GEO AQ Community of Practice: Resources

GEOSS Community of Practice - The GEO Communities of Practice (CoP) provide a framework through which governments and organizations work together on projects and objectives of mutual interest. Each Community is organized around a particular theme, such as agriculture or biodiversity, and includes both producers and users of Earth observations .

Wikipedia Definition: Community of Practice The concept of a community of practice (often abbreviated as CoP) refers to the process of social learning that occurs and shared sociocultural practices that emerge and evolve when people who have common goals interact as they strive towards those goals.

Other pages on DataFed wiki about CoPs

AQ CoP Evolution

• GEOSS UIC Plenary, Toronto May 08 - plenary session declared that it would be desirable to create an Air Quality GEOSS Community of Practice.
• ESIP Summer Meeting, AQ Cluster meeting - Gary Foley encouraged the ESIP AQ cluster to be the starting point for the evolving Air Quality GEOSS Community of Practice.
• At 2008 Summer meeting, ESIP AQ Cluster members have expressed interest in being the starting point of the GEOSS AQ Community of Practice. Further decision required.

RHusar's CoP Bookmarks

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Popular Community of Practice Links

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