EOPOWER – FP7 European project Earth Observation for Economic Empowerment http://www.eopower.eu      

 EOPOWER project is co-funded by the European Commission under the Grant Agreement 603500; THEME [ENV.2013.6.5-2 ENV.2013.6.5-2]

 

 

Training materials for the GEO Societal Benefit Areas (SBA)   Title : 9 Sets of training materials for the GEO

Societal Benefit Areas (SBA)  Creators : Iris van Duren, Joan Looijen and Raymond

Nijmeijer Creation date : 01.10.2014 Date of last revision : 20-5-2015 Subject : 9 Sets of training materials for the GEO Societal Benefit Areas (SBA) Status : Final Type : Prototype Description : 9 Sets of training materials for the GEO

Societal Benefit Areas (SBA) Contributor(s) : Kees Bronsveld, Michiel Damen, Job Duim, Iris van Duren, Louise van Leeuwen, Joan Looijen, Ben Maathuis, Benno Masselink, Raymond Nijmeijer and Eddy Westinga Rights : University of Twente, ITC, The Netherlands Identifier : EOPOWER_WP02_D2.10_materials.doc Language : English Relation : EOPOWER project partner

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As  part  of  the  EOPOWER  –  FP7  European  Project  on  Earth  Observation  for  Economic  Empowerment,  different  sets  of  training  materials  for  the  GEO  Societal  Benefit  Areas  (SBA)  were  developed.    The  objective  of  the  development  of  training  packages  is  to  facilitate  capacity  building  in  environmental  applications  of  earth  observation  for  economic  development.  The  work  packages  target  on  an  individual  level  as  well  as  on  the  level  of  society  with  a  clear  focus  on  (but  not  limited  to)  the  regions  covered  in  the  project.      Task  D  2.31  includes  the  development  of  nine  sets  of  training  materials  for  the    following  GEO  SBAs:    • Disasters  • Health  • Energy  • Climate,  • Agriculture  • Ecosystems  • Biodiversity    • Water  • Weather      For  the  EOPOWER  capacity  building  materials  and  courses  in  environmental  applications  of  EO  for  economic  development  building  blocks  of  3  day  courses  were  developed  which  correspond  to  1  EC.  Students/learners  following  five  of  those  3  day  courses  would  accumulate  in  this  way  5  EC’s,  which  resembles  for  example  a  regular  module  at  ITC,  the  Netherlands.      The  courses  have  a  standardised  set  up  and  include  an  introductory  video  and  posters,  a  description  of  learning  outcomes,  a  course  structure  composed  by  different  learning  units  with  prescribed  workload  per  learning  unit,  learning  materials  and  references  to  additional  information.    The  introductory  video  and  posters  present  in  an  attractive,  quick  and  easy  to  understand  manner  the  state  of  the  art  of  Earth  Observation  techniques  for  an  application  within  a  specific  SBA.  In  this  way,  the  introduction  materials  of  the  training  packages  can  additionally  be  used  to  raise  awareness  on  Earth  Observation  among  the  general  public.  

 

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 An  example  of  the  list  of  capacity  building  materials  for  the  SBA  Biodiversity  is  given  in  Annex  1.    Annex  2  shows  a  poster  for  the  SBA  Biodiversity  as  an  example  of  multi-­‐level  capacity  building  material  (for  experts  as  well  as  for  policy  makers  and  general  public).    All  the  capacity  building  materials  are  currently  made  available  through  the  ITC  web-­‐server  using  the  following  web-­‐link  to  an  interactive  power-­‐point  presentation:  http://menhir.itc.utwente.nl:5000/fbsharing/KGKOZXKU    Unzip  the  file  and  double  click  on  the  index  file  to  open  the  presentation.  For  the  training  materials  for  the  SBA’s  you  have  to  navigate  to  the  following  pages:      

   

       

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ANNEXES  Annex  1:  Example  of  the  list  of  capacity  building  materials  for  the  SBA  Biodiversity

 

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ANNEXES  Annex  2:  Poster  for  the  SBA  Biodiversity  as  an  example  of  multi-­‐level  capacity  building  material  (for  experts  as  well  as  for  policy  makers  and  general  public)