Nomination
| Dokumendiregister | Justiitsministeerium |
| Viit | 7-2/4527 |
| Registreeritud | 26.05.2025 |
| Sünkroonitud | 27.05.2025 |
| Liik | Sissetulev kiri |
| Funktsioon | 7 EL otsustusprotsessis osalemine ja rahvusvaheline koostöö |
| Sari | 7-2 Rahvusvahelise koostöö korraldamisega seotud kirjavahetus (Arhiiviväärtuslik) |
| Toimik | 7-2/2025 |
| Juurdepääsupiirang | Avalik |
| Juurdepääsupiirang | |
| Adressaat | EV alalne esindus EL juures |
| Saabumis/saatmisviis | EV alalne esindus EL juures |
| Vastutaja | Kristiina Krause (Justiits- ja Digiministeerium, Kantsleri vastutusvaldkond, Üldosakond, Kommunikatsiooni ja väliskoostöö talitus) |
| Originaal | Ava uues aknas |
Failid
Commission européenne, 2920 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG – Tel. +352 43011 Office: MERP 05/D005 – Tel. direct line +352 4301-35239 [email protected]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Enabling and Emerging Technologies High Performance Computing and Applications
Luxembourg CNECT.C.1/GP
Their Excellencies the Permanent Representatives of the Member States and of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to the European Union
Subject: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
Your Excellency, the Permanent Representative to the European Union,
Destination Earth is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green
and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital
twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and
test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European
environmental policies. The first full version of Destination Earth, composed of a core
platform, data lake and two digital twins on climate adaptation and extreme weather events,
became operational in June 2024 as part of the first implementation phase. The current
(second) phase, which will continue until mid-2026, focuses on further development of the
system and user uptake. The third phase (until 2028) is under negotiations, to be concluded
by the end of the year.
The Destination Earth Coordination Group (DCG) holds a central role in supporting cooperation between the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) Member States and Associated Countries and the European Commission, and in fostering synergies on national, regional and local level. As the Destination Earth system is constantly developed further and the number of users increases, the Commission seeks to tailor its use closely for the needs of the Member States and Associated Countries. The advisory role of the DCG is very important in this respect.
Therefore, in the interest of promoting further collaboration between the Member States and Associated Countries in the use of Destination Earth, the Commission suggests to form a dedicated sub-group for developing a roadmap for the co-design of joint services for the Member States and Associated countries. This proposal has been discussed in the previous meetings of the DCG.
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The Commission has now finalised the Terms of Reference of the sub-group which is attached to this letter. The main task of the DCG sub-group will be to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications to be used in several Member States/Associated Countries to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events through Destination Earth. The sub-group is estimated to be active for max 12 months, until the roadmap is finalised and adopted by the Commission.
In case your country would like to join the future sub-group, we kindly ask you to inform us of your nomination by email to the DCG secretariat at CNECT- [email protected]. The sub-group and its mandate will be subject to a discussion in the next DCG meeting on June 4th, 2025 (in Brussels and online). We foresee the first sub-group meeting to take place in conjunction with 11th DCG meeting in September 2025. Please note that you can nominate a member to the sub-group at any time.
The nominated expert in the sub-group should be a representative of the Member States' authorities or other public entities and provide the group with the required expertise. The same conditions apply as for the members of the DCG, including regarding the reimbursement of the expenses (one reimbursed expert per MS/AC per group and/or sub- group). The aim is to organise the sub-group meetings in in conjunction with the DCG meetings, and the DCG members are also welcome to participate in the sub-group meetings. The sub-group will always report their findings to the DCG, which remains responsible for making any recommendations to the European Commission. Observers can also attend the sub-group meetings.
For further details on the sub-group’s formation, tasks and membership, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.
Finally, we also kindly ask you to verify the current nomination(s) to the DCG itself, as some delegates do not seem to be reachable anymore by the DCG secretariat (e.g. due to inactive email addresses) and inform us if there have been changes.
Yours sincerely,
Grazyna PIESIEWICZ Head of Unit
Contact: [email protected]
Enclosure: Terms of Reference of the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
CC: DCG members and observers
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, 23 May 2025 14:47:10 +0000
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
Your Excellency, the Permanent Representative to the European Union,
Destination Earth is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European environmental policies. The first full version of Destination Earth, composed of a core platform, data lake and two digital twins on climate adaptation and extreme weather events, became operational in June 2024 as part of the first implementation phase. The current (second) phase, which will continue until mid-2026, focuses on further development of the system and user uptake. The third phase (until 2028) is under negotiations, to be concluded by the end of the year.
