Main objectives

During the EUSO workshop on data integration/sharing (20 October 2021) at the 1st EUSO Stakeholders Forum, it was proposed that this working group would contribute to the vision of ESDAC as a data repository and an open data platform where the public at large can access soil related datasets at EU scale and its supporting documentation; the mission for ESDAC is to be the single reference point for any EU-scale soil data.

To that end, a number of work areas were proposed that could lead to the identification of relevant data/metadata that would be incorporated in ESDAC.

Members

See composition of the working group.

The membership is closed at least until the next EUSO Stakeholder meeting, likely in October 2022, after which a new call will be made for additional members.

Current Deadlines

First results expected to be presented at the 2^nd EUSO Stakeholders Forum, likely in October 2022.

Supporting Documents

See activities

Activities

Report

25 Oct. 2021

A report of the EUSO workshop on data integration/sharing (20 October 2021) was prepared and approved.

Call for participation

1 Dec. 2021

On the basis of the identified work areas, a call was made (among people who registered for the workshop), to express interest in an active participation in the working group.

TWG composition

14 Dec. 2021

This call resulted in the composition of the working group along the various work areas. For each work area, a subgroup was defined and a lead was proposed.

TWG Meeting

28 Feb 2022

A first plenary meeting of the working group on data was held, in which the subgroup leads explained their intentions on how to identify current and future relevant EU-wide soil datasets.

The agenda for the meeting was:

• Introduction by the Chair Marc Van Liedekerke  (20’)
• Each sub-group leader to explain how he/she will organize autonomously in their work area (each 20’); here are their proposals (28/02/2022)

• EU-Projects (Christine Le Bas)
• EU Soil Monitoring and Indicators (Antonio Bispo)
• EJP Soil (Maria Fantappie’)
• Literature (Calogero Schillaci)
• Hub (Fenny van Egmond)

• Conclusion and next steps / timeline (based on input from the sub-group plans): (15-30’’)

(11/03/2022) - report of the meeting.

Results

Oct. 2022

After the plenary, the subgroups will operate autonomously, and the first results are expected after 6 months, ready to be presented in the 2^nd EUSO Stakeholders Forum, likely in October 2022.

Results 2023

Activity Report 2023