Project: lda large Scale Demonstrator in Athens
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Table of ContentsIntroduction The Deliverable 1.1 is a report on best practices in the use of services based on data from Copernicus (formerly GMES) and GNSS in regions. The main aim of the Best Practice Report is to identify and present best practices in the use of services based on data from Copernicus (formerly GMES) and GNSS in regions. In the context of the LDA project, a “Best Practice” is a service that is based on Copernicus or GNSS data which has already been tested (or has the potential to be tested) in a real-life environment, and addresses societal challenges. The best practices are collected in order to acquire knowledge about what works in specific situations and contexts. Examples of Large-Scale Demonstration of innovative services that are not based on Copernicus or GNSS data are also included, as they can be interesting in the aspect of setting up and evaluating a pilot. The sources from which best practices were collected are: Copernicus Masters 2013 Competition European Satellite Navigation Competition 2013 Projects funded under the European Mobile and Mobility Industries Alliance FP7 projects Smart Cities Stakeholder Platform Citymart.com GMES4Regions initiative Best practices were selected according to the following criteria: Relevance, Societal impact, Effectiveness / Efficiency, Potential for duplication / scalability, Sustainability, Involvement of stakeholders / end users, Political commitment. In order to ensure a homogeneous and concise presentation of the best practices, they are presented according to a specific following format which has been designed. Overview of the LDA project The project aims at implementing on a large scale, and in a real life test bed, innovative services based on GMES and GNSS that will address specific societal challenges and facilitate the emergence of new industries in the Metropilitan area of Athens, Greece, through tangible and scalable results. Athens is a region of more than 3 million inhabitants with an extended seafront and surrounded by mountain ranges, and an area with intense activity in mobile services. The specific objectives of the project are: To analyse the framework conditions for mobile services based on GMES/GNSS and to collect good practice To identify the available services and select the most relevant for participation in the demonstrator To develop an integrated platform for the large-scale demonstrator To create a favourable ecosystem for innovative mobile services based on GMES and GNSS by bringing together all public and private actors To test the use of the platform in a real-life test bed involving all relevant actors To monitor and evaluate the operation of the platform To document the results and experience obtained and assess the potential for scalability and transferability to other regions, and to perform mutual transnational policy learning activities Objectives of the best practice report The objective of the Report on Best Practice is to identify and present best practices in the use of services based on data from Copernicus (formerly GMES) and GNSS in regions. In the context of the LDA project, a “Best Practice” is a service that is based on Copernicus or GNSS data which has already been tested (or has the potential to be tested) in a real-life environment, and addresses societal challenges. The best practices are collected in order to acquire knowledge about what works in specific situations and contexts, which can be useful in the following activities of the LDA project: Definition of services: SMEs can use the best practices as an inspiration for developing new services, and can understand better the possibilities provided by Copernicus and GNSS data Definition of the specifications for the Large Scale Demonstrator in Athens: The LDA consortium can learn from successful applications and avoid duplication of effort Synergies: Stakeholders that can be involved in the transfer of results may be identified Best practices are not ranked in order of importance, as the objective is not to identify those that stand out, but to point out the elements in each one of them that have contributed to their success. Each best practice can provide lessons in different areas, and to different actors who are involved in the activities of the LDA project, so they are all considered to be equally important. Examples of Large-Scale Demonstration of innovative services that are not based on Copernicus or GNSS data are also included, as they can be interesting in the aspect of setting up and evaluating a pilot. Methodology Sources In order to identify relevant best practices the following sources have been used: Copernicus Masters 2013 Competition The Copernicus Masters innovation competition was initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and T-Systems in 2011 with endorsement of the European Commission. It is also supported by dedicated Challenges sponsored by European Space Imaging GmbH and Astrium Services. In 2013, the BMW Group Research and Technology and GEO magazine have joined the competition as new supporting partners. In BMW's ConnectedDrive Challenge, the Copernicus Masters was looking for ideas that would either bring a thrilling new service into the car using Copernicus data or unleashes novel business potential using crowdsourced, high-value