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The Horizon 2020 project, LandSense, is a modern citizen observatory for Land Use & Land Cover (LULC) monitoring, that connects citizens with Earth Observation (EO) data to transform current approaches to environmental decision making. Citizen Observatories are community-driven mechanisms to complement existing environmental monitoring systems and can be fostered through EO-based mobile and web applications, allowing citizens to not only play a key role in LULC monitoring, but also to be directly involved in the co-creation of such solutions. Within LandSense, citizens can participate in ongoing demonstration pilots using their own devices (e.g. mobile phones and tablets), through interactive reporting, gaming applications and mapathons. Campaigns in Vienna, Toulouse, Amsterdam, Serbia, Spain and Indonesia address topics such as urban greenspaces, agricultural management and biodiversity/habitat threat monitoring. For example, in the case of Toulouse and Indonesia, hotspots of change in LULC are identified through Sentinel 2 time series analysis. These hotspots are then validated by citizens and interested stakeholders either directly on-site via customized mobile applications, providing geotagged photos, or remotely via the online LandSense Engagement platform. The presentation will not only showcase the tools and results from these campaigns, but also highlight how citizen-driven observations can contribute to sustainable development. Such initiatives present clear opportunities to integrate citizen-driven observations with established authoritative data sources to further extend GEOSS and Copernicus capacities, and support comprehensive environmental monitoring systems. In addition, these applications have considerable potential in lowering expenditure costs on in-situ data collection and current calibration/validation approaches within the processing chain of environmental monitoring activities both within and beyond Europe.&nbsp

The LandSense Challenge targets individuals, web-entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs coming from all participating Horizon 2020 countries, to present innovative IT solutions addressing one of the three LandSense domains: Urban Landscape Dynamics Agricultural Land Use Forest & Habitat Monitoring The challenge focuses on using data streams coming from the LandSense Citizen Observatory, the Sentinel Hub Service or other relevant EO data sources to design novel Land Use/Land Cover solutions for a range of applications within the selected domains. Selected finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas online to an expert jury at a side event on September 11, 2020 following the Third International ECSA Conference 2020. Please note that registration for the ECSA Conference is not required for participation in this free of charge public challenge. More details at: https://landsense.eu/Challenge, This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 689812.

The present document constitutes Deliverable D8.1 (DCP, Dissemination and Communication Plan) in the framework of WP8 (Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation) regarding Task 8.1. This report summarizes the strategy of the consortium and concrete actions to disseminate and communicate the foreground generated by the project, pointing out responsibilities and activities. In the DCP, the type of messages, key audiences and channels are specified and detailed. The DCP also includes a project visual identity and common layout for the communication materials (guaranteeing a professional and consistent look).

The deliverable D2.5 is created to provide potential end-users of the BEACON Toolbox (BEACON pilot participants - Agri-Insurance (AgI) companies and their representatives) with the necessary skills to test and use the BEACON Toolbox. As training represents a necessary task to be done before testing and validation activities of BEACON pilots, the training material needs to cover all potential uncertainties when it comes to usage of services. Moreover, BEACON Toolbox will be implemented in an operational environment of the three pilot companies (three different countries: Greece, Spain and Serbia) acquiring the different needs of each pilot participant (pilot AgI company) within. Here, the BEACON training material is designed in a common manner, in order to be applicable for future pilot companies (and countries) as well.

This deliverable describes the follow up of the initial action plans and engagement strategies for the LandSense demonstration pilots defined in 2017, including the improvements and modifications needed to ensure the successful implementation of the pilots during the second iteration (February 2019 – December 2019).

