GEOCRADLE – OPENDATA TECHNOLOGIES

GEOCRADLE – OPENDATA TECHNOLOGIES

The continuous provision of accurate and timely information through coordinated and sustained Earth Observation (EO) activities is considered a key enabler for informed decision making in response to challenges such as adaptation to climate change, improved food security & water extremes management, better access to raw materials and energy and many more. In this context, large international initiatives such as GEO and Copernicus are promoting the integration and coordination of Earth Observation capacities at regional, national and international levels.

The project strives to:

• enhance the current knowledge of existing EO capacities in the region (through an ongoing survey),
  facilitate the cooperation between EO stakeholders (through a networking platform and several events),
• identify the gaps and the maturity level (through analysis) and boost the maturity of the different countries in the region,
  enable the exchange of EO data (by setting up a Regional Data Hub),
• showcase concrete ways of tackling regional challenges related to adaptation of climate change, improved food security & water extremes management, better access to raw materials and energy (through feasibility studies),
• propose a roadmap for the implementation of GEO, GEOSS and Copernicus in the three regions.

Crowdpolicy members support the creation of digital tools, opendata portal and the creation of crowd related databases