SEOCA

GEO capacity building initiative in Central Asia

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Central Asia is an important Europe's partner facing critical environmental challenges. Possessing certain experiences and capabilities of EO data application for solving environmental, economic, societal and other development problems, this region is better prepared for the uptake of GEOSS technologies than many other clusters of developing countries. Thus, the goal of SEOCA is to promote European GEO-techlogies in the region of Central Asia as a platform solution for the regional development challenges. In order to achieve this goal, the following activities will be implemented: - mapping of regional needs, capabilities, stakeholders, providers and planning further GEO CB activities in the region for the period until 2020 - pilot GEO capacity building programme incl. training for stakeholders, reforming educational standards, direct brokerage between stakeholders and providers, etc. - setting up regional network of GEO offices in all 5 countries - pilot regional GEONETCast network - systemic dissemination and networking activities aimed at promoting GEOSS technologies in the region, building synergies with other relevant initiatives. As a result the consortium expects that SEOCA will radically increase acceptance of GEOSS technologies by regional governments for national environmental services, meteorology, natural hazards prevention, geological explorations, etc. Moreover, the project will lay a foundation for long-term GEO CB activities in the region'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Central Asia faces critical environmental challenges that together with partnerships from the European Union may become the ideal ground for GEO technology deployment.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) project found that Central Asia is ideally suited for the uptake of Earth Observation (EO) technologies. It therefore established as its primary goal a platform solution for the region's developmental challenges. Some of the goals attained were a mapping of the regional needs, establishing a regional network that will help disseminate GEOSS technologies in the region and pilot a training programme for stakeholders.

With these initiatives in place, the 'GEO capacity building initiative in Central Asia' (SEOCA) project increased regional governments acceptance of GEOSS technologies for national environmental services, which include meteorology, geological exploration and natural hazard prevention.

It is important to note that SEOCA is a Supporting Action. It was never intended to benefit from its activities in the form of scientific results but rather aimed exclusively at building international cooperation in the EO technology domain. Additionally it can also be recognised for its efforts in spreading affordable EO technologies and encouraging regional development through its capacity building activities.

It has also significantly advanced the goals of the 'Seville Roadmap', a document outlining the importance of attaining resource mobilisation. The significance of this is that the roadmap attempted to provide authorities with the necessary information to best protect society against natural or human-induced disasters and manage energy resources and best responses to climatic changes. In order to do so, on a global scale, this Supportive Action now closes a gap in GEO technology observation networks for the central Asian region.