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The LandSense project aims to build an innovative citizen observatory for Land Use & Land Cover (LULC) monitoring, by connecting citizens with Earth Observation (EO) data to transform current approaches to environmental decision making. Through EO-driven mobile and web applications, LandSense promotes citizens to not only play a key role in environmental monitoring, but also to be directly involved in the co-creation of such applications. Currently within the EU’s EO monitoring framework, especially in the domain of LULC dynamics, there is a need for low-cost methods for acquiring high quality in-situ data to create timely, accurate and well-validated data products. LandSense aims to disrupt the EO data economy by creating marketable solutions that can provide a step-change in LULC monitoring activities both within and beyond Europe. In order to promote and stimulate the fast adoption of the project outcomes, the consortium proposes organization of the LandSense Innovation Challenge: Finals at the ECSA Conference 2020. This interactive session would facilitate collaboration and innovation among stakeholders within the value chain related to land mapping and citizen science. As such, the LandSense Innovation Challenge targets individuals, web-entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs coming from all participating Horizon 2020 countries, to present innovative IT solutions addressing one of the three LandSense domains: Urban Landscape Dynamics, Agricultural Land Use, and Forest & Habitat Monitoring. The challenge focuses on exploiting data streams coming from the LandSense Citizen Observatory, which consist of a diverse set of data including land cover change detection, threats to natural habitats, greenspace monitoring, etc., to design novel LULC solutions targeted at the citizen science community. In addition, participants will be encouraged to access data from the Sentinel Hub Service or other relevant EO data sources as well as the LandSense Quality Assurance Service in their solution. The process for the LandSense Innovation Challenge will be divided into two stages. First, there will be public call for ideas (Feb/March 2020) to which teams can submit proposals. After a review of the applications, a select number of shortlisted teams (5 to 10) will be invited to join the finals in Trieste to pitch their ideas to a jury of experts. Teams attending the finals will have the opportunity to discover more about LandSense, get coaching/mentoring to improve their pitches and network with the vibrant EO and citizen science communities. The winning team will not only receive a grand prize but also continue collaboration with the LandSense consortium to further advance their solution.

This deliverable reports on the implementation of pilot activities of the LandSense Agricultural Land Use theme (i.e. Demonstration Case 2, Phase I). The activities were implemented between November 2017 and September 2018 in Serbia, involving students from two agricultural high schools and a group of master students from the University of Novi Sad. The data were collected via the CropSupport application, which was also tested and evaluated by the participants. The user feedbacks from Phase I will be synthesized and analysed to guide iterative improvement of the CropSupport app and the crowdsourcing campaign for Phase II.

LandSense is one of four Horizon 2020 projects funded under the SC5-17-2015 - Demonstrating the concept of 'Citizen Observatories' call. The project started on 1st of September 2016 and aims to build a far-reaching citizen observatory for Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) monitoring that will also function as a technology innovation marketplace. Led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 18 partners from 9 European countries have teamed up to mobilize and deliver an observatory and innovation marketplace that combines the powers of Citizen Science (CS) and Earth Observation (EO) for LULC monitoring. D6.8 Ecosystem building and services incubator II represents the update of the D6.3 Ecosystem building and services incubator I. As such, it reports the activities undertaken in the second half of the project with the goal of disseminating innovative elements within the LandSense project, facilitating collaboration, engaging identified stakeholders to understand and to use the LandSense results for their own interests/organization and ultimately providing feedback for more effective exploitation potential of the project results. Throughout the second half of the project consortium partners carried out many ecosystem building activities, actions and events, according to the time plan. Printable or digital informational dissemination material was distributed at each of the mentioned events. These actions followed the overall dissemination strategy. The report is structured into 5 distinct sections: Section 1 provides introductory information with respect to the LandSense project and the context in which the current report has been elaborated. Section 2 outlines the scope, objectives and the importance of Ecosystem building. Section 3 presents LandSense partners corresponding activities, engagement and achievements in respect to Ecosystem building. Section 4 provides overview of further activities and concluding remarks. Finally, the Annex of the report provides an overview of the LandSense documents used in its Ecosystem building activities.

LandSense is one of four Horizon 2020 projects funded under the SC5-17-2015 - Demonstrating the concept of 'Citizen Observatories' call. The project started on 1st of September 2016 and aims to build a far-reaching citizen observatory for Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) monitoring that will also function as a technology innovation marketplace. Led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 18 partners from 9 European countries have teamed up to mobilize and deliver an observatory and innovation marketplace that combines the powers of Citizen Science (CS) and Earth Observation (EO) for LULC monitoring. D6.8 Ecosystem building and services incubator II represents the update of the D6.3 Ecosystem building and services incubator I. As such, it reports the activities undertaken in the second half of the project with the goal of disseminating innovative elements within the LandSense project, facilitating collaboration, engaging identified stakeholders to understand and to use the LandSense results for their own interests/organization and ultimately providing feedback for more effective exploitation potential of the project results. Throughout the second half of the project consortium partners carried out many ecosystem building activities, actions and events, according to the time plan. Printable or digital informational dissemination material was distributed at each of the mentioned events. These actions followed the overall dissemination strategy. The report is structured into 5 distinct sections: Section 1 provides introductory information with respect to the LandSense project and the context in which the current report has been elaborated. Section 2 outlines the scope, objectives and the importance of Ecosystem building. Section 3 presents LandSense partners corresponding activities, engagement and achievements in respect to Ecosystem building. Section 4 provides overview of further activities and concluding remarks. Finally, the Annex of the report provides an overview of the LandSense documents used in its Ecosystem building activities.&nbsp

