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By Guest Writer Bente Lilja Bye,
Why – Background
Solving the global challenges requires resources
for science, technology and innovations as well as infrastructure and capacity
building. An important element of this is Earth observations.
Funding of the
necessary Earth observations requires international cooperation. This
particular task is included in the GEOSS work plan as ID-05 Catalyzing
resources for GEOSS implementation.
OECD adressed the same challenge in its
Meeting Global Challenges through Better Governance. The issue of funding was
discussed at a general level, but the (now informal) Working group finds it
necessary to be more concrete in order to be able to do a more detailed
analysis enabling more actionable advise.
An alliance of global programs, ICSU
and IGFA/Belmont Forum and others, includes the issue of cooperation on funding
in their 10-year Future Earth program.
The study is also a combined continuation
of the activities in the GEO Work Plan's ID-05 Catalyzing resources for GEOSS
implementation and WA-01 Integrated Water Information (incl. Floods and
Droughts).
What - Objectives (Goal – subgoal)
The main objective is to identify barriers hindering effective
international funding. In particular address challenges due to the
multidisciplinary character of projects on global challenges. Based on
practical experiences in selected sectors/areas (water) provide advise and
possible avenues leading to more effective cooperation on funding global
challenges.
The project is to compare how common members of GEO and
Future Earth program are using international funding models and instruments. A
near-real-time study of the barrieres and challenges met in the funding process
of selected water projects. A comparison from a historic perspective will also
be included.
Deliverable: An overview of practical and
political barriers hindering effective international funding of S&T element
of solving the grand challenges. Pilot: Water. A list of lessons learnt and
best practices.
Who – the project members and
beneficiaries
This project will be coordinated by GEO and
listed as an activity under ID-05 C2 in the GEOSS Workplan. It will be open for
contributions from all GEO members and Participating Organizations. GEO
cooperating partners such as OECD and private foundations are key cooperating
partners. We are considering co-chairing/coordination of this project by GEO
and OECD.
GEO, OECD, EC, US-GEO, CN-GEO, UNESCO,
Belmont Forum, IGFA, universities, others
When – April 2013 – 2015
i) Project Design 2 months
ii) Project Funding process 1- 3 months
(project seeked funded by private funds, Melinda and Bill Gates, Rockefeller
Foundation and others) overlap with project design
iii) Project implementation 2 years.
Beneficiaries:
Project report can be given to the Global
Research Council so that they can address the challenges that needs to be
overcome in order to better coordinate international funds for science,
technology and innovation.
UNESCO and other UN bodies etc.
Project report shall be given also to the
Ministerial conference of GEO (political level)
Project report delivered to the involved
funding agencies and participating organizations.
Bente can be contacted at bentelil@hotmail.com
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