Scientific Data Cooperation on Progress Assessment of the UN MDGs – the UN

GAID e-SDDC Phase II

Prof. Liu Chuang (IGSNRR/CAS, BNU, China)Mr. Paul Uhlir, J.D. (NAS, USA)

Co-Chairs of Executive Committee of UN GAID e-SDDC

4th US-China Roundtable Meeting on Scientific Data Cooperation 20-30 March 2010, Irvine, California, USA

UN GAID e-SDDC Launched on 7 May 2007 at Atibaia, Brazil

Strategy for Implementation in Phase I: 2007-2009: Networking: Build a Decentralized Network of NetworksOpen Access: Enhance Open and Access Data Policy Innovation: Encourage innovative use data and data mining with creative knowledgeDevelopment: Development oriented and development in win and win manner

Lead Team • Lead Organization: Chinese Academy of

Sciences• Co-Lead Organizations:

– CODATA TGDC (International organization)– CRIA (Brazil) – NRF (South Africa) – CIESIN/Columbia University (USA) – CCIT/CAST (China)– ISC (China)

Action 1: Country-Regional Series of Workshops focused on

Networks(2007)

1. Brazil workshop (e-SDDC, IAP, CODATA joint) , May 2007 (Latin American)

2. South African workshop (IAP, CODATA, e-SDDC joint), May 2007

3. China (Beijing) workshop (e-SDDC, IAP, CODATA joint) , December 2007

Action 1: Country-Regional Serious of Workshops focused on Networks

(2008)

4 Shanghai, China Workshop (e-SDDC, CODATA, IAP joint Action) May 2008

5 Qingdao, China Meeting (ASC, e-SDDC) May 20086 Malaysia meeting (e-SDDC), June 20087 Kiev Ukraine meeting (e-SDDC, CODATGA joint )

October 2008

Action 1: Country-Regional Serious of Workshops focused on Networks

(2009)

8 Singapore meeting (ASC, e-SDDC), June 20099 Mongolia training workshop (APN, WGISS,

CODATA, e-SDDC joint) September 200910 Egypt workshop (CAST, e-SDDC, UoS joint)

November 2009

26 organizations from 17 countries joint the networks

Action 2: Support UN decision Makers (Serve UNPAN)

UNPAN – UN Public Administration Network

9 reports and recommendations from e-SDDC were accepted and archived by UNPAN, which is managed by UNDESA

Action 2: Support UN decision Makers (Serve UN-SPIDER)

UN-SPIDER: United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response

e-SDDC supports UN for Haiti Earthquake Rescue

• Chen Yuntai Report on earthquake reported to UN one week after the event

• Three datasets transferred to UN-SPIDER based on the data mining from Geoeye (0.4m), Google Earth and the No.1 Beijing satellites data

Aca

Frase river base：• 98 New

landslides （ area: 55345m2)

• 35 expanded landslides: （ area: 40585m2）

SD Supports the UN MDGs in Great Mekong Subregion

泰国一级水系

泰国二级水系

Gold Triangle:

The world‘s largest drug producing area, the annual opium output is about 3,000 tons, covers about 20 million square kilometers.

UN GAID e-SDDC Phase II: 2010-2012

Focus: Scientific data for support UN MDGs in regional level (cross countries), with the progress assessment methodology (in time series)

Action planed in 2010 :

1. June 2010, Manila Philippines Meeting focus on Asia cases and Data Sharing System

2. October 2010, South Africa meeting focus on Africa cases and data sharing system

3. October 2010, Shanghai, China meeting focus on the regional cases in the worldwide

4. Guidelines of Scientific Data Supporting the UN MDGs

Thanks！