Capacity Development, National GEOs and Youth: efforts towards Open Knowledge, Open Data and Open Knowledge Workshop, 2023
Creators: name: Group on Earth Observations
Publisher: name: GEO Knowledge Hub
Year: 2023

description: This Knowledge Resource corresponds to the session "Capacity Development, National GEOs and Youth: efforts towards Open Knowledge" during Open Knowledge Workshop 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.
Capacity development plays an important role in national GEOs as it ensures that individuals, organizations, and institutions can be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge, and resources to effectively undertake their roles and responsibilities within the coordination mechanism for Earth observations (EO). National GEOs are established to ensure effective and efficient coordination of EO-related activities at the national level. They may involve multiple stakeholders, including government agencies, civil society organizations, and private sector actors. The success of National GEOs depends on the ability of these stakeholders to work together towards a common goal.
Capacity development can support national GEOs in several ways. First, it can ensure that stakeholders have the necessary technical skills and knowledge to carry out their roles effectively. This includes skills such as project management, data analysis, and communication. It can also help build the leadership and management capacity of individuals and organizations involved in national GEOs. This can support the development of effective strategies and plans, as well as the monitoring and evaluation of progress towards agreed-upon goals. Furthermore, it can also facilitate the exchange of data, knowledge, and best practices between stakeholders, helping to build a shared understanding of the issue or sector being addressed. This can enhance collaboration and cooperation among stakeholders and support the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. With the rapidly growing and evolving geospatial technologies and the need to grow interest in STEM, the youth are a critical target to spur innovations and creativity. It's important that they are therefore given an opportunity to learn, share and network to be able to grow or sprout new ideas that would benefit society.
This session gave an opportunity for the youth to learn about existing tools, applications and technologies being used in various sectors.
Objectives
Discuss National GEO coordination and capacity development for the uptake of open data and open knowledge.
Presentations
Capacity development

Presentation 1: What are the implications of open data/open knowledge for individuals, organisations and national GEO's (Joost Teuben - ITC)
Presentation 2: GEO LDN experience (Mark Grasy and Bernd Eversmann - GEO LDN)
Presentation 3: UNOOSA - UN-SPIDER and GEO Knowledge Hub - how to leverage Open application in delivering training in the countries (Nina Kickinger - UNOOSA)
Presentation 4: National GEOs - A coordination mechanism for fostering open data and open knowledge (Ernest Acheampong - GEO Secretariat)
National GEOs - Enabling Open Data access, sharing and use

Presentation 5: Experiences from USGEO (Nancy Searby - USGEO - United States)
Presentation 6: Experiences from South Africa GEO (Lulu Makapela - SAGEO - South Africa)
Presentation 7: Experiences from Ghana GEO (Kofi Asare - Ghana National GEO)
Presentation 8: Experiences from Kenya GEO (Charles Mwangi - Kenya National GEO/Kenya Space Agency)
Youth community

Presentation 9: Lost in Space? Not anymore. ESA's Direction Earth/Space as a Tool of Engaging Youth with Creativity and Innovation (Anna Burzykowska - ESA)
Presentation 10: New Generation and Open Science: Top-Down or Bottom-Up (Masoome Chariat - ITC)
Presentation 11: Youth engagement opportunities for big data validation and verification for environmental health science research- the GEO-Health CoP experiences (Andreas Skouloudis - GEO Health CoP)
Presentation 12: Youth entrepreneurship support in South Africa (Tinyiko Ntshongwana - South Africa)
Presentation 13: How young generation is benefiting from learning cropwatch applications and using it in the field operations (Hamzat Ibrahim - Cropwatch National AIR Space Research and Development Agency- Nigeria)