User-Oriented Working Group
The User-Oriented Working Group focuses on the following two areas:
Outreach and User Engagement: responsible for facilitating effective partnerships between the producers, providers and users of water quality data, products and information. Activities of this working group will include the generation of a communication strategy for AquaWatch and information from other GEO water quality-related activities as well as the development of the AquaWatch website (www.geoaquawatch.org) into a knowledge hub for water-quality related activities (within and outside of GEO. This group will also work to identify current and potential users and create partnerships with providers and users.
Education and Capacity Building: responsible for advocating increased capacity and use of water quality information for decision making. Training Needs- essentially. The group will be tasked with generating educational content for policy makers, decision makers, and the environmental managers. This group will also support, identify and lead capacity building efforts in developed and developing nations to expand the effective and timely utilization of Earth observations for societal benefits.