The Stakeholder Engagement Facility (SEF) of the European Space Agency (ESA) supports the uptake of Earth Observation data by expanding engagement with a diverse range of stakeholder and end-user communities.

Earth Observation (EO) data includes information about the Earth’s surface, waters and atmosphere that can be collected via ground-based, airborne or satellite remote sensing platforms. EO data serves a very wide range of applications and industries, including: environmental protection, energy, managing urban areas, regional and local planning, agriculture, transport, climate change, sustainable development, tourism – and more.

To help cities address urban challenges such as urban heat, land use or spatial planning using EO data, the ESA SEF invites you to join the Urban EO deep dive. This programme provides local administrations that have limited experience with observation data with a guided approach to harnessing EO solutions, through a step-by-step process:

First, SEF helps cities assess their priorities, state of the art and resources related to EO data. Then, a targeted use case is developed in close coordination with city teams and adapted to local needs. Finally, cities work in a hands-on session to produce concrete outputs based on the EO solutions.

Interested cities can read more in this document and contact the ESA SEF team for more information.