Jacques van Oene
December 8th 05, 07:01 PM
PRESS CONFERENCE
Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES Programme
12-14 December 2005 - Warsaw, Poland
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme is the
second European flagship in Space after the GALILEO navigation system. It is
intended to ensure European independence in critical data sources for
environmental monitoring and security. The focus of GMES is on the delivery
of strategic environmental and civil security information and shall help
Europe and its countries and regions to better implement their policies.
Only Earth Observation satellites can acquire global, long-term,
standardized geo-information, yet Earth Observation and in-situ monitoring
are mutually supportive. GMES shall therefore integrate observations from
space-, air-, ground- and sea-based platforms for regional and global
monitoring, providing essential information for policy- and decision-makers
and to European business and citizens. It will establish its first
operational capacities in 2008.
This Warsaw Conference follows the European Union Space Council (Nov 28
2005) and the ESA Council meeting at ministerial level (Dec 5/6 2005) at
which a GMES programme was presented to Member States. The EU Space Council
gave strong political support to GMES as a whole, while the ESA Ministerial
Council has committed some 250 Meuro to launch the first phase of the GMES
space component. This is about 25% above the proposed budget, which
underlines the enthusiastic support ESA's member states gave to the
programme. Following the final adoption of the ESA GMES Declaration at the
Ministerial Council, countries from new EU member states are now formally
allowed to join the programme as a fully participating state. This
possibility will be discussed at the meeting.
This Conference will also be an opportunity to further partnership
throughout Europe, with a special focus on active participation of the new
EU members in the future development and application of GMES. It will set
the context with other relevant EU initiatives, in particular INSPIRE
(Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe), the Common Agricultural
Policy, the Regional Development Policy, the Environment Action Plans and
the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Key speakers will represent all major institutions and will address space
policy and applications in the new member states as well as candidate
countries. Users' and service elements' needs shall be addressed at
institutional and non institutional level.
The audience of the Eurisy Conference will comprise representatives of
public administration and local authorities from the new member states,
current and potential end-users of GMES, researchers, representatives of
private companies and NGOs.
Practical Information
The Conference "Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES
Programme" will be held in Warsaw from 12 to 14 December 2005, at the
National Library, Biblioteka Narodowa, al. Niepodleglosci 213, 02-086
Warsaw, Poland
A Detailed programme can be downloaded from the EURISY Website:
www.eurisy.org
Press interviews will be organised during the conference on demand.
For further information, please contact:
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES Programme
12-14 December 2005 - Warsaw, Poland
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme is the
second European flagship in Space after the GALILEO navigation system. It is
intended to ensure European independence in critical data sources for
environmental monitoring and security. The focus of GMES is on the delivery
of strategic environmental and civil security information and shall help
Europe and its countries and regions to better implement their policies.
Only Earth Observation satellites can acquire global, long-term,
standardized geo-information, yet Earth Observation and in-situ monitoring
are mutually supportive. GMES shall therefore integrate observations from
space-, air-, ground- and sea-based platforms for regional and global
monitoring, providing essential information for policy- and decision-makers
and to European business and citizens. It will establish its first
operational capacities in 2008.
This Warsaw Conference follows the European Union Space Council (Nov 28
2005) and the ESA Council meeting at ministerial level (Dec 5/6 2005) at
which a GMES programme was presented to Member States. The EU Space Council
gave strong political support to GMES as a whole, while the ESA Ministerial
Council has committed some 250 Meuro to launch the first phase of the GMES
space component. This is about 25% above the proposed budget, which
underlines the enthusiastic support ESA's member states gave to the
programme. Following the final adoption of the ESA GMES Declaration at the
Ministerial Council, countries from new EU member states are now formally
allowed to join the programme as a fully participating state. This
possibility will be discussed at the meeting.
This Conference will also be an opportunity to further partnership
throughout Europe, with a special focus on active participation of the new
EU members in the future development and application of GMES. It will set
the context with other relevant EU initiatives, in particular INSPIRE
(Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe), the Common Agricultural
Policy, the Regional Development Policy, the Environment Action Plans and
the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Key speakers will represent all major institutions and will address space
policy and applications in the new member states as well as candidate
countries. Users' and service elements' needs shall be addressed at
institutional and non institutional level.
The audience of the Eurisy Conference will comprise representatives of
public administration and local authorities from the new member states,
current and potential end-users of GMES, researchers, representatives of
private companies and NGOs.
Practical Information
The Conference "Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES
Programme" will be held in Warsaw from 12 to 14 December 2005, at the
National Library, Biblioteka Narodowa, al. Niepodleglosci 213, 02-086
Warsaw, Poland
A Detailed programme can be downloaded from the EURISY Website:
www.eurisy.org
Press interviews will be organised during the conference on demand.
For further information, please contact:
--
--------------
Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info