User workshops for Centre for Earth Observation
The Centre for Earth Observation (CEO) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has launched an open call to tender for user workshops relating to the CEO programme. The CEO programme aims at stimulating the use of earth observation (EO) data, and at enhancing European-wide communication in the exchange of information and data between EO service providers and users. The CEO is now in its design and implementation phase, which is planned to run from 1996 to 1998. The user-support component of the CEO programme comprises the actions and measures to help the user to benefit from EO to meet his or her professional goal. A principal goal of the CEO programme is to increase the number of customers for EO data and information. An initiative to help achieve this aim is to undertake a series of workshop discussions with specific customer segments in governmental or commercial organizations who have been identified as significant potential customers for EO-derived information. Five separate "user workshop" studies will each perform a requirements analysis to: - Identify the professional tasks that can benefit from EO information; - Derive a specification of the EO products that are currently feasible; - Characterize the customer segment and its potential use of EO; - Brief other individuals and organizations in the customer segment of the benefits of using EO information. The five customer segments for which separate proposals are required are: - Insurance companies; - Travel industry; - Environmental-protection organizations for land resources; - Town/city local government; - Civil engineering companies. Requests for the tender documents, and completed tenders, should be sent to: European Commission Joint Research Centre Mr. P. Churchill (TP 441) I-21020 Ispra Tel. +39-332-785425; Fax +39-332-785461 E-mail: ceo.helpdesk@jrc.it