European Union Satellite Centre 2014 EU SatCen as CEOS
Associate 28 th CEOS Plenary 28 th CEOS Plenary Troms, Norway 29-30
October 2014 European Union Satellite Centre UNCLASSIFIED / FOR
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Agency of the EU Council
HQ in Torrejn de Ardoz (ES) + Brussels Office Civilian entity
founded in 1992 (EU Agency in 2002) 112 Staff Members Main budget
from EU MSs European Union Satellite Centre UNCLASSIFIED / FOR
OFFICIAL USE ONLY Director Toma Lovreni Deputy Director Head of
Capability Development Head of Operations Head of Finance Head of
Administration Head of IT Copernicus Coordinator SSA Coordinator
Training Coordinator Projects Coordinator
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 SatCen Mission To support
the decision making and actions of the European Union in the field
of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) by providing
products and services resulting from the exploitation of relevant
space assets and collateral data UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL USE
ONLY Image analysis for decision making
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Key Primary User of EO
Satellite Data UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Institutional
user with 20 years of operational experience and 24/7 availability
Expertise on handling and disseminating products to various users
Exploitation of EO data essentially coming from commercial
providers COSMO-SkyMed Spot QuickBird Ikonos WorldView Pliades
GeoEye TerraSAR-X
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Example of SatCen Products
UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Surface analysed this year
> 90.000 km 2
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Foreseen role as Service
Provider UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Copernicus Services
for Border Surveillance and Support to EU External Action: Service
Coordinator and Provider of specific added value products
Contributing to the European SSA-SST service provision
function
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Space programmes crucial
in supporting EU Societal Challenges such as Secure Societies EO
User Community more complex and diverse Increasing request for
space-based EO data Utility and use of EO data to be enhanced
SatCen involved in programmes using EO data to inform decision
making in the CFSP framework Key to contribute to international
activities to continue satisfying the needs of a growing EO User
Community Motivation to become a CEOS Associate UNCLASSIFIED / FOR
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 SatCen Vision: To be the
leading provider of geospatial products and services in the EU To
support all relevant development and cooperation actions in the
Space domain SatCen Work Programme: Cooperation to further develop
common areas of interest and to explore possibilities of technical
collaboration: European External Action Service, EU Member States,
European Space Agency, European GNSS Agency, United Nations... In
line with CEOS Objectives UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 To support within our
framework of activities the CEOS work plan activities: Contributing
to the assessment of capabilities, policies and services Bridging
the gap between technical developers and the Stakeholders involved
in the EU decision making process Implementing CEOS recommendations
as appropriate Bringing added value to CEOS dissemination
capabilities Contributions to CEOS UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL USE
ONLY
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Contributions to be agreed
with CEOS: WG on Capacity Building & Data Democracy WG on
Disasters WG on Information Systems and Services VC on Land Surface
Imaging Synergy with the SatCen participation to the Group on Earth
Observations as a Participating Organization Data Sharing Working
Group Institutions and Development Implementation Board
Contributions to areas of CEOS activities UNCLASSIFIED / FOR
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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European Union Satellite Centre 2014 Thank you for your
attention! Pascal Legai Deputy Director European Union Satellite
Centre [email protected] UNCLASSIFIED / FOR OFFICIAL
USE ONLY