H2020 Space WP 2018-2020 Call 2019–Earth Observation Synergies with EO technologies Synergies with other part of the H2020 Work Programme

1. Cristina Ananasso
Copernicus Unit
DG GROW
WP 2019
SPACE – Copernicus & Earth
Observation

2. OUTLINE
H2020 Space WP 2018-2020 Call 2019–Earth
Observation
Synergies with EO technologies
Synergies with other part of the H2020 Work
Programme

3. H2020 Space WP2018-2020 Call 2019 - Earth Observation
DT-SPACE-01-EO-2018-2019-2020: Copernicus market
uptake (IA)
LC-SPACE-04-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution – Research
activities in support of cross-cutting applications between
Copernicus services (RIA)
LC-SPACE-05-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution – Research
activities in support to a European operational monitoring
system for fossil CO2 emissions (RIA)
NEW topic: LC-SPACE-05-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution - a
gap analysis to prepare future activities for Copernicus data and
information validation and quality enhancement (CSA)
LC-SPACE-06-EO-2019: International Cooperation Copernicus
– Designing EO downstream applications with international
partners (RIA)
DT-SPACE-09-BIZ-2019: Space Hubs (support to start ups)
(CSA)
moved to "other actions n. 13" (identified beneficiary action)

4. DT-SPACE-01-EO-2018-2019-2020: Copernicus market uptake
Specific challenge:
• the proposed product/application shall be based on user needs
• Synergies in the context of GEOSS need to be exploited where appropriate.
Scope: wide variety of applications using EO data integrated with other technologies or non-
space data (including in situ).
• Encourage the use of the Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS), or other
existing data access solutions.
• Proposals need to address the scalability and cost efficiency of the solution.
• Proposals should be innovative in at least one of these dimensions: market, product,
process or business model.
• A business plan and evidence of user engagement shall be compulsory and shall be provided
as part of the proposal
Expected impact:
• Establish sustainable supply chains with demonstrated commercial value, targeted client
communities, demonstrated innovative technology;
• Demonstrate complete integration into the customer’s existing business processes and
processing chains
• Enhance European industry’s potential to take advantage of market opportunities
Type of action: Innovation action

5. Copern
icus
D I A S P R O V I D E R S
• Creodias – http://www.creodias.eu’ : Creotech (PL) with
cloud provider CloudFerro (PL)
• ONDA – http://www.onda-dias.eu’ : Serco (IT) with
cloud provider OVH (FR)
• SOBLOO – http://www.sobloo.eu’ : Airbus (FR) with
cloud provider Orange (FR)
• Mundiwebservices – www.mundiwebservices.eu’ :
ATOS (FR) with cloud provider T-Systems (DE)
• WeKEO – http://wekeo.eu’ : EUMETSAT, with Mercator
Ocean and ECMWF

6. Exploitation of new potential products and applications in the cross-cutting cases
Scope:
• demonstrate the technical operational feasibility of one specific cross-cutting
thematic application to improve the Copernicus core services capitalising from
the corresponding product portfolio
• Applications areas: energy, agriculture and forestry, health, water resources,
security, resilience of built environment, cultural heritage, coastal monitoring,
urban planning, climate adaptation, biodiversity and eco-system preservation,
exploration and mineral resources, and others.
Expected Impact:
• Enable Copernicus services to better serve cross-cutting applications on
European scale
• Enhance European industry’s potential to take advantage of emerging market
opportunities and capacity to establish leadership in the field;
• Reinforce the link with academic and scientific sector for scientific exploitation
of Copernicus data
• Boost competitiveness of the industrial actors
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action
LC-SPACE-04-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution – Research activities in
support of cross-cutting applications between Copernicus services

7. Specific challenge
• Map the Copernicus requirements for in situ data and existing observations
to find gaps.
• Design an integrated and comprehensive Copernicus in-situ infrastructure
(interface layer) to make the collection of disparate observing networks
homogenously available to Copernicus users and operators in a cost-effective
way.
• Propose a roadmap by establishing an inventory and performing an in-depth
gap analyses in two main areas:
• in-situ data and its use in Copernicus
• IT infrastructures to facilitate the use of the related data within Copernicus
Scope: to devise a sustainable and cost effective Copernicus products validation
framework with the following steps:
1. Establish a complete inventory of the current and foreseen (when possible)
use of in-situ data
2. Perform a gap analysis mapping the Copernicus needs versus the in-situ
observations
3. Gaps shall be characterized by identifying Missing data, Data
accuracy and uncertainty and procedural issues
LC-SPACE-05-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution - a gap analysis to prepare
future activities for Copernicus data and information validation and quality
enhancement (1/2)

