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Maurice Borgeaud, Stephen CoulsonDirectorate of Earth Observation ProgrammesEuropean Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN)

“Space in support of International Development Aid/Cooperation” (Space for IDA)ESA/World Bank/Asian Development Bank

“Working Internationally in EO” : 01 July 2019, London, UK.


Satellites

28 under

development

13 in operation

Develop World-class Earth Observation systems

addressing scientific & societal challenges with

European and Global partners


ESA EO Programme Cornerstones

Future EOFutureEO-1

Customised EOInCubed+, GDA, Altius, TRUTHS

Basic ActivitiesEarthnet, Heritage Data Programme, DPTD

“Different parts of one single Tree”

Operational EOCopernicus 4.0


Current Activities

World Bank, Dec 2015

Asian Development Bank, Nov 2016

• 65+ small-scale demonstrations of EO-based environmental information in the

implementation of Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects during 2011-15.

International Financing Institutions (IFIs)

Earth Observation (EO) for Sustainable Development

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2016: Agriculture, Urban Development, Water Resources,

2018: Marine & Coastal, Disaster Risk Reduction, Fragile & Conflict States, Climate Resilience & Proofing,

2019: Forestry, Ecosystems Services,

Arusha, Tanzania

Arusha, Tanzania

EO4SD Clinic

• Respond to ad-hoc, short-term, speculative requests for small-scale EO support,

• Can be from IFIs, Aid Agencies, Client States,

• For 24 months, start 2019 -> end 2020,

• Cruising-level capacity, 2-3 requests/month, deliver within 3 months of request,

• Can be for more innovative types of environmental information.

Semarang, Indonesia

Air Quality, NO2, Sentinel 5P

EO4SD LAB

• An on-line Discovery & Development environment,

• Big Data, Massive Computing, Cloud technology,

• For IFIs, Aid Agencies, Client States,

• Requirements (functional, content) driven by Users,

• Rapid, Agile, Iterative developments,

• For 18 months, start mid-2019 -> end-2020,

eo4sd.esa.int

Two Key consultations with ODA Community in 2018 : “ Satellite Environmental Information in support of Development Aid Activities in European Aid Agencies”

• 16 Jan : Current Status

• 11-12 Sept : Future Prospects


Planned Activities


Vision

Implementation Planning

“Transfer and mainstream environmental information from satellites into Development Assistance operations, activities & financing”


Benefits (are being proven)

1. Increased efficiencies &

impact for existing

operations/activities

2. Improved decision-making

for future activities (planning,

policy-making)

3. New / extended

capabilities

(eg. Climate & Disaster

resilience)

4. Improved transparency,

accountability

Costs (are well known)

• Order of magnitudes well-

known, but wide range, diverse

products

• Resolution is the cost-driver, but

data prices falling

Why? -> to improve Development Assistance Operations (DAC : efficiency, impact, sustainability)

https://www.spacefordevelopment.org/library/space-for-agriculture-in-developing-countries/

https://www.spacefordevelopment.org/library/space-for-agriculture-in-developing-countries/


Barriers

• Awareness

Lack of understanding of whattypes of environmental information can be produced and what are the benefits of its use,

• Acceptance

Lack of experience how to use this source of information and a ‘champion’ to promote its use,

• Adoption

Lack of capability to locally produce & deliver this source of information operationally and support users in uptake

Activities

1. Knowledge Development

Co-develop demonstration materials, & do risk-reduction developments for less innovative environmental product types (eg. FCV, Climate & Disaster Resilience),

2. Capacity-Building

Training program for Agencies, IFIs, Client States in the use of EO in operations; co-design and development of methodologies and guidelines,

3. Skills Transfer

Expertise and capability transfer program for satellite environmental information production & analytics in Developing countries.

ESA financing

ODA financing


• Activities to be implemented in a joint, coordinated program of work :

“Space in support of International Development Aid”, 2020-24

• Official Development Assistance (ODA) - Accredited by OECD DAC in June 2018,

• Activity 1, new ESA programme (50 M€), for approval at Space19+ Nov 2019

• Activities 2 & 3, new ODA Trust Funds (WB 100 M$, ADB 35 M$), fund-raising 2019.

