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
This Action will promote the use of Copernicus Earth Observations (EO) Services in the fields of coastal and catchment zone management.
The objective of this workshop is to foster the Copernicus user uptake within the Spanish agriculture sector and the use of Sentinels data and Copernicus Services to monitor the state of the environment and the agriculture in particular involving regional governments and the private sector.
The main objective of this action is: (i) to promote the uses of Copernicus with a wide geographic distribution; (ii) to promote the organization/coordination of information on actual and potential Copernicus users, their skills and needs; and (iii) provide training for land monitoring service users, thereby fostering the uptake of Copernicus...
Organize dedicated demonstrations/sessions at relevant conferences on Earth Observation and Geospatial information.
In this action, we want to continue and extend this survey mechanism, with a focus on user requirements for new products/services, not on usability of existing products (i.e. a different survey topic). As a result, we expect to document how the Copernicus services and Sentinel products need to be adapted for Belgian users.
Organize information meetings and application trainings for farmers, agriculture industry (associations) as part of an Agricultural Thematic Cluster for Belgium.
Identify places in the existing national legislation where Copernicus products and services can further improve policy making processes.