The Destination Earth Coordination Group (DCG) holds a central role in supporting cooperation between the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) Member States and Associated Countries and the European Commission, and in fostering synergies on national, regional and local level. As the Destination Earth system is constantly developed further and the number of users increases, the Commission seeks to tailor its use closely for the needs of the Member States and Associated Countries. The advisory role of the DCG is very important in this respect.
Therefore, in the interest of promoting further collaboration between the Member States and Associated Countries in the use of Destination Earth, the Commission suggests to form a dedicated sub-group for developing a roadmap for the co-design of joint services for the Member States and Associated countries. This proposal has been discussed in the previous meetings of the DCG.
The Commission has now finalised the Terms of Reference of the sub-group which is attached to this letter. The main task of the DCG sub-group will be to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications to be used in several Member States/Associated Countries to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events through Destination Earth. The sub-group is estimated to be active for max 12 months, until the roadmap is finalised and adopted by the Commission.
In case your country would like to join the future sub-group, we kindly ask you to inform us of your nomination by email to the DCG secretariat at [email protected]. The sub-group and its mandate will be subject to a discussion in the next DCG meeting on June 4th, 2025 (in Brussels and online). We foresee the first sub-group meeting to take place in conjunction with 11th DCG meeting in September 2025. Please note that you can nominate a member to the sub-group at any time.
The nominated expert in the sub-group should be a representative of the Member States' authorities or other public entities and provide the group with the required expertise. The same conditions apply as for the members of the DCG, including regarding the reimbursement of the expenses (one reimbursed expert per MS/AC per group and/or sub-group). The aim is to organise the sub-group meetings in in conjunction with the DCG meetings, and the DCG members are also welcome to participate in the sub-group meetings. The sub-group will always report their findings to the DCG, which remains responsible for making any recommendations to the European Commission. Observers can also attend the sub-group meetings.
For further details on the sub-group’s formation, tasks, and membership, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.
Finally, we also kindly ask you to verify the current nomination(s) to the DCG itself, as some delegates do not seem to be reachable anymore by the DCG secretariat (e.g. due to inactive email addresses) and inform us if there have been changes.
Yours sincerely,
Grazyna PIESIEWICZ
Head of Unit
European Commission
DG CONNECT – Communication Networks, Content and Technology
CNECT.C1 – High Performance Computing and Applications
Mercier-Post (MERP), 20 rue de Reims, L–2417 Luxembourg
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure The Director
WORKING GROUP ON CO-DESIGNED SERVICES FOR DESTINATION EARTH
SUB-GROUP TO THE INFORMAL COMMISSION EXPERT GROUP
DESTINATION EARTH COORDINATION GROUP (E03780)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. BACKGROUND
Destination Earth (DestinE) is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European environmental policies.
The Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (‘DG CONNECT’) is leading the DestinE initiative, and implements it through contribution agreements entrusted to the following three leading international organisations in the field: European Space Agency (ESA), European Centre for Medium- Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The initiative is funded from the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) through three phases during 2022-2030, and additional research and innovation related is provided from the Horizon Europe programme.
The first implementation phase was finalised in mid 2024 and the first full version of the DestinE system, composed of a core service platform, data lake and the two initial digital twins on climate change adaptation and extreme weather events, became operational. The current (second) implementation phase continues until mid 2026 and focuses on further development of the system and user uptake.
The role of the Destination Earth Coordination Group is to foster cooperation and synergies at European, national and regional level and to ensure close involvement of Member States and the third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme in the co-design, planning, monitoring and evolution of the initiative. The sub-group shall focus on the co-design aspect to leverage the Destination Earth operational system and its scientific and technological capabilities for the Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. The co-design of new innovative tailored services for coping with the effects of climate change and extreme weather events will enable a unique angle for joint development at European level and focus on the specific needs with common attributes to the users in several Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme.
The sub-group shall bring together sectoral Member State experts to discuss, propose, and develop a roadmap for co-designed services and applications at transnational, national, regional, and local levels. The roadmap shall describe a jointly agreed method for the service
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development, define priority areas and services needed and the proposed implementation mechanism, including the co-funding structure. The sub-group is initially established for a 12- month period, with the possibility of extension until its tasks are finalised.