This deliverable reports on the implementation of pilot activities of the LandSense Agricultural Land Use theme (i.e. Demonstration Case 2, Phase I). The activities were implemented between November 2017 and September 2018 in Serbia, involving students from two agricultural high schools and a group of master students from the University of Novi Sad. The data were collected via the CropSupport application, which was also tested and evaluated by the participants. The user feedbacks from Phase I will be synthesized and analysed to guide iterative improvement of the CropSupport app and the crowdsourcing campaign for Phase II.&nbsp

The LandSense project aims to build an innovative citizen observatory for Land Use & Land Cover (LULC) monitoring, by connecting citizens with Earth Observation (EO) data to transform current approaches to environmental decision making. Through EO-driven mobile and web applications, LandSense promotes citizens to not only play a key role in environmental monitoring, but also to be directly involved in the co-creation of such applications. Currently within the EU’s EO monitoring framework, especially in the domain of LULC dynamics, there is a need for low-cost methods for acquiring high quality in-situ data to create timely, accurate and well-validated data products. LandSense aims to disrupt the EO data economy by creating marketable solutions that can provide a step-change in LULC monitoring activities both within and beyond Europe. In order to promote and stimulate the fast adoption of the project outcomes, the consortium proposes organization of the LandSense Innovation Challenge: Finals at the ECSA Conference 2020. This interactive session would facilitate collaboration and innovation among stakeholders within the value chain related to land mapping and citizen science. As such, the LandSense Innovation Challenge targets individuals, web-entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs coming from all participating Horizon 2020 countries, to present innovative IT solutions addressing one of the three LandSense domains: Urban Landscape Dynamics, Agricultural Land Use, and Forest & Habitat Monitoring. The challenge focuses on exploiting data streams coming from the LandSense Citizen Observatory, which consist of a diverse set of data including land cover change detection, threats to natural habitats, greenspace monitoring, etc., to design novel LULC solutions targeted at the citizen science community. In addition, participants will be encouraged to access data from the Sentinel Hub Service or other relevant EO data sources as well as the LandSense Quality Assurance Service in their solution. The process for the LandSense Innovation Challenge will be divided into two stages. First, there will be public call for ideas (Feb/March 2020) to which teams can submit proposals. After a review of the applications, a select number of shortlisted teams (5 to 10) will be invited to join the finals in Trieste to pitch their ideas to a jury of experts. Teams attending the finals will have the opportunity to discover more about LandSense, get coaching/mentoring to improve their pitches and network with the vibrant EO and citizen science communities. The winning team will not only receive a grand prize but also continue collaboration with the LandSense consortium to further advance their solution.

The Horizon 2020 project, LandSense, is a modern citizen observatory for Land Use & Land Cover (LULC) monitoring, that connects citizens with Earth Observation (EO) data to transform current approaches to environmental decision making. Citizen Observatories are community-driven mechanisms to complement existing environmental monitoring systems and can be fostered through EO-based mobile and web applications, allowing citizens to not only play a key role in LULC monitoring, but also to be directly involved in the co-creation of such solutions. Within LandSense, citizens can participate in ongoing demonstration pilots using their own devices (e.g. mobile phones and tablets), through interactive reporting, gaming applications and mapathons. Campaigns in Vienna, Toulouse, Amsterdam, Serbia, Spain and Indonesia address topics such as urban greenspaces, agricultural management and biodiversity/habitat threat monitoring. For example, in the case of Toulouse and Indonesia, hotspots of change in LULC are identified through Sentinel 2 time series analysis. These hotspots are then validated by citizens and interested stakeholders either directly on-site via customized mobile applications, providing geotagged photos, or remotely via the online LandSense Engagement platform. The presentation will not only showcase the tools and results from these campaigns, but also highlight how citizen-driven observations can contribute to sustainable development. Such initiatives present clear opportunities to integrate citizen-driven observations with established authoritative data sources to further extend GEOSS and Copernicus capacities, and support comprehensive environmental monitoring systems. In addition, these applications have considerable potential in lowering expenditure costs on in-situ data collection and current calibration/validation approaches within the processing chain of environmental monitoring activities both within and beyond Europe.

