DORIS_Net: enhancing the regional impact of COPERNICUS program by setting up the European Network of Regional Contact Offices

Despite successful technological developments, COPERNICUS, the European Earth Observation flagship program, has been showing a weak regional involvement with regards to the wide capacities and benefits it provides for the Environment and Security domains at public and private level. During the project, a methodology was successfully implemented to raise regional awareness on COPERNICUS potential with the concept of a Regional Contact Offices (RCO) Network. This paper aims to describe the process of RCO's creation and certification. It also presents both benefits and challenges of management and sustainability faced by RCO in order to reach their operational goals. Finally, the paper explores the potential regional impact of RCO

Servizi da telerilevamento nelle regioni europee: il catalogo della domanda e offerta del progetto DORIS_Net

The DORIS_Net1 FP7 Project, Downstream Observatory organised by Regions active In Space – Network, ended in January 2013. The main goal of the project was to foster the awareness of GMES Programme (now COPERNICUS) among European Regions, with the support of the network of COPERNICUS Regional Contact Office (RCO). Among the others, a Regional User & Service Inventory publication is pointed out; it showcases the needs of EO services and the services accessible at regional scale. In this Inventory, supply and demand were both classified according to an appropriate taxonomy of COPERNICUS, defined in the framework of GMES4Regions initiative. This paper aims to present the service portfolio and the study on segmentation of the regional demand for EO services in the Regions involved