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Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP)Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP)

Workshop on Risk Management, Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid

Point of contact
Andrea Taramelli
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
Via Vitaliano Brancati, 48
144 Roma
Phone: +39-6-50074635
URL: www.isprambiente.gov.it/en

Implementing Partner: ISPRA
Primary Topic: Atmosphere, Emergency, Marine, Security Primary Target Users: Private Sector, Public Sector Primary Target Region: North America North America: British Overseas Territory Type of Action: Building an active user dialogue
Action No.: 2018-2-25
Duration: Last Update:



Day 1: Uptake and Integration

Day 2: Training

Day 2: Final Group Photo

Panama City

Technological University of Panama

The workshop promoted the dialog with key local institutions in Central America and Caribbean Region, aimed to improve and facilitate the interaction between all the national end users and enterprise community members’ representatives. Such dialogue is expected to lead towards the identification and design of downstream platform and services, built upon suitable user requirements.

Thematic Copernicus EMS-based info sessions and trainings has been proposed to investigate downstream market potential in vulnerability analysis and risk management related to extreme weather or climatic conditions.

Potential institutional downstream services have been identified due to user requirements surveys with engaged local communities.

The target users were civil protection, fire departments, settlements and infrastructures management, police force, humanitarian associations, EO SME/industry, UAV services and information technology services.

Outputs and Results:

  • The workshop was placed in the City of Panama, and included around 60 attendees from Panama, Central America and Caribbean, coming from 29 different institutions. There were 14 speakers (online and in presence).    
  • 1 half day of informative sessions on Copernicus program and operational framework focusing on the Copernicus Emergency Management Services (CEMS).  Uptake and integration actions were performed to increase the overall use of Earth Observation based products and services to deal strategies for risk reduction, post-emergency recovery and to increase the resilience to natural disasters.
  • 1 half day of technical training to actively involve the participants, to build consultation capabilities, recollection and use of available data. The use of CEMS services were applied.
  • Requests of the target User Community of more frequent dialogs with the Copernicus Services and the Entrusted Entities: CEMS (JRC) and C3S (ECMWF) representatives.
  • Request of the target User Community for opening a dialog with European enterprises for downstream application development. Through the Italian ambassador there are possibilities to create connections among private and local enterprises (Central America and Caribbean Region).
  • Increased awareness about the creation of the regional Copernicus data center in Panama.  This Center aims to increase digital capacity for the entire region by offering and providing EO based products and services.
  • Feedbacks collected after the workshop through an online survey:
    • Before the event26.7 % of the attendees have not heard about the Copernicus program and therefore didn’t use Copernicus products. From the rest 73.3%, only 6.7% use Copernicus data frequently.

    • 80% of attendees discovered new application opportunities within the existing programs.

    • The main topics of interest of the attendees for future events were Climate Change (73.3%), Risk and Emergency Management (66.7%) and GIS and Remote Sensing (60%).

    • The survey remarked that all the attendees’ institutions/companies would benefit in the future by using Copernicus products and services.