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Address to the GMES Steering Committee Meeting |
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(Source : European Commission; issued March 19, 2002)
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 Philippe Busquin, European Research Commissioner responsible for space policy, opened the first meeting of the GMES Steering Committee in Brussels on March 19. This meeting unites, for the first time, the users and suppliers of GMES services and technologies.
The steering committee will assist in the implementation of the EU's Action Plan on Global Monitoring of Environment and Security (GMES). The EU's goal is to develop by 2008 an operational and autonomous European global monitoring capability for environmental and security purposes. GMES is an initiative to federate Europe's disparate activities in satellite observation and remote sensing, in support of Community policies.
Click here for a transcript of Busquin's speech on the European Union website. (html format)
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