The Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP) is dedicated to increasing the number of Copernicus users and the uptake of Copernicus data and services worldwide. It supports four types of activities to help users leverage Copernicus:
- Hosting national and multi-national workshops, information days, and other types of awareness-raising and training events
- Building active dialogue related to Copernicus
- Developing and piloting applications and services
- Promoting national and cross-border innovative actions
Co-financed by the European Commission, FPCUP is coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR Space Agency). Its consortium includes 50 partners from 23 European countries, representing a wide range of expertise. After seven years and over 220 actions, FPCUP is coming to and end in December 2025.
FPCUP Actions
The main objective of this action is to extend the use of Copernicus and EO data, in line with global trends, public health information and UN/WHO actions to use space science for global health.
The objective of the action is to promote the use of Copernicus data for monitoring of coastal and inland waters. The proposal will focus on advancing the use of high- and medium-resolution multisensor data.
U-CLIMADAPT is a joint action by the FPCUP internal Working Group “Impact of Climate Change” with partners from Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), ETH Zurich / MeteoSwiss, CNRS, IHCantabria / Universidad de Cantabria.
The overall goal of this action is to promote the use of Copernicus data in the implementation of the EU Marine Spatial Planning Directive and EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
This joint action aims to coordinate a group of sub-actions in different topics to promote the user uptake of Copernicus data and services in Central & South America.
This action addresses the development of a Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) App on the Climate Data Store (CDS) for a Europe-wide provision of snow load climatological information for civil engineering as well as hazard and damage prevention purposes.
The action aims at sharing knowledge and experience among European, and especially among French, German, and Swiss regions and at promoting the operational uses of Copernicus data and services by Local and Regional Authorities.