The Value Added Element (VAE) and Data User Element (DUE) are two programmatic components of the Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP), an optional programme of the European Space Agency, currently subscribed by 20 ESA Member States. While the DUE mission focuses on the establishment of a long-term relationship between the User communities and Earth Observation in support of major environmental conventions, the VAE focuses on developing the European and Canadian EO Services Industry in growing the prospects of sustainable use of EO-based information the operations of non-EO businesses and organisations.
1. ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use
Earth Observation applications at ESA
Mariangela Cataldo (SERCO), 19/06/2014
2. Geoservices and Earth Observation
European EO applications industry
Total Sector Revenues
Smooth evolution from 412 M€ in 2006 to 757 M€ in
2012. Over 75% of the sector total revenue is
reported by the respondents in 2012.
10%
growth per
annum
6. ... to Exploitation
from Research…
…to Operations
New
Methods
New Users
& Services
New Providers
& Industries
Research Path
Development Path
Industry Path
COPERNICUS
OPERATIONAL
SERVICES
VALUE-ADDING
INDUSTRY
10. Towards exploitation of Sentinel-2 for local to global
agricultural monitoring - contribution to GEOGLAM
Key UsersProject
Sentinel-2 for Agriculture: U. C. Louvain
11. VAE: Improving the Competitive Position of
the European EO Services Industry
Develop service prospects:
•Integrate new techniques /
technologies / data into current EO
services
•Address new and evolving market
opportunities
Expand market access:
•Scale-up industrial demand for
established markets
•Explore growing non-EU markets
•Raise awareness of EO services
12. VAE activities at a glance: last 5 years
Frequent opportunity
Small activities
High industry response
Highly competitive
13. VAE: 1€ spent → 2€ generated
more than 240 users
– 70% private
– 30% from International
Financing Institutions,
international NGOs, public
sector (Government) mainly
outside of Europe
more than 50 M€ of follow-
on commercial sales of EO
services
Agriculture
11%
Agro-chemical
0.2%
Construction
Civil Eng.
1%Env
protection
and pollution
mgmt
23%
Fisheries
mgmt
0.2%
Geo-
marketing
1%
Insurance
0.3%
Marine
Eng
2%
Oil and Gas
40%
Renewable
5%
Water
Resource
mgmt
0.3%
Mining
17%
Achievements in the last 10 years:
170 separate activities in many diverse market sectors
more than 190 EO service suppliers from across 20 European
countries
16. AO 7829
ITT issue: 14 May 2014
KO: Q4 2014
Contracts: 12 up to 200 k€
Overall budget: €2,400,000
Duration: max. 2 years
Innovators III priority lines:
Respond to the Research and Development
agenda of major international initiatives e.g.
GEO
perform the necessary R&D preparatory activities
of the most innovative aspects of Sentinel-1
and Sentinel-2, for a large scale exploitation by
broad user communities.
DUE Innovators III
Open to ALL domains of EO applications and ALL fields of the Earth’s atmosphere,
ocean, cryosphere and land surfaces.
Innovators III will contribute to the content of ESA EOEP-5 (2017-2021)
17. ITT issued: 15 May 2014
KO: Q3 2014
Budget: €1,500,000
Duration: 3 years
ITT issue: Q4 2014
KO: Q1 2015
Budget: €1,000,000
Duration: 3 years
ITT issue: Q3 2014
KO: Q4 2014
Budget: €1,500,000
Duration: 3 years
GeoCarbon project
DUE Opportunities
18. VAE Work Plan for 2014:
Industrial Contracts Total Value 5.9 M€
Expand uptake of services in law enforcement
agencies
– 5 x 200 k€ contracts
– End Q3 ITT issue
Expand EO adoption in insurance
– 1 x 500 k€ contract (off-shore assets, index-linked
schemes, etc.)
– Q3 ITT issue
19. VAE Work Plan for 2014:
special focus on International Development
Expand uptake of EO information services by the World Bank
– 16 x 100 k€ contracts in support of WB projects, now starting
Start first EO demonstrations for the Asian Development Bank
– 12 x 100 k€ contracts, now under evaluation
– contracts start beginning Q3
Expand uptake of EO Information Services in the European
Investment Bank
– 5–7 x 100 k€ contracts
– Q4 ITT issue
Support international development global partnerships and
initiatives
– 5 x 200 k€ contracts
– Q3/Q4 ITT issue
RED - Develop service prospects: Integrate new techniques / technologies / data into current EO services, Address new and evolving market opportunities
GREEN - Expand market access: Scale-up industrial demand for established markets, Explore growing non-EU markets, Raise awareness of EO services
demonstrating the benefits of a wide range of EO information services to a broad base of users operating
Sales generated in areas of oil & gas, mining, agriculture, environmental protection and pollution, water resources management and renewable energy
Sep 2010: ESA / Oil & Gas Workshop
Dec 2011: GRSG AGM, EO Info Day
OGEO: industry-led working group for EO
Now formalised within OGP
Portal set up for information exchange (www.ogeo-portal.eu)
GlobBiomass: Provide the user communities with a better characteristic of the distribution and changes, and an improved quantification of regional and global biomass (example from GeoCarbon project) – ITT closes 04/07/2014
GlobWetland Africa: mapping wetlands of the RAMSAR convention in Africa
GlobPermafrost: fulfilling updated user requirements for baseline and special mapping (cold and hot spots) related to User Workshop in February 2014 in ESRIN
R&D agenda related to forestry, agriculture, biodiversity, water cycle, cryosphere, climate services, …non exclusive list!
Very sensitive … dialogue with potential users should start early to find the correct trade-off between information to include in proposals and not to include