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CONTENTSReport from CEOS Workshop on Developing Country Activties
Activities of CEOS Ad Hoc Working Group on Networks
Second CEOS User Requirements Workshop
FAO Contribution to Developing Countries
Fourth CEOS Ad Hoc Data Policy Meeting
The International Directory Network (IDN)
Report from CEOS Workshop on Developing Country Activities
CEOS Activities in 1994/News Highlights/CEOS Meeting Calendar---This page
CEOS Activities in 1994
- After the last Plenary meeting in Tsukuba the German Space Agency (DARA)
has taken over the chairmanship of CEOS. 1994 is the tenth year since CEOS
was founded after a G-7 initiative. During the last Plenary meeting CEOS
members decided in a strategy debate to focus CEOS to uniquely suited activities
which are not possible outside the CEOS framework. Nevertheless many ongoing
and selected new activities are on the plan for 1994.
CEOS will continue to perform valuable standardization and definition work in its Data and Cal/Val working groups and corresponding subgroups. In addition an Ad Hoc Working Group of Networks is preparing a proposal and a workplan for the future CEOS way in the area of international data networks.
Based on initiatives of the member, affiliate and observer organizations
a) NASA/NOAA invited for an Ad Hoc Data Policy Meeting to Washington, which discussed "Principles of Satellite Data Provision in Support of Operational Environment Use for the Public Benefit".
b) INPE invited to a developing countries workshop to Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil and DARA as the 1994 CEOS host will work on an overall strategy of CEOS toward developing countries including the results of this meeting.
c) DARA organized an User Requirements Workshop in Bonn to continue the dialogue between data providing agencies and users of the systems.
The reader will find more detailed reports about all meetings in this newsletter.
The Dossiers will soon be available on electronic media and via internet (see User Requirements Workshop report on page 3). This ongoing work is performed under ESA's responsibility and funding.
DARA will present a strategy paper to the Plenary to continue the discussion of 1993 and NASDA is working on a Satellite Data Application Report.
The CEOS/IGBP-DIS Pilot Project on Data Exchange is well on its way and the reader found a summary in the last CEOS newsletter.
CEOS Plenary 1994 and 10-Years Anniversary
The next Plenary Meeting will take place in Berlin, Germay, September
26 to 28. The Plenary will be followed by a 10-Years Anniversary celebration
in the Kronprinzenpalais at the afternoon and evening of September 28.
- - Mr. Shushi UETA was designated as Director of International Space-Affairs
Division, Research and Development Bureau, STA, Japan, on May 20, 1994,
succeeding Mr. A. Fujita.
- The office of Earth Observation Systems, NASDA, Japan has moved since June 20, 1994.
Address: Hamamatsu-cho Central Bldg., 10 Floor, 1-29-6, Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN
Phone No.: 81-3-5401-8687/8690 Fax No.: 81-3-5401-8702
CEOS Meeting Calendar
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