Three new, thematic working groups within GEO were formed and Greece is actively represented through highly esteemed members of its EO community.
Dr. Evangelos Gerasopoulos, GGO Director, NOA , Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis – FORTH and Professor Prodromos Zanis, AUTH participate as the Greek delegates in the GEO Climate Change Working Group (CC-WG). CC-WG is convened to develop and implement a comprehensive GEO climate change action strategy to advance the use of Earth observations in support of climate adaptation and mitigation, including as relevant and appropriate, actions related to the pillars of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In this way, the Working Group will support the translation of the Canberra Declaration into concrete actions within the GEO Work Programme.
Dr. Haris Kontoes, NOA participates as the Greek delegate in the Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRR-WG). DRR-WG is convened to develop and implement a coherent and cross-cutting approach within GEO to advance the use of Earth observations in support of countries’ disaster risk reduction and resilience efforts. These efforts include those related to the provisions of multilateral agreements such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. In this way, the Working Group will support the translation of the Canberra Declaration into concrete actions within the GEO Work Programme.
Prof. Dimitrios Balis AUTH, and Ms. Αlexia Tsouni, NOA participate as the Greek delegates in the Capacity Development Working Group (CD-WG). CD-WG is convened to facilitate GEO’s efforts on capacity development, promoting the principle of co-creation and providing conceptual support to the design, development, implementation and evaluation of capacity development activities at various levels of intervention. In this way, the Working Group will support the translation of the Canberra Declaration into concrete actions within the GEO Work Programme.
Terms of References will remain in effect for the period of the 2020-2022 GEO Work Programme.