For any aspect not explicitly mentioned in these terms of reference, the sub-group shall operate in compliance with the terms of reference and rules of procedure of Destination Earth Coordination Group (E03780) and the Commission’s horizontal rules on expert groups (‘the horizontal rules’)1.
2. SUBJECT MATTER
The Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth (“the co-design sub- group”), a sub-group to the informal Commission expert group Destination Earth Coordination (”the main group”), is set up.
3. TASKS
The co-design sub-group’s task shall be
to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications, based on the Destination Earth system, to be used by Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.
Building on the members’ national and international expertise, the roadmap shall:
(1) propose a suitable methodology for co-design that can be used for creating the services and applications across Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme;
(2) define the priority areas and impact sectors (e.g. forest fires, floods, urban adaptation, heat / cold stress, renewable energy, water resources, agriculture, marine and coastal challenges) where new joint services and applications are needed;
(3) describe the general attributes of the individual services and applications to guide technical and functional implementation;
(4) suggest a funding and governance framework for the proposed services and applications as well as a timeline for its implementation.
4. MEMBERSHIP
1. Members shall be Member States, third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme and other public entities.
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2. Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme shall nominate their representatives and shall be responsible for ensuring that their representative provides high level of expertise.
3. The observers to the main group may also be observers of the sub-group.
5. OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
4. The sub-group shall be chaired by DG CONNECT, which shall also act as the secretariat of the sub-group.
5. The sub-group shall nominate (a) rapporteur(s) in charge of drafting the roadmap.
6. The sub-group shall report to the main group and act under its mandate in advising the European Commission.
7. The findings of the sub-group shall be submitted to the Destination Earth Coordination Group which shall be solely responsible for making recommendations to the European Commission.
8. The sub-group shall cease to exist once the roadmap as described in section 3 has been presented to and accepted by the Chair (DG CONNECT).
Done in Brussels, on 2 May 2025
Commission européenne, 2920 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG – Tel. +352 43011 Office: MERP 05/D005 – Tel. direct line +352 4301-35239 [email protected]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Enabling and Emerging Technologies High Performance Computing and Applications
Luxembourg CNECT.C.1/GP
Their Excellencies the Permanent Representatives of the Member States and of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to the European Union
Subject: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
Your Excellency, the Permanent Representative to the European Union,
Destination Earth is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green
and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital
twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and
test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European
environmental policies. The first full version of Destination Earth, composed of a core
platform, data lake and two digital twins on climate adaptation and extreme weather events,
became operational in June 2024 as part of the first implementation phase. The current
(second) phase, which will continue until mid-2026, focuses on further development of the
system and user uptake. The third phase (until 2028) is under negotiations, to be concluded
by the end of the year.
The Destination Earth Coordination Group (DCG) holds a central role in supporting cooperation between the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) Member States and Associated Countries and the European Commission, and in fostering synergies on national, regional and local level. As the Destination Earth system is constantly developed further and the number of users increases, the Commission seeks to tailor its use closely for the needs of the Member States and Associated Countries. The advisory role of the DCG is very important in this respect.
Therefore, in the interest of promoting further collaboration between the Member States and Associated Countries in the use of Destination Earth, the Commission suggests to form a dedicated sub-group for developing a roadmap for the co-design of joint services for the Member States and Associated countries. This proposal has been discussed in the previous meetings of the DCG.
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The Commission has now finalised the Terms of Reference of the sub-group which is attached to this letter. The main task of the DCG sub-group will be to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications to be used in several Member States/Associated Countries to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events through Destination Earth. The sub-group is estimated to be active for max 12 months, until the roadmap is finalised and adopted by the Commission.
In case your country would like to join the future sub-group, we kindly ask you to inform us of your nomination by email to the DCG secretariat at CNECT- [email protected]. The sub-group and its mandate will be subject to a discussion in the next DCG meeting on June 4th, 2025 (in Brussels and online). We foresee the first sub-group meeting to take place in conjunction with 11th DCG meeting in September 2025. Please note that you can nominate a member to the sub-group at any time.
