The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC�) has posted an OGC "Invitation to Qualify" (ITQ) for the OGC Interoperability Program (OGC IP) Pool [http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=14559].

List of FP7 events and links which might be of interest to EO Industry from DG INFSO (Source Cordis)

Two workshops on how to write a successful project proposal for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will take place on 7 and 8 February, in Brussels, Belgium. (Source Cordis)

The GMES Atmosphere Service Workshop was held on 6 and 7 December at the Belgian Academy Palace in Brussels. The workshop was attended by over 100 participants from 27 countries, several European Commission Directorates General (Environment, Joint Research Centre, Research, Transport and Energy, Enterprise and Industry), European agencies and organisations, such as ECMWF, EEA, ESA, EUMETSAT, as well as key projects funded through European Commission 6th Framework Programme and ESA GMES Service Element activities (GEMS and PROMOTE). (Source GMES.Info)

RAS informs Parliamentary Committee of its concern with the poor level of coordination and effectiveness of the current policy. (Source Scienific Frontline)

The Competitiveness Council became the second EU institution to set out strategic priorities for strengthening innovation in Europe. (Source Cordis)

Green light for seventh framework research programme for 2007-2013 The European Parliament gave the go-ahead for the EU’s research and development funding for the period 2007-2013, when MEPs adopted 10 reports relating to the 7th Framework Research Programme (FP7). This programme, the EU’s main instrument for funding scientific research, will have a budget of more

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)