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GEO’s Member governments welcome the engagement of Participating Organizations. The participation of intergovernmental, international and regional organizations with a mandate in Earth observation or related activitiesis subject to the approval by the GEO Executive Committee.

Membership and Participation in GEO is also contingent upon formal endorsement of the 2016-2025 Strategic Plan.

GEO may invite other relevant entities to support its work as Observers.

For more information about becoming a Participating Organization, please see the tab "How to get involved".

There are currently 144 Participating Organizations in GEO: - click on a name to visit their website.

• AARSE: African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment
• ACCREC: African Climate Change Research Centre
• ACMAD: African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development
• ADIE: Association for the Development of Environmental Information
• ADPC: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
• AFRIGIST: African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology
• Afriterra: Afriterra Foundation
• AGI: Association of Geospatial Industries
• AGRHYMET: AGRHYMET Regional Centre
• APN: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
• ARCSSTE-E: African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education
• ASCIF: African Smart Cities Innovation Foundation
• ASREN: Arab States Research and Education Network
• Belmont Forum: Belmont Forum
• CATHALAC: Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
• CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity
• CC: Creative Commons Organization
• CEDARE: Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe
• CEOBS: Conflict and Environment Observatory
• CEOS: Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• CfRN: Coalition for Rainforest Nations
• CGMS: Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
• CI: Conservation International
• CIIFEN: International Research Centre on El Niño
• CIMH: Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
• CLARA: Cooperation Latinoamerica de Redes Avanzades
• CMO: Caribbean Meteorological Organization
• CODATA: Committee on Data for Science and Technology
• COMIFAC: Commission des Forets d'Afrique Centrale
• COSPAR: Committee on Space Research
• CRTEAN: Regional Center for Remote Sensing North Africa States
• CSDMS: Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
• CUAHSI: Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
• EARSC: European Association of Remote Sensing Companies
• EARSel: European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
• Earthmind: Earthmind
• ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America
• ECMWF: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
• EEA: European Environment Agency
• EIS-AFRICA: Environmental Information Systems - AFRICA
• EPI: Environmental Pulse Institute
• EPOS: European Plate Observing System
• ESA: European Space Agency
• ESIP: Earth Science Information Partners
• ESSL: European Severe Storms Laboratory
• EU SatCen: European Union Satellite Centre
• EUMETNET: Network of European Meteorological Services/Composite Observing System
• EUMETSAT: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• Eurisy: Eurisy
• EuroGeographics: EuroGeographics
• EuroGeoSurveys: The Association of the Geological Surveys of the European Union
• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• FDSN: Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
• FrontierSI: Frontier Spatial Information
• Future Earth: Future Earth
• GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• GCOS: Global Climate Observing System
• GEANT: Gigabit European Academic Network
• GEM: Global Earthquake Model Foundation
• GFP: Global Flood Partnership
• GLOBE: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
• GLOS: Great Lakes Observing System
• GODAN: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
• GOOS: Global Ocean Observing System
• GPSDD: Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
• GRSS: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
• HOT: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
• i-BEC: Inter-Balkan Environment Centre
• IAF: International Astronautical Federation
• IAG: International Association of Geodesy
• ICA: International Cartographic Association
• ICGG: International Centre on Global-scale Geochemistry
• ICIMOD: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• ICOS: Integrated Carbon Observation System
• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IHE: IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
• IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development
• ILTER: International Long-term Ecological Research network
• INCOSE: International Council on Systems Engineering
• IO3C: International Ozone Commission
• IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• IRCK: International Research Center on Karst
• ISC: International Science Council
• ISDE: International Society for Digital Earth
• ISESTEL: Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Spatiales et Télécommunications
• ISNET: Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technologies
• ISPRS: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• ITC: International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
• IUGG: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• IUGS: International Union of Geological Sciences
• IWMI: International Water Management Institute
• JBGIS: Joint board of Geospatial Information Societies
• MCT: Micronesia Conservation Trust
• Mercator Ocean: Mercator Ocean International
• MKF: Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences
• MRI: The Mountain Research Initiative
• MTS: The Marine Technology Society
• OGC: Open Geospatial Consortium
• OpenGeoHub: OpenGeoHub
• OSGeo: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
• OSS: Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel
• PAIGH: Pan American Institute for Geography and History
• PGAP: Paul G. Allen Philanthropies
• Plan4all: Plan4all
• POGO: Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean
• Radiant Earth Foundation: Radiant Earth Foundation
• RCMRD: Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
• RDA: Research Data Alliance
• RFF: Resources for the Future
• SAON: Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
• SCO: Space for Climate Observatory
• SDSN: Sustainable Development Solutions Network
• SICA/CCAD: Central American Commission for the Environment and Development
• Sociedad Futura: Sociedad Futura
• SPC: Secretariat of the Pacific Community
• SPREP: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
• SWF: Secure World Foundation
• The World Bank: The World Bank
• UCAR: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• UNCCD: Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• UNDRR: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
• UNECA: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• UNECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
• UNESCAP: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNESCWA: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
• UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
• UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• UNOOSA: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
• UNU-EHS: United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security
• USP: University of the South Pacific
• WACREN: West and Central African Research and Education Network
• WCRP: World Climate Research Programme
• WDS: World Data System
• WFP: World Food Programme
• WGIC: World Geospatial Industry Council
• WHO: World Health Organization
• WMO: World Meteorological Organization
• WOC: World Ocean Council
• WRI: World Resources Institute

How to get involved

Become a Participating Organization (PO)

GEO's Member governments welcome the engagement of Participating Organizations (PO). The participation of intergovernmental, international, and regional organizations with a mandate in Earth observation or related activities is essential to the success of GEO and GEOSS. Participation in GEO is contingent upon formal endorsement of the 2016-2025 Strategic Plan and approval by the GEO Executive Committee.

Currently, there are currently 144 Participating Organizations in GEO, which are listed here.

A form requesting to become a Participating Organization can be downloaded here

For more information about becoming a Participating Organization, please contact the GEO Secretariat at secretariat@geosec.org.

Current GEO Participating Organizations (PO) can check their GEO designation information by choosing the respective PO from the drop down list below

If the information is outdated, please send an updated designation form to the secretariat@geosec.org email address. Thanks!

Why become a GEO Participating Organization?

Influence technical and policy decisions and contribute to the GEO Work Programme; Shape the overall direction of GEO through participation in the GEO Plenary and Programme Board; Benefit from the global community of Earth observation experts to help your organisation learn from and share knowledge in the area of the GEO engagement priorities, namely regarding climate change, disaster risk reduction and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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