The nominated expert in the sub-group should be a representative of the Member States' authorities or other public entities and provide the group with the required expertise. The same conditions apply as for the members of the DCG, including regarding the reimbursement of the expenses (one reimbursed expert per MS/AC per group and/or sub- group). The aim is to organise the sub-group meetings in in conjunction with the DCG meetings, and the DCG members are also welcome to participate in the sub-group meetings. The sub-group will always report their findings to the DCG, which remains responsible for making any recommendations to the European Commission. Observers can also attend the sub-group meetings.
For further details on the sub-group’s formation, tasks and membership, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.
Finally, we also kindly ask you to verify the current nomination(s) to the DCG itself, as some delegates do not seem to be reachable anymore by the DCG secretariat (e.g. due to inactive email addresses) and inform us if there have been changes.
Yours sincerely,
Grazyna PIESIEWICZ Head of Unit
Contact: [email protected]
Enclosure: Terms of Reference of the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
CC: DCG members and observers
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure The Director
WORKING GROUP ON CO-DESIGNED SERVICES FOR DESTINATION EARTH
SUB-GROUP TO THE INFORMAL COMMISSION EXPERT GROUP
DESTINATION EARTH COORDINATION GROUP (E03780)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. BACKGROUND
Destination Earth (DestinE) is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European environmental policies.
The Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (‘DG CONNECT’) is leading the DestinE initiative, and implements it through contribution agreements entrusted to the following three leading international organisations in the field: European Space Agency (ESA), European Centre for Medium- Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The initiative is funded from the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) through three phases during 2022-2030, and additional research and innovation related is provided from the Horizon Europe programme.
The first implementation phase was finalised in mid 2024 and the first full version of the DestinE system, composed of a core service platform, data lake and the two initial digital twins on climate change adaptation and extreme weather events, became operational. The current (second) implementation phase continues until mid 2026 and focuses on further development of the system and user uptake.
The role of the Destination Earth Coordination Group is to foster cooperation and synergies at European, national and regional level and to ensure close involvement of Member States and the third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme in the co-design, planning, monitoring and evolution of the initiative. The sub-group shall focus on the co-design aspect to leverage the Destination Earth operational system and its scientific and technological capabilities for the Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. The co-design of new innovative tailored services for coping with the effects of climate change and extreme weather events will enable a unique angle for joint development at European level and focus on the specific needs with common attributes to the users in several Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme.
The sub-group shall bring together sectoral Member State experts to discuss, propose, and develop a roadmap for co-designed services and applications at transnational, national, regional, and local levels. The roadmap shall describe a jointly agreed method for the service
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development, define priority areas and services needed and the proposed implementation mechanism, including the co-funding structure. The sub-group is initially established for a 12- month period, with the possibility of extension until its tasks are finalised.
For any aspect not explicitly mentioned in these terms of reference, the sub-group shall operate in compliance with the terms of reference and rules of procedure of Destination Earth Coordination Group (E03780) and the Commission’s horizontal rules on expert groups (‘the horizontal rules’)1.
2. SUBJECT MATTER
The Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth (“the co-design sub- group”), a sub-group to the informal Commission expert group Destination Earth Coordination (”the main group”), is set up.
3. TASKS
The co-design sub-group’s task shall be
to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications, based on the Destination Earth system, to be used by Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.
Building on the members’ national and international expertise, the roadmap shall:
(1) propose a suitable methodology for co-design that can be used for creating the services and applications across Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme;
(2) define the priority areas and impact sectors (e.g. forest fires, floods, urban adaptation, heat / cold stress, renewable energy, water resources, agriculture, marine and coastal challenges) where new joint services and applications are needed;
(3) describe the general attributes of the individual services and applications to guide technical and functional implementation;
(4) suggest a funding and governance framework for the proposed services and applications as well as a timeline for its implementation.
4. MEMBERSHIP
1. Members shall be Member States, third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme and other public entities.
1 C(2016) 3301.
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2. Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme shall nominate their representatives and shall be responsible for ensuring that their representative provides high level of expertise.
3. The observers to the main group may also be observers of the sub-group.
5. OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
4. The sub-group shall be chaired by DG CONNECT, which shall also act as the secretariat of the sub-group.
5. The sub-group shall nominate (a) rapporteur(s) in charge of drafting the roadmap.
6. The sub-group shall report to the main group and act under its mandate in advising the European Commission.
7. The findings of the sub-group shall be submitted to the Destination Earth Coordination Group which shall be solely responsible for making recommendations to the European Commission.
