GEONETCast is a global network of satellite based data dissemination systems providing environmental data to a world-wide user community. The current partners within the GEONETCast initiative include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and EUMETSAT, as well as many prospective data provider partners. (Source EUMETSAT)

The European Commission has announced the date of the opening of the first calls for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

The European Union puts considerable emphasis on the need to invest more in research. (Source EU-Rapid)

FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. (Source EC- Europa)

External Advisory Groups have been set up by the Commission for the 7th Framework Programme. The memberships, mandates and reports can be found on this page (documents will be added as they become available). (Source EC- Europa)

Intergovernmental conference
of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) (Source EC- Europa)

The TANGO project has been selected for co-funding by the European Commission in the 3rd Call for proposals of the Aeronautics and Space priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). (Source GMES-Info)

An international conference on the Baltic Sea and the European Marine Strategy was held in order to focus on the need for intensified dialogue between researchers and policy-makers (Source at EU2006 BalticSea)

Press Trust Of India reports that the President A P J Abdul Kalam today suggested enactment of a law to govern the use of outer space and regulate the use of data acquired from remote sensing satellites, particularly of sensitive installations.(Source Spacemart)

The EU and South Korea have signed a cooperation agreement on science and technology research.

During the conciliation procedure, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on INSPIRE Directive on 21 November 2006. (Source GMES)

_Agreement on Seventh Framework Programme for scientific research 2007-2013 _ __ Research and innovation – 14-11-2006 The Industry Committee adopted on Monday second reading compromise amendments on the Seventh Framework Research Programme (FP7), which had been agreed in informal meetings with the Council. The EU??s main programme for funding scientific research, running for seven years

PANAJI: An advanced disaster warning system to be developed by Indian Space Research organization (ISRO) - National Disaster Management Support System - will be in place in a year's time. (Source Astroexpo)

ideal-ist offers a fast-working, pro-active and very efficient partnering network for those organisations whishing to participate in the ICT Programme. The project provides an advanced online platform that facilitates the search for partners interested in setting up or joining ICT projects according to the active calls. We help you find partners all over Europe, Eastern

The preliminary report to the Future Land Imaging Working Group on The American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Survey on the Future of Land Imaging is now available at ASPRS

Ever wanted to see what volcanic eruptions, dust storms and changing ice glaciers look like from space? The European Space Agency (ESA) has created a special layer of content that will appear in Google Earth, enabling people to see over 130 new ESA satellite images including natural phenomena and manmade landmarks such as the Palm Islands in Dubai. (Source ESA)