Earth-monitoring data. Participants in the Copernicus Masters 2013 had the choice from a total of nine Challenges covering topics such as environmental monitoring, cloud computing, and mobile services, as well as the innovative use of radar and very high-resolution satellite imagery. European Satellite Navigation Competition 2013 Having started in 2004 with three partner regions, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) has since grown into a leading global network of innovation and expertise in the field of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) with more than 20 regions and more than 200 industry and research experts around the world. The key to its success lies in collaborating closely with regional, institutional, and industrial partners with one common goal: promoting innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit along the GNSS value chain to benefit the citizens of Europe and the rest of the world. Since its first round in 2004, the ESNC has received a total of almost 2,400 submissions from 4,263 registered teams, resulting in a total of 204 winners. Many of these business cases have already been implemented and successfully brought to market. Being held for the 10th time in 2013, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) was looking for services, products, and business innovations that use satellite navigation in everyday life. The ESNC partner regions and key institutional and industry stakeholders are awarding prizes worth around EUR 1 million - including cash prizes, business incubation, coaching, patent consulting, prototyping and marketing support, access to customers and user communities, and publicity in the world's leading satellite navigation network. With a total of 130 partners involved in the competition, 25 Regional Prizes and 7 Special Prizes were awarded at the ESNC 2013.
This category includes the other projects selected under the EMMIA II call (Large-Scale Demonstrators in support of GMES and GNSS based services), as well as the Large-Scale Demonstrator projects of the Phase I of EMMIA (CULTWAyS, LIMES, SAFER, and Grow Mobile). FP7 projects European funded projects relevant to the Large-Scale Demonstration of innovative services in cities with a societal value. Smart Cities Stakeholder Platform The Smart Cities Stakeholder Platform initiated by the European Commission (http://eu-smartcities.eu/) with the dual aim of i) identifying and spreading relevant information on technology solutions and needs required by practitioners and ii) providing information for policy support to the High Level Group and the European Commission. It is both a web-based and physical Platform open to anyone who registers on it. Backbone is the contributions by stakeholders in a bottom-up way, owned by the stakeholders. The Platform is one of the two governance bodies of the Smart Cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership (EIP). Citymart.com Citymart.com is a market place for the most innovative solution companies and visionary cities on the planet. In 2008, Living Labs Global was formed as a non-profit association in Denmark with the focus on building a global marketplace for innovations in cities. Citymart.com was launched as a technology start-up in January 2011. Since November 2012, Citymart.com supersedes the Living Labs Global brand to be followed by the integration of both organisations into a single legal entity by May 2013. GMES4Regions initiative The GMES4Regions initiative is implemented by the GRAAL (project number 263186) and DORIS_Net (project number 262789) projects, which are funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. Both projects have similar overall objectives and yet very different approaches. Their synergies and mutual ambitions have resulted in this GMES4Regions portal, a gateway to GMES for European local and regional authorities. Selection criteria The applications / projects identified were screened in order to select as best practices those which fulfill as many as possible of the following criteria: Relevance: The proposed practice should imply the use of innovative services (ideally services based on Copernicus/GNSS data) in a real-life environment Societal impact: Impact of the practice on societal challenges Effectiveness / Efficiency: The proposed practice should produce measurable results with a reasonable level of resources and time Potential for duplication / scalability: The proposed practice should have the potential to be transferred to other geographical locations or sectors, and be scalable Sustainability: The proposed practice should have the potential to be implemented over a long period of time without the need for significant additional resources Involvement of stakeholders / end users: The proposed practice should involve satisfactory collaboration between several stakeholders / end users / communities Political commitment: The proposed practice should have support from the relevant national, regional, or local authorities The best practices selected fulfil, as a minimum requirement, the “relevance” and “societal impact” criteria. It was not necessary to fulfil all criteria, as the objective is to use them for applying the lessons learnt, which may apply to different areas. Documentation of best practices The best practices identified have been grouped in the following categories:
Applications using Copernicus data Applications using GNSS data Large-scale demonstrators on services based on Copernicus and GNSS data funded under EMMIA Large-scale demonstrators on other types of services funded under EMMIA Testing of innovative services in a real-life environment Uses of Copernicus based services in Regions In order to ensure a homogeneous and concise presentation of the best practices, they are presented according to the following format: Title A concise title which reflects the practice documented. Short description A short description of the practice, which gives an indication of its content. Detailed Description The detailed description aims to provide answers to as many as possible of the following questions: What services are being developed / tested? What are the main activities carried out? Are Copernicus / GNSS data used? If yes, explain in detail When and where were the activities carried out? Location /geographic coverage Who are the key stakeholders involved? Who are the beneficiaries or the target group? Who are the users of the good practice? What is the nature of their involvement? What methodology has been used or experimented with? What has been the process, and how was participation of stakeholders / end users achieved? How many stakeholders / end users are involved? How is the initiative funded? What are the benefits achieved? How is sustainability ensured? What are the opportunities for and feasibility of up-scaling the good practice? What would be the challenges to be aware of, and conditions to put in place, to up-scale the good practice? Has the good practice been successfully transferred in other contexts? Success factors Obstacles and problems encountered What are the key messages and learning to take away from the good practice experience? Impact - benefits What has been the expected / reached impact on the target groups? what were the concrete results achieved in terms of outputs and outcomes? What has been the impact on societal challenges? Further information Links Contact information Best practices identified 5.1 Applications using Copernicus data EyeOnMalaria Africa-wide monitoring of environmental suitability for malaria transmission Environmental factors are key in affecting the transmission of malaria, which can be monitored by Earth observation. EyeOnMalaria aims to develop an operational monitoring system to continuously assess the environmental suitability for malaria transmission throughout the African continent based on new European EO capacities and expert epidemiology models. The service will directly support targeted malaria control at the necessary times and locations in Africa. The goal is to provide maps (updated monthly) of environment’s aptitude for malaria transmission, which will directly support targeted malaria control at the necessary times and locations while raising public awareness of the malaria season. The service is to be provided via a web portal and mobile applications. Climatic parameters are derived from MSG, GOES, MTSAT (via Copernicus land-monitoring services), and MODIS. Copernicus services such as GlobCover and soil moisture information will also be used together with Sentinel-2 data once available. EyeOnMalaria is the winner of the Ideas Challenge of the Copernicus Masters 2013 Competition.
Impact – Benefits A huge amount of international funding is allocated for malaria control (US$1.6 billion per year). Using this EO service, national malaria-control programmes will be able to apply their malaria control activities to the necessary times and locations, thus improving the cost-effectiveness of interventions. 
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http://www.copernicus-masters.com/index.php?kat=winners.html&anzeige=winner_ideas2013.html Contact information RSS - Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH Dr Jonas Franke and Team www.rssgmbh.de Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Dr Penelope Vounatsou and Team www.swisstph.ch Source Copernicus Masters Competition CHEETAH – Taking on a billion-dollar problem in Africa Chains of Horticultural Intelligence towards Efficiency and Equity in the Agro-food Trade along the Trans-Africa Highway Cheetah amplifies the voices of relevant entities (transporters, consumers, growers, officers from public and private agencies) by allowing them to report shortcomings in their value chain. The app also enables these players to tap into chains of horticulture intelligence, which leads to better-informed decisions, reduced costs/higher profits for businesses, lower market pric es for consumers, fairer prices for growers, lower post-harvest losses, and better interventions by public/private agencies. Cheetah explores how data collected by the human-vehicle sensor web (on border delays, for example) can be integrated with new information obtained by Copernicus. Cheetah Food obtains crop-sourcing information from Copernicus Sentinel-2 (and MERIS) on land cover and crop phenology products. Market price information is partly crowd-sourced and augments existing third-party services related to crop market value. Impact – Benefits A full one-third of global food production is lost post-harvest. To address the global food security issue, Cheetah's novel approach combines crowdsourcing with Earth observation data and a particular focus on the production and transportation of crops in Africa. 
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