8. The sub-group shall cease to exist once the roadmap as described in section 3 has been presented to and accepted by the Chair (DG CONNECT).
Done in Brussels, on 2 May 2025
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Reg. number: 14-4/489
Reg. kuupäev: 25.05.2025
Sisu: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth(DCG)
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Sekretär
Eesti alaline esindus Euroopa Liidu juures
Commission européenne, 2920 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG – Tel. +352 43011 Office: MERP 05/D005 – Tel. direct line +352 4301-35239 [email protected]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Enabling and Emerging Technologies High Performance Computing and Applications
Luxembourg CNECT.C.1/GP
Their Excellencies the Permanent Representatives of the Member States and of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to the European Union
Subject: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
Your Excellency, the Permanent Representative to the European Union,
Destination Earth is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green
and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital
twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and
test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European
environmental policies. The first full version of Destination Earth, composed of a core
platform, data lake and two digital twins on climate adaptation and extreme weather events,
became operational in June 2024 as part of the first implementation phase. The current
(second) phase, which will continue until mid-2026, focuses on further development of the
system and user uptake. The third phase (until 2028) is under negotiations, to be concluded
by the end of the year.
The Destination Earth Coordination Group (DCG) holds a central role in supporting cooperation between the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) Member States and Associated Countries and the European Commission, and in fostering synergies on national, regional and local level. As the Destination Earth system is constantly developed further and the number of users increases, the Commission seeks to tailor its use closely for the needs of the Member States and Associated Countries. The advisory role of the DCG is very important in this respect.
Therefore, in the interest of promoting further collaboration between the Member States and Associated Countries in the use of Destination Earth, the Commission suggests to form a dedicated sub-group for developing a roadmap for the co-design of joint services for the Member States and Associated countries. This proposal has been discussed in the previous meetings of the DCG.
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The Commission has now finalised the Terms of Reference of the sub-group which is attached to this letter. The main task of the DCG sub-group will be to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications to be used in several Member States/Associated Countries to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events through Destination Earth. The sub-group is estimated to be active for max 12 months, until the roadmap is finalised and adopted by the Commission.
In case your country would like to join the future sub-group, we kindly ask you to inform us of your nomination by email to the DCG secretariat at CNECT- [email protected]. The sub-group and its mandate will be subject to a discussion in the next DCG meeting on June 4th, 2025 (in Brussels and online). We foresee the first sub-group meeting to take place in conjunction with 11th DCG meeting in September 2025. Please note that you can nominate a member to the sub-group at any time.
The nominated expert in the sub-group should be a representative of the Member States' authorities or other public entities and provide the group with the required expertise. The same conditions apply as for the members of the DCG, including regarding the reimbursement of the expenses (one reimbursed expert per MS/AC per group and/or sub- group). The aim is to organise the sub-group meetings in in conjunction with the DCG meetings, and the DCG members are also welcome to participate in the sub-group meetings. The sub-group will always report their findings to the DCG, which remains responsible for making any recommendations to the European Commission. Observers can also attend the sub-group meetings.
For further details on the sub-group’s formation, tasks and membership, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.
Finally, we also kindly ask you to verify the current nomination(s) to the DCG itself, as some delegates do not seem to be reachable anymore by the DCG secretariat (e.g. due to inactive email addresses) and inform us if there have been changes.
Yours sincerely,
Grazyna PIESIEWICZ Head of Unit
Contact: [email protected]
Enclosure: Terms of Reference of the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
CC: DCG members and observers
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, 23 May 2025 14:47:10 +0000
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
Your Excellency, the Permanent Representative to the European Union,
Destination Earth is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European environmental policies. The first full version of Destination Earth, composed of a core platform, data lake and two digital twins on climate adaptation and extreme weather events, became operational in June 2024 as part of the first implementation phase. The current (second) phase, which will continue until mid-2026, focuses on further development of the system and user uptake. The third phase (until 2028) is under negotiations, to be concluded by the end of the year.
The Destination Earth Coordination Group (DCG) holds a central role in supporting cooperation between the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) Member States and Associated Countries and the European Commission, and in fostering synergies on national, regional and local level. As the Destination Earth system is constantly developed further and the number of users increases, the Commission seeks to tailor its use closely for the needs of the Member States and Associated Countries. The advisory role of the DCG is very important in this respect.
