaps that have been identified that need to be
  addressed independently
• - The task lead has recently reduced his role in
  GEWEX and needs to find other support to continue
  his work in leading this effort. (This situation
  is currently being discussed with NASA)
• Potential Contributions to the CB portal /GEO
  Portal
• - Opportunities of contributions will be
  explored as Task participants become more
  familiar with the opportunities.

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WA-06-07 Task Report

• Expected products
• - Tools and analysis techniques that users can
  apply to Earth Observation data sets to
  facilitate analyses needed to support water
  management decisions.
• - Training programs to show how to access and
  apply various satellite products,
• - Demonstration projects to show how remote
  sensing data can be applied to water resources in
  various parts of Latin America.
• Expected date of completion of task
• - It is expected that most of these actions will
  be complete with the implementation of the LA
  Capacity Building program in late 2009 or early
  2010.
• Expectations of task lead from CBC
• - None specified to date.

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PROPOSED ELEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
MANAGEMENT GROUP REPRESENTATIVES OF SPACE
AGENCIES AND USER AGENCIES WHO SUPPLY THE DATA,
TRAINING, FUNDS, ETC. (POSSIBILITY PROGRAM
PARTNERS) AN IMPLEMENTING AGENCY THAT PROVIDES A
FOCAL POINT FOR THE PROJECT AND COORDINATES CALLS
FOR PROPOSALS, RESPONSES, FOLLOW-UP,
ETC. (CONAE) ADVISORY GROUP TECHNICAL EXPERTS
WHO PROVIDE ADVICE ON THE PROGRAM, TECHNICAL
COMMENTS AND REVIEWS. (IGWCO AND SOUTH AMERICAN
WATER EXPERTS)
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HOW A CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE COULD WORK
SPACE AGENCIES
ADVISORY GROUP
USERS/ WATER EXPERTS
PROPOSES TOPIC PRIORITIES AND DRAFTS CONTENT
OF A CP.
ACCEPT AGS RECOMMENDATION AND ISSUES A CALL
FOR PROPOSALS.
USERS AND EXPERTS DEVELOP AND SUBMIT PROPOSALS
PROPOSALS UNDERGO PEER REVIEW
AGENCIES DECIDE ON PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED AND
PROPOSE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UERS
USERS SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH LEAD SPACE AGENCIES
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HOW A CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE COULD WORK
SPACE AGENCIES
ADVISORY GROUP
USERS/ WATER EXPERTS
1-3 YRS
USERS/ EXPERTS COMPLETE THEIR WORK
AGENCIES RECEIVE AND EXPLOIT REPORTS FROM
THE USERS/EXPERTS
EFFICIENCIES REALIZED THROUGH BETTER
INFORMED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
REPORTS ON THE BENEFITS OF EARTH OBSERVATIONS
SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE OF REGIONAL APPLICATIONS