8. 4. For the identified in-situ infrastructures the following points should be
analysed:
• the maturity level and missing steps to become operational and the priorities due to
their impact on Copernicus;
• the sustainability of the existing observations, update of observing infrastructure to
cover missed parameters and improve the accuracy of the measurements and the IT
specific needs
• Related ongoing projects (H2020, ESA, JRC, EEA, …)
5. Propose a priority list of elements to be addressed and gaps to
be filled and to propose a potential evolution of existing infrastructures as a
Copernicus interface layer with a detailed roadmap for implementation
Expected impact
• To enable the identified research infrastructures to better respond to
Copernicus operational needs
• To enable identifying missing in-situ observations and to identify processes for
operational quality-monitoring
• Reinforce the cooperation among different Copernicus actors on the in-situ
data network.
Type of action: coordination and support action (CSI)
LC-SPACE-05-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution - a gap analysis to prepare
future activities for Copernicus data and information validation and quality
enhancement (2/2)

9. Specific challenge
• Cooperation with international partners
(http://www.copernicus.eu/main/international-cooperation-data-exchange) is
key to promote the uptake of Copernicus globally
• Proposals are encouraged to use the Copernicus Data and Information Access
Services (DIAS)
Scope
• Proposals shall address a wide variety of applications using EO data integrated
with other related technologies.
• Applications shall propose a “marketable” product in the international partner
country
Expected impact
• Establish sustainable supply chains for innovative EO value added products and
services with demonstrated commercial value with international client
communities
• Complete integration, based on international standards, into the customer’s
existing business processes and processing chains, as well as the economic
viability of the application is to be demonstrated
• Enhance the European industry’s potential to take advantage of market
opportunities and establish leadership in the field and to boost business activity
LC-SPACE-06-EO-2019: International Cooperation Copernicus: Designing EO
downstream applications with international partners (RIA)

10. DT-SPACE-09-BIZ-2019: Space Hubs (support to start ups)
Specific challenge: to increase the number of initiatives for start-ups, scaleups
and entrepreneurs in the space downstream and upstream sectors
Scope: To organise effective initiatives at local level for:
• support start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs
• Initiatives shall be complementary to the actions developed at EU level and
should aim to build bridges between local and European initiatives.
Expected impact
• Generation of new initiatives at local level (such as Incubators, Accelerators,
Hackathons, Appcamps) complementing those at EU level
• Creation of new start-ups and applications (awareness raising activities and
initiatives to facilitate technology transfer)
• Generation of new services oriented solutions allowing innovative financial
support frames
• Growth of the number of start-ups and scale-ups in Europe
• Increase the commercialisation of scalable and cost-efficient solutions.
Type of action: Coordination and support action

11. Other action n.13: Copernicus evolution – Research activities in support of to
a European operational monitoring system for fossil CO2 emissions
Legal entity: European Centre of Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF)
Type of action: Grant to identify beneficiary – Coordination and support
action
The action is intended as a continuation of the CO2 Human Emissions (CHE)
project to peform the required R&D activities identify by CHE that will
support the development of a European operational monitoring system for
fossil fuel CO2 emissions.
All components of the system should be addressed: e.g., atmospheric
transport models, re-analysis, data assimilation techniques, bottom-up
estimation, in-situ networks, ancillary measurements needed to address the
attribution of CO2 emissions.
• Improve on the performance and resolutions of regional scale atmospheric
transport models
• Make a significant contribution helping countries in evaluating their CO2
emission reduction strategies
• Support planning of in-situ measurements networks in coordination with
the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) programme
• Identify the functionalities of a decision support system and discrimination
from other sources – e.g. biomass burning.

14. OUTLINE
Call – Space 2018-2020 - Earth Observation
EO technologies
Synergies with other part of the H2020 Work
Programme

15. LC-SPACE-14-TEC-2018-2019 Earth Observation technologies
Specific Challenge: to mature application-oriented technologies in the domains of
Earth Observation which are expected to underpin competitiveness and
contribute to the integration of space in society and economy
Scope: Subtopics:
a) Very high resolution optical EO for LEO and/or high resolution optical EO for
GEO/HEO instrument technologies
b) Competitive remote sensing instruments and space systems
c) Disruptive technologies for remote sensing
d) On-board data processing
e) Advanced SAR/Radar technologies
 all these technologies can have a deep impact on the Copernicus
Space Component evolution
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action (8M€)

16. OUTLINE
Call – Space 2018-2020 - Earth Observation
EO technologies
Synergies with other part of the H2020 Work
Programme
1. Research infrastructures (RTD)
2. Climate Action and Earth Observation
(RTD)

17. Research Infrastructures
Research Infrastructures include:
• major scientific equipment or set of instruments,
• knowledge-based resources such as collections, archives or
scientific data,
• e-infrastructures, such as data and computing systems, and
communication networks
• and any other entities of a unique nature essential to achieve
excellence in research and innovation
They can be “Single-sited”, “distributed” or “virtual”
When relevant, research infrastructures may be used beyond research,
e.g. for education or public services.