Therefore, in the interest of promoting further collaboration between the Member States and Associated Countries in the use of Destination Earth, the Commission suggests to form a dedicated sub-group for developing a roadmap for the co-design of joint services for the Member States and Associated countries. This proposal has been discussed in the previous meetings of the DCG.
The Commission has now finalised the Terms of Reference of the sub-group which is attached to this letter. The main task of the DCG sub-group will be to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications to be used in several Member States/Associated Countries to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events through Destination Earth. The sub-group is estimated to be active for max 12 months, until the roadmap is finalised and adopted by the Commission.
In case your country would like to join the future sub-group, we kindly ask you to inform us of your nomination by email to the DCG secretariat at [email protected]. The sub-group and its mandate will be subject to a discussion in the next DCG meeting on June 4th, 2025 (in Brussels and online). We foresee the first sub-group meeting to take place in conjunction with 11th DCG meeting in September 2025. Please note that you can nominate a member to the sub-group at any time.
The nominated expert in the sub-group should be a representative of the Member States' authorities or other public entities and provide the group with the required expertise. The same conditions apply as for the members of the DCG, including regarding the reimbursement of the expenses (one reimbursed expert per MS/AC per group and/or sub-group). The aim is to organise the sub-group meetings in in conjunction with the DCG meetings, and the DCG members are also welcome to participate in the sub-group meetings. The sub-group will always report their findings to the DCG, which remains responsible for making any recommendations to the European Commission. Observers can also attend the sub-group meetings.
For further details on the sub-group’s formation, tasks, and membership, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.
Finally, we also kindly ask you to verify the current nomination(s) to the DCG itself, as some delegates do not seem to be reachable anymore by the DCG secretariat (e.g. due to inactive email addresses) and inform us if there have been changes.
Yours sincerely,
Grazyna PIESIEWICZ
Head of Unit
European Commission
DG CONNECT – Communication Networks, Content and Technology
CNECT.C1 – High Performance Computing and Applications
Mercier-Post (MERP), 20 rue de Reims, L–2417 Luxembourg
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure The Director
WORKING GROUP ON CO-DESIGNED SERVICES FOR DESTINATION EARTH
SUB-GROUP TO THE INFORMAL COMMISSION EXPERT GROUP
DESTINATION EARTH COORDINATION GROUP (E03780)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. BACKGROUND
Destination Earth (DestinE) is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European environmental policies.
The Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (‘DG CONNECT’) is leading the DestinE initiative, and implements it through contribution agreements entrusted to the following three leading international organisations in the field: European Space Agency (ESA), European Centre for Medium- Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The initiative is funded from the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) through three phases during 2022-2030, and additional research and innovation related is provided from the Horizon Europe programme.
The first implementation phase was finalised in mid 2024 and the first full version of the DestinE system, composed of a core service platform, data lake and the two initial digital twins on climate change adaptation and extreme weather events, became operational. The current (second) implementation phase continues until mid 2026 and focuses on further development of the system and user uptake.
The role of the Destination Earth Coordination Group is to foster cooperation and synergies at European, national and regional level and to ensure close involvement of Member States and the third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme in the co-design, planning, monitoring and evolution of the initiative. The sub-group shall focus on the co-design aspect to leverage the Destination Earth operational system and its scientific and technological capabilities for the Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. The co-design of new innovative tailored services for coping with the effects of climate change and extreme weather events will enable a unique angle for joint development at European level and focus on the specific needs with common attributes to the users in several Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme.
The sub-group shall bring together sectoral Member State experts to discuss, propose, and develop a roadmap for co-designed services and applications at transnational, national, regional, and local levels. The roadmap shall describe a jointly agreed method for the service
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development, define priority areas and services needed and the proposed implementation mechanism, including the co-funding structure. The sub-group is initially established for a 12- month period, with the possibility of extension until its tasks are finalised.
For any aspect not explicitly mentioned in these terms of reference, the sub-group shall operate in compliance with the terms of reference and rules of procedure of Destination Earth Coordination Group (E03780) and the Commission’s horizontal rules on expert groups (‘the horizontal rules’)1.
2. SUBJECT MATTER
The Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth (“the co-design sub- group”), a sub-group to the informal Commission expert group Destination Earth Coordination (”the main group”), is set up.
