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EuroGEO Concept Paper

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The Group on Earth Observation (GEO) is a partnership of 104 national governments plus the European
Commission and 118 Participating Organizations. GEO implements a Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS) and envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations.
To support this vision, GEO has divided the globe into large geographical regions. Each GEO Member belongs to one of the five following GEO regional Caucuses: Africa, Americas, Asia and Oceania, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Europe.
When renewing the GEO mandate for the decade 2016-2025, Ministers have resolved to reinforce the regional component of the GEOSS2. The perception is that GEOSS activities will benefit from stronger regional nodes in each of the GEO Caucuses. Regional GEO initiatives can accelerate capacity building and GEOSS penetration at regional to local scales. They could also help to better address priority needs varying from one part of the world to another.
Three GEO initiatives are now underway: AfriGEOSS in Africa (started in 2013), AmeriGEOSS in the Americas (started in 2014, and AOGEOSS in Asia and Oceania (started in 2015.
This paper proposes a conceptual approach towards a European GEO initiative, called EuroGEOSS. EuroGEOSS shall be the European component of GEOSS.

What is EuroGO?

EuroGEO is Europe’s part of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) - a worldwide network working to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

On 3 July 2019 during the annual EuroGEOSS workshop, EuroGEOSS (as launched on 23 October 2017) was renamed EuroGEO following a decision by the GEO XV Plenary (2018). The other regional initiatives have also made this change.

EuroGEO enables Europe to position itself as global force in Earth observation thanks to the vast knowledge gained through running the Copernicus programme and others.

GEOSS is a worldwide system which aims to use earth observation data to improve the lives of citizens and help governments make good, evidence-based decisions.

GEOSS is operated by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

GEO is a partnership of more than 100 national governments, over 100 participating organisations and the European Commission.

GEO is helping build GEOSS, the global Earth observation system of systems. It envisions a future where decisions and measures for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations.

To implement this vision, GEO has divided the world into five regional areas. Europe is one of them and EuroGEO is the framework to combine the contributions of European GEO members.

You can read more at the Group on Earth Observations website

Source: EuroGEO - About

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