The H2020 e-shape project community has successfully transitioned to become the EuroGEO flagship within the GEO Knowledge Hub. This involves the creation of the official EuroGEO Community repository, serving as a centralized hub for various resources related to EuroGEO contributions. Members can contribute "GEO Knowledge Packages" encompassing software, presentations, publications, training materials, GitHub, and notebooks. The transition integrates existing e-shape project elements, reinforcing EuroGEO's visibility and collaboration. Automatic harvesting of metadata from EO catalogs ensures efficient dissemination while maintaining control for metadata suppliers. The EuroGEO Knowledge Hub aligns with the 3Cs concept (Coordinate, Combine, and Cooperate) for governance, emphasizing simplicity, flexibility, and increased inclusion. This evolution signifies a crucial step in consolidating the EuroGEO initiative, fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration within the global GEO community.
The Knowledge Centre for Earth Observation (KCEO) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has released ten studies in 2024 to assess the current status of each EuroGEO Action Group. These studies examine the groups' connections to international, national, and local policies and outline strategies to strengthen their role within EuroGEO. The goal was to evaluate the groups' status, potential policy contributions, state-of-the-art data capabilities and services provided by members and key stakeholders, and their role in advancing Copernicus.
The Data Management Plan (DMP) self-assessment tool consists in a questionnaire capturing declarative information for GEO and FAIR Principles. For each Principle, an assessment matrix is proposed addressing the level of compliance and the complementarities / overlap between the FAIR and GEO principles. Once completed a final tab "Your DMP", including an export button allows you to save the Excel spreadsheet to Word file for a ready-to-go DMP.
The DMP self-assessment tool is an outcome of the e-shape project. The e-shape (EuroGEO Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe) project (2019-2023) is an European Commission funded project under the Horizon 2020 framework program. e-shape (e-shape.eu) is an European contribution to GEO in support to the European regional GEO, EuroGEO.