Copernicus Thematic Workshops
The Copernicus Thematic Workshops, organised by EUSPA in collaboration with the European Commission and Copernicus Entrusted Entities, bring together users, researchers, industry representatives, and policymakers to discuss the latest developments and applications of Copernicus data in specific thematic areas.
By fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange, these events support the uptake of Copernicus EO products and services and help identify emerging user needs and future directions. These hybrid workshops address challenges such as sustainable energy supply, forest monitoring under new EU legislation, climate resilience strategies, and environmental compliance assurance.
Participants explore practical solutions, data applications, and policy implications leveraging Copernicus satellite data. The workshops also align with strategic European Union priorities, reinforcing Copernicus’s vital role in supporting European sustainable development and environmental objectives.
Galileo Reference Centre (GRC) Guarding, Security, and Safety Monitoring (GSM) Services in Noordwijk (Netherlands)
The objective of this procurement procedure is to conclude a Framework Contract without reopening of competition and the first Specific Contract for the provision of Guarding, Security, and Safety Monitoring Services for the GRC, in Noordwijk (Netherlands).
Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water
As Europe faces growing challenges from droughts, floods, and changing water quality, the Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water brought together policy-makers, decision-makers, and service providers who explored how EO can help us better manage this vital resource.
The workshop highlighted how Copernicus services - from the Copernicus C3S and CEMS to the CLMS and CMEMS -support evidence-based water management across Europe. Learn more about Copernicus and its services for water.
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Presentations
Agenda
Introduction and welcome remarks
Speakers: Mauro Facchini, Head of Unit Earth Observation at DG DEFIS and Claudia Olazabal, Head Unit Sustainable Freshwater Management at DG ENV
Session 1: Setting the scene
Format: Plenary presentations
Moderator: Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS
- Use of EO tools in support of the WFD | 10 min
Speaker: Jenny Attila, Finnish Environment Institute - Overview of existing projects | 10 min
Speaker: Bertrand Vallet, DG RTD - Water-ForCE roadmap | 10 min
Speaker: Carmen Cillero, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Session 2: User needs
Goal: Invite stakeholders to talk about the current use of water data.
Format: Presentation and questions/use cases
Moderator: Mark Dowell, EC JRC
- Policy needs | 10 min
Speaker: Yurena Lorenzo, EEA - National perspectives | 20 min
Speakers: (FR – Aurore Delahayes, DE – Bjorn Baschek) - Water resource management needs | 10 min
Speaker: M. Marwan Shamekh, OIEau - InSitu water data | 10 min
Speaker: Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias, EEA - Interactive discussion including potential use case presentations | 25 min
Session 3: Copernicus water products
Aim: Allow participants to understand the offer from Copernicus Water services.
Format: Presentations
Moderator: Usue Donezar, EEA
- C3S Climate Services for Water - climate data for droughts, rainfall, water availability | 10 min
Speaker: Chiara Cagnazzo, ECMWF - CEMS Water products - Flood & Drought forecasting, monitoring, and emergency mapping | 10 min
Speaker: Peter Salamon, EC JRC - CLMS Water Products - Inland surface water layers and seasonal water dynamics | 10 min
Speaker: Lorenzo Solari, EEA - CMEMS Water Products - Improving the freshwater river inputs | 10 min
Speaker: Laurence Crosnier, Mercator Ocean International - ESA Water Products catalogue | 10 min
Speaker: Marc Paganini, ESA - Q&A | 20 min
Session 4: Creating opportunities
Aim: Drive a collective dialogue on how Earth Observation can be integrated into real-world water management, identifying practical opportunities.
Format: Interactive ideas generation session
Moderators: Noemi Marsico, Evenflow and Eduard Escalona Zorita, EUSPA
Closing remarks
Aim: Wrap up and next steps
Speakers: Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS and Joachim Maes, DG ENV
Insurance and Finance
The Insurance and Finance demonstrator tool serves multiple use cases: climate risks and environmental impact on assets, ESG Reporting for regulatory compliance, Sustainability Assessment for companies with ESG strategies, and Risk Assessment for insurance companies and banks.
The Copernicus Demonstrators tool ‘ESG zoning’ enable the assessment of climate risks and environmental impact on assets provided by banking and insurance stakeholders including Raiffeisen Bank.
The solution helps stakeholders to enhance the Environmental pillar of their ESG reporting to meet Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) requirements.
The ESG Zoning Tool leverages Copernicus data including Climate, Atmosphere, Land and Emergency to provide comprehensive impact and risk assessments on areas across the Czech Republic, with potential for broader geographical coverage.
The solution offers dual visualization capabilities: a Zoning View for aggregated property data and an Indicator View showing native resolution satellite data, enabling detailed environmental impact and climate risk assessments.
The validation phase of the tool was centred around a close partnership with Banks including Komerční banka, Raiffeisen Bank, Moneta Money Bank and Československá obchodní banka, ensuring the Tool effectively met specific user needs through tailored functionality and feedback integration
Robust and professional receiver leveraging on Galileo differentiators
Galileo HAS enabled Space receiver
Economic Operators are invited to check the published Corrigendum 2 for the newly extended deadline for submission of applications, the updated Call for Proposal after Corrigendum 2 and the Clarification Notes published for the answers to the submitted requests for clarification.
