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

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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)

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)

Egyptian authorities announced that they intend to launch the first Egyptian scientific satellite by the end of 2007 ( Source Spacedaily)

In November 2005, ESA and the European Commission launched Sinequanet. The objective is to build a network able to organise, structure & deliver access to technical facilities, expert support; and training services specifically aimed at the needs of high-technology SMEs who are currently supply, or are looking to enter, the European space industry. Ultimately, the aim is to reinforce the profitable flow of innovation into and out of the European space technology business. (Source Sinequanet)

The mid-term workshop of the Coordination Action SPREEX dealing with Oil Spill Response preparedness and efficiency research needs, includes the presentation of summaries of the State of the Art reports prepared along the first year of the Coordination Action, on OSR issues, that includes in WP 3.

The NWS seeks user input as it evolves its geographical data services.
To advance the environmental information enterprise, NOAA/NWS will provide information in forms accessible to the public as well as underlying data in forms convenient to additional processing, to the extent practicable and within resource constraints. (Source US National Weather Service)

The GEO Plenary is the official decision-making forum of GEO and meets at least once annually. (Source Earth Observations)

The United Nations annual summit on climate change this week in Nairobi, Kenya, seeks to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol strategy, which becomes obsolete in 2012, to restrict emissions of heat-trapping gases that drive climate change. ESA joins the activities to share results of its satellite-based Kyoto-supporting services. (Source ESA)

The European Commission will be seeking further global progress in the battle against climate change at the annual United Nations climate change conference which starts in Nairobi today and runs until 17 November. European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas will participate in the high-level segment from 15-17 November. (Source Europa-EU)

CSIRO and the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM) have signed a research agreement in Beijing today to collaborate on China's resource mapping satellite program.(Source Spacemart)

MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) Russia’s 2006-2015 federal space program includes more than 20 projects devoted to fundamental scientific research. Nevertheless, it has not yet orbited any specialized scientific payloads except for Resurs-DK1, an earth-observation satellite launched this year to perform high-resolution remote observations of the Earth. Its launch was postponed many times. Developed