## 3 Data and Methods
### Identification of Stakeholders' Needs and Capabilities  
In the Ecuadorian training workshops, the Annual Security Roundtable between the EU and Ecuador in September 2022 gathered stakeholders to discuss the potential of the Copernicus Programme to address natural disasters, illegal crop monitoring, environmental crimes, and maritime protection. Although stakeholders already use Copernicus data, it was concluded that specialized training was required to fully utilize its potential. With this background, the training workshops were designed by first compiling a list of stakeholders through information from existing literature [30], recommendations from collaborators, and profiles related to geoinformatics careers obtained from the contact directories of target institutions' websites. This resulted in 1883 contacts from ten institutions, who were invited via email to complete a survey on needs and capabilities, detailed in Appendix A. The survey design incorporated the objectives of the roundtable, along with insights from in-depth interviews with selected stakeholders (described later in this section), ensuring that the questions addressed local priorities and challenges in geoinformatics and satellite data applications related to Copernicus. Using this instrument, 76 valid survey responses were collected from eight institutions, with a male proportion of 76% and an average age of 41.5 years. The approach in the Bolivian discussion panels differed, as four pillars--Environmental, Production, Strategic Sectors, and Security--addressed the interests of Bolivia's key collaborators and were discussed prior to the execution of the panels. Challenges such as illegal crop detection, lithium extraction monitoring, deforestation, fires, and flood management were identified as opportunities for Copernicus. However, stakeholders working on these topics were only identified during the meetings, and the talks were further adjusted to align with their interests. Participants were also asked to complete a survey at the end of the panels. The survey design was similar to the one applied in the Ecuador training workshops; however, it was adapted to clarify which needs and capabilities were relevant to addressing the aforementioned challenges. In this case, 18 valid survey responses were obtained from six institutions, with a male proportion of 66% and an average age of 38.8 years. In both events, the survey was provided as a web link to collect information through multiple choice, Likert scale, and open-ended questions about the needs and capabilities in terms of the following topics:  
* Five demographic questions covering gender, age, education, specialty, and institution;
* Four questions focused on experience and knowledge, including tenure, geoinformatics, satellite imagery, and handling software;
* Fourteen questions related to the interest in applications of CS including meteorology and hydrology (Hydrometeorology), risk and disaster management (Risk), agriculture and food security (Agriculture), environmental monitoring (Environment), marine management (Marine; only in the Ecuadorian workshop), territorial security (Security), and processing Sentinel data (Sentinel). Survey data were cleaned by removing zero-variance responses and filtering the \"very interested\" answers from the Likert scale. These responses were then tabulated as percentages to compare Bolivia and Ecuador and to facilitate the communication of results with stakeholders. Stratification by job specialties, rather than by institutions, was chosen to maintain anonymity in reporting the results and to highlight commonalities and differences, ensuring that the training interventions were tailored to address the unique challenges and needs of each specialty. Figure 2 shows the demographics, experience, and knowledge of the survey respondents from both countries.