## 3 Data and Methods
### Development of the Training Workshops Curriculum and the Program for the Panel Discussions  
For the development of the training workshop curriculum in Ecuador, considerations of the specific needs and capabilities identified in the surveys, along with the priorities of the Annual Security Roundtable between the EU and Ecuador, were regarded as critical to its success. Additional considerations of the cultural, economic, and social contexts were also incorporated into the workshop design, including the following:  
* Adjusting schedules to accommodate speeches by high-level representatives, as well as the available working hours of participants;
* Coordinating with local institutions to support organization, reduce costs, and highlight their roles;
* Ensuring all workshop materials were available in Spanish and providing flexible participation options to accommodate participants' work responsibilities;
* Adapting workshop content to reflect local contexts, interests, and prior experience;
* Promoting diversity in participation by inviting participants from different institutions, backgrounds, and genders;
* Prioritizing the use of free-access data and open-source tools to address economic constraints. As part of the workshop design, a curriculum was developed considering the 10 days available for the workshop. Nevertheless, the contents of this curriculum were modified from the original plan, which had been designed as an in-person workshop with a field visit. As mentioned in Section 2.2, a security emergency inhibited in-person sessions after the second day of the workshop. Therefore, from the third day onwards, the workshop was conducted virtually, revisiting the topics to accomplish the workshop's objectives. Table 1 summarizes the curriculum implemented, covering six sessions on CS. Each session included a 2 h presentation by the workshop facilitator, covering the service's overview, objectives, functions, data sources, related Sentinel mission, products, applications, social impacts, and challenges. For CEMS only, the content was divided into two sections due to its extent. The first section covered rapid mapping, risk and recovery, and mapping exposure, while the second section focused on early warning systems, such as the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) [32] (Figure 3) and the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) [33]. In the case of the session on Sentinel data processing, the presentation focused on describing the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) [34] but also explored alternatives such as WekeEO [35]. After the presentation and a break, the workshop resumed with a demonstration of downloading products of around 2 h in duration, where the participants were free to explore each CS in two formats: (1) using the graphical user interface (GUI) and (2) using the application programming interface (API). The latter was possible in all sessions except CSS, a reserved service from Copernicus. Instead, an open-access portfolio of CSS partner SatSEN [36] was presented. Following this, the workshop began with practical exercises of around 3 hours' duration. A brief presentation clarified the problem concepts and exercise instructions, followed by guided problem-solving with step-by-step demonstrations and questions.