Activity Description Responsibility Programme

1 Knowledge

Development

ESA Earth Watch Element: “Global

Development Assistance”

(GDA)

2 Capacity Building IFI’s (WB, ADB) Trust Funds

3 Skills Transfer

Way Forward


UK ODA priorities and Space for IDA


UK ODA Spending

• The UK is the 3rd largest DAC country donor and

has enshrined in UK Law the UN target of

spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA.

• DFID is the main provider of the UK’s ODA,

managing 72% of total spending in 2017. This

share is down from 86% in 2014 and is expected

to decline further to 70% by 2020.

• Greater cross-government collaboration has seen

more budget allocated to departments such as the

FCO and BEIS.

• The UK’s Development Finance Institution, CDC

Group, has an increasingly important role within

ODA spending, channeling up to £700m of ODA

per year for 5 years through investments

• In 2017, 63% of UK ODA was spent

bilaterally, with 37% provided as core

contributions to multilaterals. 26% of that

multilateral spending went through the EU.


DFID’s Strategic Priorities

• The UK’s development strategy, outlined in “UK Aid:

tackling global challenges in the national interest” lists 4

priorities:

• Strengthening global peace, security and

governance

• Strengthening resilience and response to crisis

• Promoting global prosperity

• Tackling extreme poverty and helping the world’s

most vulnerable

• DFID works across Africa, Asia and the Middle East with

a focus on fragile countries or those at risk from fragile

neighbours. DFID has a bilateral aid programme in 32

countries.

• DFID is committed to Leave No One Behind, which

includes reaching the most marginalised women and

girls and people with disabilities.

Top 10 recipients of UK ODA


Potential Relevance of Space for IDA for DFID’s Directorates

Directorate-General of Country

Programmes

Directorate-General for Economic

Development and International

Directorate-General for Policy,

Research and Humanitarian

Directorate-General for Finance and Corporate

Performance

MENA

W. Asia, Asia, Caribbean and OTs

W. and S. Africa

E. and C. Africa

Economic Development

International relations

World Bank

Research and evidence division

Conflict, Humanitarian and Security

Stabilisation Unit

Policy Division

People

Strategy

Finance and Corporate

Performance

Communications


UK’s ‘Doing Development in a Digital Age’ report

• DFID has laid out a vision and approach to become a global leader in digital

technology and development, in order to have a bigger, faster and more cost-

effective impact on the lives of poor people.

• The Department aims to make greater and better use of technology to tackle global

poverty and deliver on the Global Goals, by identifying and embedding good

practice in using digital solutions in aid programmes.

• DFID has also committed to delivering on the vision of the UK Government

Transformation Strategy for digital, data and technology including by:

• Collaborating across government through common platforms, technologies and

systems, in pursuit of the UK government’s policy aims worldwide.

• Making better use of data – to inform delivery of the UK Aid Strategy and Global Goals.

This is with the aim of driving better decision-making in programs and operations to

strengthen accountability, transparency and public engagement.


Relevance of Space for IDA for the UK

• AIMS to further demonstrate the applicability of satellite-enabled solutions for sustainable

development, especially in conflict and fragile environment situations, which are core

priorities for the UK, and which have not been addressed through IPP and other donor-funded

programmes,

• STARTS to build the capacity of development professionals in donor agencies or in those

institutions responsible for delivering the aid commitments of donor organisations (such as

multilateral institutions, national governments and NGOs) to make effective use of digital

technologies and data to inform decision-making.

• HELPS to promote the use of data by local stakeholders, integrating data and digital

technology into government-level decision-making, and the monitoring and impact evaluation of

development programmes.

• SEEKS to establish regional centres and will promote local-level innovation and job creation in

value-adding, data analytics sectors (growing the ‘Digital Economy’).


Thank You for your attention !


Overall Implementation Framework

• Existing ODA financing

elements (eg. GRiF TF)

to be considered as

initial seeding of GDA

for some specific

aspects (Disaster,

Fragile)

• Note also discussion

with WB Development

Financing team (DFi) on

alignment and

complementarity to the

new slice of

International

Development

Association (IDA 19)

cross-cutting

technology theme

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