The GEO Programme Board
The GEO Programme Board was established as part of the development of the GEO Strategic Plan 2016 - 2025 and approved at the Mexico City Ministerial Summit in November, 2015.
The Programme Board oversees the establishment of the multi-year GEO Work Programmes and works to align proposed activities with GEO priorities and committed resources. The Programme Board reports to the GEO Executive Committee and Plenary. GEO Members and Participating Organizations nominate representatives to the Programme Board.
Three Participating Organizations from the Programme Board have Observer seats on the Executive Committee to represent views of Participating Organizations. Programme Board Observers to the Executive Committee in 2016 are: the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Members of the Board dialogue with contributors to the GEO Work Programmes, connecting ideas and contributions to GEO’s Strategic Objectives to advocate, engage and deliver Earth observation data and information, as well as to support the use of the newly established four Implementation Mechanisms for GEO activities:
- Foundational tasks
- Community activities
- GEO Initiatives
- GEO Flagships
Members of the Board also dialogue with the wider GEO community and external stakeholders to broaden support for the realization the GEO Work Programme. Members of the GEO community are welcome to contact members of the Programme Board or the co-chairs.
The Terms of Reference of the Programme Board can be found on pages 7 to 9 of the Rules of Procedure
The GEO Secretariat's contact for Programme Board matters is Douglas Cripe.
1st GEO Programme Board Meeting [2-3 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland]
1st Programme Board meeting participants in Geneva.Presentations
- Expectations for the GEO Programme Board
- GEO Programme Board Terms of Reference
- Programme Board Co-Chair candidates
- ID-Board: lessons learned
- IN-Board: lessons learned
- GEOSS Data Sharing: Achievements, lessons learned and way forward
- The GEOSS Data Management Principles Implementation Guidelines
- Monitoring & Evaluation 2016-2025
- GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025: Implementing GEOSS - Achieving a common understanding
- The GEO 2016 Work Programme
- Programme Board Results - day 1
- Timeline future meetings
Outcomes
Reports
2nd GEO Programme Board Meeting [5-6 May 2016, Geneva, Switzerland]
Report
Outcomes
Presentations
- Subgroup 1 report: Template for GEO Work Programme 2017-2019 Application
- Subgroup 2 report: Foundational Tasks structure review and recommendations
- Subgroup 3 report: Monitoring & Evaluation
- Subgroup 4 report: Science and Technology
- Subgroup 5 report: Initial cross-read of initiatives in GEO WP2016
- Subgroup 6 report: Mentoring Community Activities
Documents
- Draft agenda
- 36st Executive Committee draft report
- Programme Board Summary report given at the 36st Executive Committee meeting
- 2016 Work Programme objectives and programme structure
- The GEO Science and Technology Roadmap (status report from 17th STC meeting, 2 September 2011)
- Subgroup 4 report: Science & Technology
- Draft branding guidelines
- Subgroup 2 report: Foundational Tasks structure review and recommendations
- GEO Performance Indicator Methodology (M&E)
- Sign up for Community Activities
- Subgroup 5 report: Cross read of Initiatives in GEO Work programme
- Overview of Implementation mechanisms and Criteria
- List of proposed contributions
3rd GEO Programme Board Meeting [7-8 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland]
Presentations
Monitoring & Evaluation
Foundational Tasks
The GEO-XIII Plenary Session
GEO Initiatives
Outcomes
SDGs
2017-2019 Work Programme
5th GEO Programme Board Meeting [1-2 February 2017, Geneva, Switzerland]
Agenda & Documents
- 01 - Agenda
- 02 - GEO Programme Board co-chairs, PO observers and term length lottery: Processes and outcomes
- 03 - 2017 Programme Board roster
- 04 - 2016 GEO Programme Board - Lessons Learned
- 05 - 2017 Milestones
- 06 - Supporting Sustainable Development Goals – an Analysis of the GEO 2017-2019 Work Programme
- 07 - GEO Initiative: Earth Observations in Service of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Strategic Plan
- 08 - GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025: Implementing GEOSS
- 09 - Concept for GEO Work Programme Symposium
- 10 - GEO Strategic Plan 2016-2025: Implementing GEOSS - Reference Document
- 11 - Key Performance Indicators
Presentations
- GEO Executive Committee and the GEO Programme Board Priorities and expectations for 2017. (Robert-Jan Smits)
- Building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) (Barbara Ryan)
Outcomes
6th GEO Programme Board Meeting [23-24 May 2017, Athens, Greece]
Outcomes
Agenda & logistics
Documents
- 02 - Programme Board Plan of Work
- 03 - Data Sharing & Data Management in the GEO WP
- 04 - Capacity Building in the GEO WP
- 05 - Report Subgroup 1 - SDGs
