Organisation’s vision:

Organisation’s mission:

CEOS ensures international coordination of civil space-based Earth observation programs and promotes exchange of data to optimize societal benefit and inform decision making for securing a prosperous and sustainable future for humankind.

Organisation’s objectives (if different from the Mission):

(1) To optimize the benefits of space-based Earth observation through cooperation of CEOS Agencies in mission planning and in the development of compatible data products, formats, services, applications and policies 
(2) To aid both CEOS Agencies and the international user community by, among other things, serving as the focal point for international coordination of space-based Earth observation activities, including the Group on Earth Observations and entities related to global change 
(3) To exchange policy and technical information to encourage complementarity and compatibility among space-based Earth observation systems currently in service or development, and the data received from them, as well as address issues of common interest across the spectrum of Earth observation satellite missions

Keywords

Activities

• Data management, interoperability, sharing, access, open data policies
• Defining strategies/road maps/priorities for Earth (ocean) observing/science
• Technical coordination of ocean observing