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EARSC 4 Pillars
Representing the Members
The core pillar of our activities is to support and promote our members. We achieve this goal mainly through projects which we undertake (see projects). Members’ views are gathered through a series of ad-hoc working groups dedicated to important topics. We inform our members through a monthly report and a dedicated portal about important news and information, as announced bid opportunities – and dedicated e-mails for key items.
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Market development & Internationalization
EARSC is engaged in a wide range of activities to develop new markets and business opportunities for our members. Our strategy is to engage users, identify needs and stimulate demand for European EO services both in Europe and abroad with complementary commercial and geographical approaches.
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Promoting the industry
EARSC employs a range of sophisticated digital tools to promote the European EO sector. EARSC has three main digital tools which cover creating a shared vocabulary (EARSC TAXONOMY) , providing a common space to find EO companies, and a common space to discover ‘online’ EO services.
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Showing the value of Earth Observation
The Earth observation sector delivers a wide range of social and environmental and economic benefits to citizens of Europe and the world. To properly and consistently value these impacts, EARSC leads the Sentinel Benefits Study (SeBS) project in which we measure the total societal impact of products and services coming from Sentinel satellite data.
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Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES Programme
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme
will establish an operational capacity in 2008.
It shall integrate space-, air-, ground- and sea-based observation
platforms for regional and global monitoring, providing essential
information for policy- and decision-makers and to European citizens. (Credits EURISY)
ESA tender opportunity opens for the evolution of GMES Services
ESA has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to analyse the evolution
of GMES Services over the next decade. This ITT (05.1AE.08 on the EMITS
system) was issued on 17-Oct and will close on 25-Nov 12:00 am. A
single contract (of 1.5 MEuro maximum, & duration 12 months) is
planned to analyse the evolution of GMES services over the next decade,
assess the requirements arising from this evolution and formulate
designs for operational implementation of service production, delivery
and use. (More info at ESA-EMITS)
Commissioner Potočnik meets new Scientific Council at its inaugural meeting
Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, will
meet the new 22-member Scientific Council, which has been established
to head up the future European Research Council, at its inaugural
meeting in Brussels today. The European Research Council will fund the
best of European science and scholarship, as assessed by peer review,
starting from 2007. The new Scientific Council - made up of scientists,
engineers, scholars and research leaders ?± will play a key role in
strengthening the quality and autonomy of scientific advice which
underpins the research funding decisions made.(Credits EUROPA-EU)
EU seeks to bridge economy-environment divide
The European Commission is to create a new high-level group on
competitiveness, energy and environment by the end of this year. The EU
executive announced the initiative on Wednesday as part of a new
industrial policy for Europe. (Credits ENDS Environment Daily)
integrated industrial policy: create conditions for manufacturing to thrive
In the face of globalisation and intense international competition, the
European Commission has launched a new industrial policy to create
better framework conditions for manufacturing industries in the coming
years. (Credits DG- Enterprise & Industry)
International Charter on 'Space & Major Diasters' completes 5 years
The International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters', a cooperation
initiative created between the European Space Agency (ESA), the
National Centre on Space Studies of France (CNES) and the Canadian
Space Agency (CSA) has completed five years. (International Charter)
Meeting with space industry
Following one of the recommendations contained in the Communication on?Æ
European Space Policy: Preliminary Elements?Æ of 23 May 2005 and in
compliance with orientations of the second Space Council, the Unit in
charge of Space Policy within Directorate General Enterprise and
Industry has organised a consultation of a panel of industrialists. The
panel of industry representatives was including participants from all
types of companies: large system integrators, SMEs, operators, service
companies, added value services providers, ...). (Credits Europa)
Earth science community wants more Earth Explorers
Following the Call for Ideas for the next Earth Explorer Core missions,
a total of 24 proposals had been submitted by the deadline in August.
This clearly shows that there is massive interest from the scientific
community in ESA's Living Planet Programme and that Earth Explorers are
providing the community with a host of new tools to forward their
scientific agenda. (Credits at ESA)
Virtual tour at ESA-ESRIN
http://www.esa.int/esrin
A new site launched today takes a fresh look at ESRIN, ESA??s centre in
Italy. Learn more about the activities taking place here in Frascati
and enjoy a virtual tour of the site by visiting www.esa.int/esrin.
MEMBERS NEWS
New Job Opportunity at GAF AG Munich – “Project Manager Earth Observation & Copernicus LCLU downstream Services”
GAF AG is an internationally successfully operating company for cross-platform EO-based geoinformation solutions and for the development of innovative GIS and database applications. In addition to the reception and distribution of geodata, GAF holds a leading position in the areas of data refinement and geoconsulting due to its many years of expertise. With an international and
EARSC Board of Directors Election – Apply to Become One of the EARSC Directors 2024!
According to the Article 11 of the EARSC Statutes, the Board of Directors shall be renewed during the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held in Brussels on June 13, 2024, during EXPANDEO 2024. The 9 Directors will be elected this year for a term of 2 years. The election is an opportunity for EARSC Full members to be involved in the
European cooperation on satellite mapping: The Danish Geodata Agency and EOMAP join efforts in mapping the shallow waters of Denmark.
Nørresundby (DK) / Seefeld (D) – By using Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB), the Danish Geodata Agency and EOMAP are joining forces to contribute to the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Bathymetry partnership, and to integrate the SDB data into the Danish Depth Model (DDM) “Finding new ways to map shallow waters, where we only have very