3. TASKS
The co-design sub-group’s task shall be
to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications, based on the Destination Earth system, to be used by Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.
Building on the members’ national and international expertise, the roadmap shall:
(1) propose a suitable methodology for co-design that can be used for creating the services and applications across Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme;
(2) define the priority areas and impact sectors (e.g. forest fires, floods, urban adaptation, heat / cold stress, renewable energy, water resources, agriculture, marine and coastal challenges) where new joint services and applications are needed;
(3) describe the general attributes of the individual services and applications to guide technical and functional implementation;
(4) suggest a funding and governance framework for the proposed services and applications as well as a timeline for its implementation.
4. MEMBERSHIP
1. Members shall be Member States, third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme and other public entities.
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2. Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme shall nominate their representatives and shall be responsible for ensuring that their representative provides high level of expertise.
3. The observers to the main group may also be observers of the sub-group.
5. OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
4. The sub-group shall be chaired by DG CONNECT, which shall also act as the secretariat of the sub-group.
5. The sub-group shall nominate (a) rapporteur(s) in charge of drafting the roadmap.
6. The sub-group shall report to the main group and act under its mandate in advising the European Commission.
7. The findings of the sub-group shall be submitted to the Destination Earth Coordination Group which shall be solely responsible for making recommendations to the European Commission.
8. The sub-group shall cease to exist once the roadmap as described in section 3 has been presented to and accepted by the Chair (DG CONNECT).
Done in Brussels, on 2 May 2025
Commission européenne, 2920 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG – Tel. +352 43011 Office: MERP 05/D005 – Tel. direct line +352 4301-35239 [email protected]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Enabling and Emerging Technologies High Performance Computing and Applications
Luxembourg CNECT.C.1/GP
Their Excellencies the Permanent Representatives of the Member States and of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to the European Union
Subject: Nomination for the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
Your Excellency, the Permanent Representative to the European Union,
Destination Earth is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green
and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital
twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and
test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European
environmental policies. The first full version of Destination Earth, composed of a core
platform, data lake and two digital twins on climate adaptation and extreme weather events,
became operational in June 2024 as part of the first implementation phase. The current
(second) phase, which will continue until mid-2026, focuses on further development of the
system and user uptake. The third phase (until 2028) is under negotiations, to be concluded
by the end of the year.
The Destination Earth Coordination Group (DCG) holds a central role in supporting cooperation between the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) Member States and Associated Countries and the European Commission, and in fostering synergies on national, regional and local level. As the Destination Earth system is constantly developed further and the number of users increases, the Commission seeks to tailor its use closely for the needs of the Member States and Associated Countries. The advisory role of the DCG is very important in this respect.
Therefore, in the interest of promoting further collaboration between the Member States and Associated Countries in the use of Destination Earth, the Commission suggests to form a dedicated sub-group for developing a roadmap for the co-design of joint services for the Member States and Associated countries. This proposal has been discussed in the previous meetings of the DCG.
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The Commission has now finalised the Terms of Reference of the sub-group which is attached to this letter. The main task of the DCG sub-group will be to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications to be used in several Member States/Associated Countries to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events through Destination Earth. The sub-group is estimated to be active for max 12 months, until the roadmap is finalised and adopted by the Commission.
In case your country would like to join the future sub-group, we kindly ask you to inform us of your nomination by email to the DCG secretariat at CNECT- [email protected]. The sub-group and its mandate will be subject to a discussion in the next DCG meeting on June 4th, 2025 (in Brussels and online). We foresee the first sub-group meeting to take place in conjunction with 11th DCG meeting in September 2025. Please note that you can nominate a member to the sub-group at any time.
The nominated expert in the sub-group should be a representative of the Member States' authorities or other public entities and provide the group with the required expertise. The same conditions apply as for the members of the DCG, including regarding the reimbursement of the expenses (one reimbursed expert per MS/AC per group and/or sub- group). The aim is to organise the sub-group meetings in in conjunction with the DCG meetings, and the DCG members are also welcome to participate in the sub-group meetings. The sub-group will always report their findings to the DCG, which remains responsible for making any recommendations to the European Commission. Observers can also attend the sub-group meetings.
For further details on the sub-group’s formation, tasks and membership, please refer to the attached Terms of Reference.
