The Steering committee on the future of GEO and the Secretariat met in the Ministry of the Environment offices, Prague, Czech Republic from Oct. 31 – Nov. 1 2019 to achieve the following objectives: 1. Update Steering Committee members on the rationale and details of resolution UNEP/EA.4/RES.23 and lessons learned from the GEO process, in particular as it pertains to the preparation of GEO-4, GEO-5 and GEO-6. 2. Consider and approve the main issues to be reviewed in the options document; 3. Consider and approve the work plan and timeline for the preparation of the options document and for conducting the broad consultations on the future of GEO 4. Consider and approve the Terms of Reference for the work on the options document and the broad consultations