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 proposed action “Coding Copernicus” is a fast-pace event that brings together space enthusiasts, developers, programmers, computer scientists and graphic designers to collaborate on the development of new software or applications based on Copernicus.
The goal of this action is to support and cooperate with Mercator Ocean International and the European Environment Agency on the user needs in coastal areas to define the future evolution of Copernicus products.
The main goal of the Action is to establish the Cultural Heritage Copernicus Technical Group (CHCTG), the final aim of which is to represent a European user network in the specific field of NCH conservation, management and sustainable exploitation.
The general aim of this action is to broaden and increase the knowledge and effective use of the Copernicus Programme within the National System for Environmental Protection in Italy.
The aim of this Action is to prepare, deliver and assess a cycle of training events, each of them being named as Copernicus Open School, along with the creation of a Community of practice (CP) and some innovative MOOCs.
The objective of the service is to generate an on-line and publicly available information platform on forests based on the data provided by the Copernicus service to support private forest owners in implementing sustainable forest management activities.