Objectives:

This Plenary session is dedicated to completing GEO Plenary Business in accordance with the GEO Rules of Procedure. An update on new Executive Committee Members for 2025 will be provided and the GEO Secretariat will present on its work in service of the GEO Community. Session attendance is restricted to Official Delegations from Members and Participating Organizations, as well as GEO Associates (as observers). GEO delegations will be invited to make interventions.

Chair: 

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

Agenda:

Presentation by the GEO Budget Working Group: approval of the 2025 Secretariat Budget
- Jean Dusart, Policy Officer, Environmental Observations Sector, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Presentation by the Co-Chairs of the Rules of Procedure Task Force: approval of the Review of the Rules of Procedure
- Lulekwa Makapela, Manager, National Earth Observations and Space Secretariat, South Africa
- Lawrence Friedl, Senior Engagement Officer, NASA, United States
Presentation of Executive Committee Members 2025
Presentation of the GEO Secretariat: in Service of the GEO Community