18. Importance of RIs - Why an EU approach?
• To open access to existing RIs located in individual
MS to European researchers
• To avoid duplication of effort and to coordinate
and rationalise the use of these RIs
• To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop
interoperability of facilities and resources, develop
the training of the next generation researchers

19. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Work Programme 2018-2020: 6 calls, 22 topics - EUR 1,1 billion
CALL INFRADEV
DEVELOPMENT AND LTS OF NEW
PAN-EUROPEAN RIS
CALL INFRAIA
INTEGRATING AND OPENING
RI OF EUROPEAN INTEREST
CALL INFRAEDI
EUROPEAN DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
S
CALL INFRASUPP
SUPPORT TO POLICY AND
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
DESIGN STUDIES
(2019)
PREPARATORY PHASE
OFNEW ESFRI
PROJECTS (2019, 2020)
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT TO
ESFRI AND OTHER WORLD
CLASS RI (2018, 2019)
INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES FOR
ADVANCED COMMUNITIES
(2018, 2019)
SUPPORT TO A PAN-EUROPEAN
HPC INFRASTRUCTURE &
SERVICES – PRACE (2018)
SUPPORTING CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE ON HPC
(2018)
SUPPORTING THE
GOVERNANCE OF
THE EDI (2018)
SUPPORT TO PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT OF INNOVATIVE
HPC SYSTEMS (2020)
STIMULATE THE
INNOVATION POTENTIAL OF
SMES (2019)
NETWORK OF RI INDUSTRIAL
LIAISON AND CONTACT
OFFICERS (2019)
STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN CAPITAL
OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES &
E-INFRASTRUCTURES (2020)
POLICY & INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MEASURES FOR RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURES (2018, 2019)
INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES FOR
STARTING COMMUNITIES
(2020)
CALL INFRAINNOV
ROLE OF RIS IN THE TRANSLATION
OF OS INTO OPEN INNOVATION
CALL INFRAEOSC
IMPLEMENTING THE EOSC
In a snapshot:
ACCESS TO
COMMERCIAL
SERVICES
THROUGH THE
EOSC HUB (2018)
PROTOTYPING
NEW
SERVICES
(2019)
CONNECTING
ESFRI RI
THROUGH
CLUSTER
PROJECTS (2018)
EOSC
GOVERNANCE
(2018)
INTEGRATION OF
PUBLIC EINFRA
SERVICES INTO THE
EOSC CATALOGUE
OF SERVICES (2020)
ENHANCING THE
EOSC PORTAL &
CONNECTING
THEMATIC CLOUDS
(2019, 2020)
PILOT FOR A NEW MODEL
OF IA
(2020)
CO-INNOVATION PLATFORM
FOR RI TECHNOLOGIES
(2020)
INNOVATION PILOTS
(2020)

20. An Integrating Activity project combines:
(i) Networking activities, to foster co-operation between research
infrastructures, scientific communities, industries and to develop the
European Research Area;
(ii) Trans-national access, 'free of charge' access to researchers to
support scientific communities in their access to the identified key
research infrastructures;
(iii) Joint research activities, to improve, in quality and/or quantity,
the integrated services provided at European level by the
infrastructures.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en
/opportunities/h2020/topics/infraia-01-2018-2019.html
CALL INFRAIA
INTEGRATING AND OPENING RI OF EUROPEAN INTEREST

21. Covering all S&T fields (including Environmental and Earth Sciences*), areas
are competing among themselves such as:
 Research infrastructures for long-term ecosystem and socio-ecological
research.
 Coastal and shelf seas observing research infrastructures.
 Multidisciplinary Marine Data Centres for ocean and marine data
management.
 Research infrastructures for terrestrial research in the Arctic.
 Research Infrastructures for earthquake hazard.
* ”When appropriate, proposals addressing areas under this domain are encouraged to develop
synergies with Copernicus data and information as well as with relevant global initiatives such
as GEO/GEOSS and ILTER”
INFRAIA-01-2018-2019
Integrating Activities for Advanced communities

22. Climate Action
and Earth
Observation
Call SC5-16-2019
"Development of commercial activities and services
through the use of GEOSS and Copernicus data"
a) Coordination of European innovators in the domain of Earth
observation (Coordination and Support Action)
b) Designing Earth observation services and products of the
future, building on GEOSS and Copernicus assets
(Innovation Action)

