GEO-20 Plenary, Session 4: Declarations of Support from Global Leaders and Adoption of the GEO Work Programme

07 May 25, 17:00 - 17:30

GEO-20 Plenary, Session 4: Declarations of Support from Global Leaders and Adoption of the GEO Work Programme

Objectives

In this Plenary session, global leaders and representatives will have the opportunity to express their support for the Post-2025 GEO Strategy priorities and Post-2025 GEO Work Programme, followed by the formal adoption of the Post-2025 GEO Work Programme by the Plenary.

Chair:

Representative of the Lead Co-Chair, Xiaohan Liao, China

Agenda:

  • Additional declarations of support from global leaders
    • H.E. Gilbert K. Kabanda, Minister, Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • H.E. Orsolya Ferencz, Ministerial Commissioner for Space Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
    • H.E. Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile, Ambassador of South Africa to the Italian Republic, South Africa
    • H.E. Martin Andjaba, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Namibia to the Federal Republic of Germany, Namibia
    • Cheikh Mbow, Director-General, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal
    • Xiang Gao, Director-General, China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Ministry of Science and Technology, China
    • Joanna Drake, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
    • Dirk Engelbart, Director, Meteorology, Earth Observation and German Meteorological Service, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Germany
  • Adoption of the Post-2025 GEO Work Programme

Speaker

GILBERT KABANDA
GILBERT KABANDA
Speaker,Congo, Republic of the