Finally, we also kindly ask you to verify the current nomination(s) to the DCG itself, as some delegates do not seem to be reachable anymore by the DCG secretariat (e.g. due to inactive email addresses) and inform us if there have been changes.
Yours sincerely,
Grazyna PIESIEWICZ Head of Unit
Contact: [email protected]
Enclosure: Terms of Reference of the Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth
CC: DCG members and observers
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure The Director
WORKING GROUP ON CO-DESIGNED SERVICES FOR DESTINATION EARTH
SUB-GROUP TO THE INFORMAL COMMISSION EXPERT GROUP
DESTINATION EARTH COORDINATION GROUP (E03780)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. BACKGROUND
Destination Earth (DestinE) is an EU flagship initiative responding to the twin challenge of the green and digital transition, developing a very high precision digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to monitor and simulate natural and human activity, and to develop and test scenarios that would enable more sustainable development and support European environmental policies.
The Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (‘DG CONNECT’) is leading the DestinE initiative, and implements it through contribution agreements entrusted to the following three leading international organisations in the field: European Space Agency (ESA), European Centre for Medium- Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The initiative is funded from the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) through three phases during 2022-2030, and additional research and innovation related is provided from the Horizon Europe programme.
The first implementation phase was finalised in mid 2024 and the first full version of the DestinE system, composed of a core service platform, data lake and the two initial digital twins on climate change adaptation and extreme weather events, became operational. The current (second) implementation phase continues until mid 2026 and focuses on further development of the system and user uptake.
The role of the Destination Earth Coordination Group is to foster cooperation and synergies at European, national and regional level and to ensure close involvement of Member States and the third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme in the co-design, planning, monitoring and evolution of the initiative. The sub-group shall focus on the co-design aspect to leverage the Destination Earth operational system and its scientific and technological capabilities for the Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. The co-design of new innovative tailored services for coping with the effects of climate change and extreme weather events will enable a unique angle for joint development at European level and focus on the specific needs with common attributes to the users in several Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme.
The sub-group shall bring together sectoral Member State experts to discuss, propose, and develop a roadmap for co-designed services and applications at transnational, national, regional, and local levels. The roadmap shall describe a jointly agreed method for the service
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development, define priority areas and services needed and the proposed implementation mechanism, including the co-funding structure. The sub-group is initially established for a 12- month period, with the possibility of extension until its tasks are finalised.
For any aspect not explicitly mentioned in these terms of reference, the sub-group shall operate in compliance with the terms of reference and rules of procedure of Destination Earth Coordination Group (E03780) and the Commission’s horizontal rules on expert groups (‘the horizontal rules’)1.
2. SUBJECT MATTER
The Working Group on co-designed services for Destination Earth (“the co-design sub- group”), a sub-group to the informal Commission expert group Destination Earth Coordination (”the main group”), is set up.
3. TASKS
The co-design sub-group’s task shall be
to develop a roadmap for designing, developing and implementing new innovative services and applications, based on the Destination Earth system, to be used by Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme to address their specific needs in adapting and mitigating to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.
Building on the members’ national and international expertise, the roadmap shall:
(1) propose a suitable methodology for co-design that can be used for creating the services and applications across Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme;
(2) define the priority areas and impact sectors (e.g. forest fires, floods, urban adaptation, heat / cold stress, renewable energy, water resources, agriculture, marine and coastal challenges) where new joint services and applications are needed;
(3) describe the general attributes of the individual services and applications to guide technical and functional implementation;
(4) suggest a funding and governance framework for the proposed services and applications as well as a timeline for its implementation.
4. MEMBERSHIP
1. Members shall be Member States, third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme and other public entities.
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2. Member States and third countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme shall nominate their representatives and shall be responsible for ensuring that their representative provides high level of expertise.
3. The observers to the main group may also be observers of the sub-group.
5. OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
4. The sub-group shall be chaired by DG CONNECT, which shall also act as the secretariat of the sub-group.
5. The sub-group shall nominate (a) rapporteur(s) in charge of drafting the roadmap.
6. The sub-group shall report to the main group and act under its mandate in advising the European Commission.
7. The findings of the sub-group shall be submitted to the Destination Earth Coordination Group which shall be solely responsible for making recommendations to the European Commission.
8. The sub-group shall cease to exist once the roadmap as described in section 3 has been presented to and accepted by the Chair (DG CONNECT).
Done in Brussels, on 2 May 2025