CEOS WGISS Preliminary Workshop on Data Access and Integration: Global and Regional SDI and Client Perspectives 8-9 May 2000, Canberra

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CEOS WGISS Preliminary Workshop on Data Access
and Integration Global and Regional SDI and
Client Perspectives8-9 May 2000, Canberra

• ESCAP Regional Space Applications Programme
• by WU Guoxiang
• Space Technology Applications Section
• United Nations ESCAP
• ltwugu_at_un.orggt

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UNISPACE III recommendations

• Worldwide environmental monitoring strategy for
  long-term global observations, building on
  existing capabilities
• Actions to
• Increase and facilitate use of remote sensing
  data
• Enhance coordination remote sensing systems to
  increase access to imagery
• Make remote sesing data more affordable
• Integrated, global system for natural disaster
  mitigation, relief and prevention

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Second Ministerial Conference on Space
Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia
and the Pacific Second phase of Regional Space
Applications Programme for Sustainable
Development(RESAP II)

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First Ministerial Conference and RESAP

• Regional Remote Sensing Project (RRSP), 1983
• Integrated applications of GIS and remote sensing
  for sustainable natural resurces and environment
  management, 1990
• Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for
  Development, 1994
• 1st phase of Regional Space Applications
  Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP)

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RESAP Three-tier Mechanism

• Intergovernmental Consultative Committee
• Regional Working Groups
• Remote sensing, GIS and satellite-based
  positioning
• Satellite communication applications
• Meteorological satellite applications and natural
  hazards monitoring
• Space science and technology applications
• Regional Information Service and the Education
  and Training Network

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RESAP Activities since 1994

• National capacity building oriented
• 20 seminars/workshops 1000 from 48 countries
• 80 mid-term fellowships
• 45 long-term fellowships
• 50 publications
• 9 pilot projects
• 18 task forces
• 3 policy studies

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Pilot scale feasibility study on an Earth space
information network

• Long-term objective Operational Earth space
  information network
• Immediate objective Pilot-scale Earth space
  information network over Internet
• To meet requirement
• better access to metadata and browser files
• more equitable distribution of data
• ready access to data for sustainable development
  and natural hazards

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Second Ministerial Conference on Space
Applications

• Taking into account recommendations of UNISPACE
  III
• Delhi Declaration launched the second phase of
  Regional Space Applications Programme for
  Sustainable Development
• Strategy and Action Plan as overall guidance for
  implementation of RESAP II

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Objective of RESAP II

• Focus on optimizing human and financial resources
• Promote applications of space technology
• Promote integration of space applications with
  sustainable development planning
• Enhance regional cooperation

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Recommendations of Ministrerial Conference for
RESAP II

• Executed under existing but strengthened network
• Facilitate equitable sharing of benefits of space
  technology development and applications
• Least developed countries be involved and
  provided with opportunities
• Structured Minimum Common Programme (MCP)
• Core of RESAP II
• Minimum number of common denominator projects
• Cover possible most countries
• Synergize efforts to essential elements

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Recommendations for RESAP II -- Minimum
Common Programme

• Environment and natural resource management
• Food security and agriculture systems
• Capacity building
• Human resource development and education
• Poverty alleviation
• Natural disaster reduction
• Health care and hygiene
• Sustainable development planning

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Recommendations for RESAP II -- Minimum
Common Programme

• Promote operationalization of space applications
• - Human resource development
• - Involvement of private sector, industry and
• academia
• - Strengthening of institutional frameworks
• - Improvement of national coordination
• mechanisms
• - Emphasis on awareness of decision makers

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Recommendations for RESAP II -- Minimum
Common Programme

• Encourage establishment of regional spatial
  information infrastructure for sustainable
  development planning
• Space technology for develop spatial information
  network at both regional and national level

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Recommendations for RESAP II Technology
cooperation projects

• Joint regional small satellite programme
• Joint development of common payloads for small
  satellites
• Development of inexpensive ground receiving
  stations and data processing hardware and software

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Preparation activities on implementation of RESAP
II

• Regional Seminar on Development of Space
  Technology Applications for RESAP II
• Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Space Applications
  on the Minimum Common Programme
• To identify common denominator projects (CDPs)
  under MCP

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Proposed common denominator projects under MCP

• Development and applications of a multi-purpose
  environmental and natural resources information
  base for food security and sustainable
  development in ESCAP region
• Promoting regional cooperation for integrated
  coastal zone management
• Enhancing capacities for urban and rural
  development planning
• Disaggregated poverty mapping for Asia-Pacific
  region
• Capacity-building for disaster management

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Proposed common denominator projects under MCP

• Integrated land and water resources management
• Crop monitoring and agricultural production
  forecasting
• Potential offshore fishery area forecasting and
  inland aquaculture Planning
• Groundwater potential mapping and identification
  of recharge zones
• Environmental monitoring and analysis for health
  care and hygiene

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Proposed common denominator projects under MCP

• Development of multi-media materials for
  interactive tele-education
• Telemedicine for rural population
• Technology cooperation for development of
  inexpensive ground-receiving and processing
  stations for meteorological satellites direct
  broadcast data
• Joint cooperative research on precision farming
• Joint cooperative research on cropping system
• Joint research on monsoon

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Self-sustaining regional cooperative and
supporting mechanism

• Regional level
• more national contact points for Regional Working
  Groups
• National level
• greater involvement of academia in RD, and
  commercial applications
• involvement of private sector industry
• Promoting integration of space applications with
  development planning

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Self-sustaining regional cooperative and
supporting mechanism

• Regional
• Identifying partners
• Meet both development paradigms and focus of
  funding institutions and development agencies and
  common requirements of the countries
• National
• National projects priority and requirement
• In-kind contributions

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Conclusion

• RESAP has established a three-tier regional
  cooperation network
• RESAP II will be implemented on the existing but
  strengthened network
• Cooperate with all interested funding
  institutions and development agencies to
  establish a self-sustaining mechanism for the
  implementation of RESAP II