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 the action is to build a strong demo case conducting to a downstream service in which Copernicus satellite observations .
This action is aimed to support institutional users working in operational oceanography to use Sentinel images in their national-scale services.
Build capacity among users to exploit the data exploitation platforms by supporting the integration of five Copernicus pilot application services on the CODE-DE platform.
Raise awareness and promote the use of COPERNICUS with adequate diffusion and promotion materials and valorise current research projects and prototypes using Sentinel and Contributing Missions data.
Promote the use of COPERNICUS to Educational Context, inform Students and Young Researchers about the Copernicus Services, assist in School Science Competitions in National and European Level and cultivate an Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Culture in the Cypriot Educational System.
Raise awareness for the use of COPERNICUS and present an array of success stories that indicate a problem-solution course and the impact of the success on the resolved issue.
The action wants to support monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) in selected Member States (MS).
This action aims to develop and test a downstream application/service to support national statistics and reporting on land cover with a particular focus on ecosystem accounting.