- 06 - Draft Note on the development of the GEO Work Plan Symposium in the longer term
- 07 - GEO Engagement Priorities
- 08 - UN Agenda for Sustainable Development
- 09 - Paris Agreement (En)
- 10 - Sendai Framework for DRR
- 11 - Analysis of 2017-2019 GEO WP: Supporting Sustainable Development Goals
- 12 - EO Supporting 2030 Agenda
- 13 - Subgroup 3 report: GEOSS Indicators: Implementation Overview
Presentations
7th GEO Programme Board Meeting [30-31 Aug 2017, Geneva, Switzerland]
Outcomes and Actions
Documents
- Agenda
- 02 - Programme Board Plan of Work
- 03 - excerpt_ExCom 41_02_Draft Report of the 40th Executive Committee Meeting
- 04 - SDG Coordination Across GEO Work Programme Activities
- 05 - excerpt Draft Report of GEO-XIII (V.2)
- 06 - 2017-2019 WP update
- 07 - Trends in integrated global Earth observing systems
- 08 - ExCom40_10_GEO Secretariat Review of the 2017 Work Programme Symposium
- 09 - ExCom40_11_Work Programme Symposium - Future Orientation
Presentations
Members
| Member | Contact Name | Role | Email Address |
| Australia | Jonathon Ross | Principal | |
| Australia | Andy Steven | Alternate | |
| Canada | Cathy Nielsen | Principal | |
| Canada | Marie-Josée Bourassa | Alternate | |
| China | Pengde Li | Principal | |
| China | Xingfa Gu | Alternate | |
| China | Xinming Tang | Alternate | |
| Colombia | Maria Correa Olarte | Principal | |
| Colombia | Martha Patricia Poveda | Alternate | |
| European Commission | Alessandro Annoni | Principal | |
| European Commission | Massimo Craglia | Alternate | |
| France | Thierry Ranchin | Principal | |
| Germany | Carsten Dettmann | Principal | |
| Germany | Thorsten Büßelberg | Alternate | |
| Germany | Martin Lenk | Alternate | |
| Ghana | Amos Kabo-Bah | Principal | |
| Greece | Evangelos Gerasopoulos | Principal | |
| Israel | Eyal Ben Dor | Principal | |
| Italy | Enrico Brugnoli | Principal | |
| Italy | Michele Munafò | Alternate | |
| Italy | Stefano Nativi | Alternate | |
| Italy | Nicola Pirrone | Alternate | |
| Italy | Stefano Salvi | Alternate | |
| Japan | Osamu Ochiai | Co-Chair | |
| Japan | Hiroyuki Muraoka | Alternate | |
| Norway | Bente Lilja Bye | Principal | |
| South Africa | Imraan Saloojee | Principal | |
| United Kingdom | Heiko Baltzer | Principal | |
| United Kingdom | Stuart Marsh | Alternate | |
| United States | Ivan Deloatch | Co-Chair | |
| United States | Linnae Avallone | Alternate | |
| United States | Yana Gevorgyan | Alternate |
Participating Organizations
| Participating Organization | Contact Name | Role | Email Address |
| CEOS* | Kerry Sawyer | Principal | |
| CEOS* | Steven Hosford | Alternate | |
| COSPAR | David Halpern | Principal | |
| ESA | Ivan Petiteville | Co-Chair | |
| ESIP | Kathleen Fontaine | Principal | |
| ESIP | Erin Robinson | Alternate | |
| GODAN | Ruthie Musker | Principal | |
| GODAN | Suchith Anand | Alternate | |
| GRSS | Anthony Milne | Principal | |
| GRSS | Melba Crawford | Alternate | |
| IAG | Richard Gross | Principal | |
| IEEE* | Siri-Jodha Khalsa | Principal | |
| IEEE* | René Garello | Alternate | |
| IOC | Albert Fischer | Principal | |
| ITC | Freek Van Der Meer | Principal | |
| IUGG | Michael Sideris | Principal | |
| OGC | Mark Reichardt | Principal | |
| POGO | Sophie Seeyave | Principal | |
| POGO | Francisco Chavez | Alternate | |
| SWF | Krystal Wilson | Principal | |
| WDS | Arona Diedhiou | Principal | |
| WMO | Wenjian Zhang | Principal | |
| WMO | Lars-Peter Riishojgaard | Alternate |
* Observer seat on the Executive Committee
8th GEO Programme Board Meeting [31 Jan-1 Feb 2018, Geneva, Switzerland]
Presentations
Session 1: Start-up
Session 2: WP support for Policy Initiatives
- Paris Agreement: Reflections on Comments - Subgroup 1
- Sendai Framework - UNISDR
- SDGs
- UNCCD - LDN initiative
- Update on Emerging Successes
Session 3: Leveraging Regional Initiatives
Session 4: Monitoring WP Implementation
- Indicator data collection process
- GEO Work Programme Symposium survey results
- Work Programme Monitoring Sub-group Terms of Reference
Session 5: Identifying WP opportunities for Commercial Sector
Session 6: Sustainable Earth Observations
- Assessment of the Adequacy of GEOSS Observations
- GEOSS In-situ Earth Observation Resources: the coordination landscape
Session 7: Next Steps and Wrap-up
- PB response to former PB co-chair T. Haigh (EEA) recommendations
- 8th Programme Board outcomes and actions (draft)
Documents
- Agenda
- 02 - Lead Co-Chair Goals and Objectives for 2018
- 03 - Draft Report 41st Executive Committee Meeting
- 04 - Draft Report 42nd Executive Committee Meeting
- 05 - Draft Report of GEO-XIV
- 06 - GEO Paris Agreement Workshop - Concept Note
- 07 - DRAFT GEO Initiative on Land Degradation Neutrality
- 08 - "Outreach to Regional GEOSS" Programme Board subgroup ToR
- 09 - GEO Work Programme monitoring report
- 09b - GEO Work Programme symposium interest survey
- 10 - GEO Highlights 2016-2017
- 11 - COSPAR Roadmap for GEOSS
- 12 - Programme Board: Draft 2018 Plan of Work