23. Climate Action
and Earth
Observation
Specific challenge
• GEOSS and its key European contributor Copernicus offer
tremendous innovation opportunities
• New opportunities for business sectors helping policy
makers, industry and citizen to adapt to changes
• Challenge: move from stand-alone observation data
activities to more downstream integrated information
services
• Need for stronger involvement of commercial sector actors

24. Climate Action
and Earth
Observation
a) Coordination of European innovators
• Actions to foster development and implementation of EU
research and innovation strategy for Mass market
applications and based on space and non-space EO
• Actions to support an industry-led platform
• In coordination with GEO, EuroGEOSS And Copernicus
• Driving for innovation, knowledge transfer and European
competitiveness
• Budget and deadlines
• Looking a project around € 1 M
• CSA - Single stage
• Deadline 19 February 2019

25. Climate Action
and Earth
Observation
• Budget and deadlines
• Looking for projects € 2 - 3 M
• IA - Two stage
• 1st deadline 19 February 2019, 2nd stage deadline 4 September 2019
b) Designing future EO services/products
• Actions to deliver solutions addressing citizens' need
• Actions to contribute to developments of new markets of
products/services, through integration EO data/information
• Products to go beyond demonstration fase
• Focus on TRL 5-7
• To be developed in close coordination with EuroGEOSS

26. Other relevant topics (1/2)
Call Topic Action Type Deadline
Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing
SC1-BHC-13-2019
Mining big data for early detection of infectious disease threats driven by
climate change and other factors [mentions use of Copernicus)
Research &
Innovation 16.04.19
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
LC-SFS-34-2019 Food Systems Africa [mention use of Copernicus and Earth observation data ]
Research &
Innovation
23.01.19 (1st
stage)
BG-07-2019-2020
The Future of Seas and Oceans Flagship Initiative [mentions use of GEO/GEOSS
and Copernicus Marine Service as well as observation technologies ] Innovation 23.01.19
Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy
LC-SC3-RES-28-
2018-2019-2020
Market uptake support [Development of tools or services using global earth
observation data , (such as those available through Copernicus ), to support
development and deployment of renewable energy sources]
Coordination &
Support 13.02.18
LC-SC3-RES-28-
2018-2019-2020
Market uptake support [Development of tools or services using global earth
observation data , (such as those available through Copernicus ), to support
development and deployment of renewable energy sources]
Coordination &
Support 11.12.18
Smart, Green & Integrated Transport
MG-2-8-2019
Innovative applications of drones for safety in transport [mentions
Copernicus]
Research &
Innovation
16.01.19 (1st
stage)

27. Other relevant topics (2/2)
Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency & Raw Materials
LC-CLA-02-2019
Negative emissions and land-use based mitigation assessment [mentions use of
Copernicus ]
Research &
Innovation
19.02.10 (1st
stage)
LC-CLA-04-2018
Resilience and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas to cope with climate
change and hazard events [actions build upon Copernicus Climate Change
Service and Copernicus Emergency Management Service]
Research &
Innovation
27.02.18 (1st
stage)
LC-CLA-05-2019 Human dynamics of climate change [mentions use of Copernicus and GEOSS ]
Research &
Innovation
10.02.19 (1st
stage)
LC-CLA-06-2019
Inter-relations between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services [
actions build upon Copernicus Service ]
Research &
Innovation
10.02.19 (1st
stage)
CE-SC5-03-2018
Demonstrating systemic urban development for circular and regenerative cities
[mentions use of observational programmes such as Copernicus and GEOSS ]
Research &
Innovation
27.02.18 (1st
stage)
SC5-10-2019-2020
Raw materials innovation actions: exploration and Earth observation in support
of sustainable mining [mentions use of Copernicus , Earth observation ) Innovation
10.02.19 (1st
stage)
SC5-14-2019
Visionary and integrated solutions to improve well-being and health in cities
[mentions use of Copernicus and GEOSS]
Research &
Innovation
10.02.19 (1st
stage)
SC5-17-2018
Towards operational forecasting of earthquakes and early warning capacity for
more resilient societies [actions build on Copernicus Emergency Management
Service ]
Research &
Innovation
27.02.18 (1st
stage)
SC5-19-2018
International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy
[mentions use of Earth observation data, Copernicus]
Coordination &
Support 27.02.18

28. Copernicu
s EU
Copernicu
s EU
www.copernic
us.eu
Copernicu
s EU
Thank you for
your attention
Cristina.Ananasso@ec.europa.eu
European Commission