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 aim of this action is to couple advanced hydrodynamics with advanced marine observation systems in order to optimize the O&M logistics of floating offshore wind farms.
The aim of this action is to settle a meaningful, concerted and scalable effort to build Copernicus related capacities among African Copernicus expert communities and actor networks to enable knowledge growth.
The Great Disaster Challenge is an educational activity using Copernicus earth observation data for disaster management. It is created by a consortium spanning eleven European countries, and will be carried out simultaneously in the participating countries.
Explore how Copernicus data can enhance monitoring and maintenance for energy suppliers and infrastructure managers in France’s Grand Est region. This initiative will create tailored solutions that optimize monitoring and maintenance activities, driving innovation and economic growth.
The main goal of the action is to look for new possibilities of acquiring information about the Earth's surface in relation to landscape and spatial planning by using Copernicus data and services.
The goal of Cop.RIVER is to create the basis for the characterization of riparian zones on a regional to European level based on reproducible Copernicus data and methods.
The aim of this action is to increase the use of Copernicus data and services in Portuguese Higher Education with awareness events and training sessions for students.
This action targets the use of Copernicus data for a sustainable development of the maritime sector, focusing on Ports and Harbours, Aquaculture and Fisheries. The action will organise awareness and training events in Europe, Africa and South America.