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The EU programme for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): governance and financing

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) of the European Parliament has published a new study titled The EU programme for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): governance and financing. The abstract of the study states:

The European Programme for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is an Earth observation system with the aim to provide accurate and timely information to policy makers in order to support the management of the environment and civil security. The present study introduces the GMES programme and its components. It draws lessons learned from a comparison with the Galileo Programme. The governance and financing of GMES are critically analysed and discussed. Based on the main findings policy recommendations are developed.