The LandSense Citizen Observatory (https://landsense.eu/) brings together the domains of citizen science and Earth Observation (EO) to address challenging issues related to in-situ monitoring in the field of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC). As part of the observatory, several technologies are being developed and deployed across three themes and various communities to illustrate the potential of citizen observatories to tackle environmental monitoring issues. This deliverable reports on the pilot activities executed within the Agricultural Land Use theme (i.e. Demonstration Case 2, Phase 2), which had been outlined in the action plan presented in Deliverable 2.3 (Engagement action plans and campaign strategies for LandSense demonstration cases II). This report outlines pilot activities implemented between February and October 2019 in Serbia, where a group of 25 farmers were actively involved in the collection of agricultural in-situ data. The data collection was facilitated by CropSupport - a LandSense technology that had been initially tested during Phase 1 campaign (D4.2), and further developed with additional important functionalities and services before the Phase 2 campaign. This deliverable will serve to feed into the D4.8: Feedback and Evaluation of LandSense Demonstration Cases - Report II.

The LandSense Citizen Observatory (https://landsense.eu/) brings together the domains of citizen science and Earth Observation (EO) to address challenging issues related to in-situ monitoring in the field of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC). As part of the observatory, several technologies are being developed and deployed across three themes and various communities to illustrate the potential of citizen observatories to tackle environmental monitoring issues. This deliverable reports on the pilot activities executed within the Agricultural Land Use theme (i.e. Demonstration Case 2, Phase 2), which had been outlined in the action plan presented in Deliverable 2.3 (Engagement action plans and campaign strategies for LandSense demonstration cases II). This report outlines pilot activities implemented between February and October 2019 in Serbia, where a group of 25 farmers were actively involved in the collection of agricultural in-situ data. The data collection was facilitated by CropSupport - a LandSense technology that had been initially tested during Phase 1 campaign (D4.2), and further developed with additional important functionalities and services before the Phase 2 campaign. This deliverable will serve to feed into the D4.8: Feedback and Evaluation of LandSense Demonstration Cases - Report II.&nbsp

This deliverable reports on the use of the quality assurance (QA) service, developed as part of WP5, to analyse data collected by the LandSense demonstrator pilot case studies. It describes data acquired by the pilots and the preliminary analysis that results from processing the data using the QA service. Assessments of data quality relating to user-captured photographs, ensuring GDPR compliance on user captured photographs, assessing point and polygon field observations, calculating categorical accuracy of classifications of Earth Observation data, and contributor agreement measures are described.

The LandSense Citizen Observatory offers a wide breadth of citizen science and crowdsourcing approaches to address key questions within the domain of land use and land cover monitoring. Some of the LandSense pilots focused on in-situ observations using mobile apps, whereas other pilots were centered around satellite-image interpretations during dedicated mapathons. The design and implementation of the seven demonstration pilots across seven countries covering the urban, agriculture and forest habitat domains led to key discoveries and lessons learned by the consortium. We share stakeholder and volunteer feedback and provide a self-evaluation of all demonstration pilots, while addressing sustainability and further exploitation potential. This deliverable provides an overview of the LandSense demonstration cases in the urban, agriculture and forest habitat domains, each of which is described in more details in deliverables D4.5 (Demo 1: Cost reduction and data conflation in monitoring land change II), D4.6 (Demo 2: Monitoring agricultural land use and provision of value-added agricultural services II) and D4.7 (Demo 3: Forest and habitat monitoring using innovative technologies II). Each case is described, followed by a summary of the generic feedback gathered from experiences with running each case and an evaluation. The evaluation is based on the following criteria: • Number of users engaged • Number of downloads of the app; • Number of observations collected; • Uptake of the solution by local authorities, organizations, incorporation into business solutions; and • Other impacts. Although other LandSense KPIs were formulated to monitor and evaluate the LandSense project as a whole (available in the third Period Technical Report), these aforementioned measures, in particular, represent a way to reflect on the performance of each demonstration case. This is followed by recommendations arising from this evaluation for future citizen observatories on land use and land cover (LULC).&nbsp