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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.
Read MoreMarket 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.
Read MorePromoting 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.
Read MoreShowing 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.
Read MoreEARSC NEWS
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.
The Impact of International Standardization
Industry-wide standards play a vital role in our globalizing world. For
example, in order to conform to foreign standards, 84% of German
companies use European and International Standards as part of their
export strategy. (Credits Directions Magazine)
EARSC welcomes sixteen new Members!
Following a Membership Campaign, the EARSC Board is glad to welcome the new Members in our Association:
- Aerodata International Surveys, BE
- Aurensis, SP
- ControlWare, BE
- DNV, NO (Observer)
- GMV S.A., SP
- Kongsberg Spacetec AS, NO
- LATUV-Funge, SP (Observer)
- Noveltis, FR
- RSI Inc, CH
- Spacedat s.r.l., IT
- Spacemetric, SE
- Tele-Rilevamento Europa TRE, IT
- TNO Space, NL (Observer)
- Vega Group PLC, UK
- Vito nv, BE (Observer)
- VTT-IT, FI (Observer)
Interview Summer 2005
Dr. Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes and Dr. Michel Verbauwhede, ESA – GMES programme Office (Brussels)
Next Generation Large Format Digital Airborne Sensor
Jena-Optronik GmbH announces the new affordable Jena Airborne Scanner
JAS 150, a second generation digital sensor with enhanced flexibility
and reliability. Developed for photogrammetry, mapping and remote
sensing of medium and large areas, the device represents a new
generation of digital aerial cameras. Offering the highest resolution
on the market - up to 5cm from 1000m flight altitude - the JAS 150
satisfies high resolution imaging requirements. Info extracted from
www.spatialnews.com
Emissions credits to be issue at G-8
(Source IHT- The Asahi Shimbun) At this week's Group of Eight summit, Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi will propose easing conditions on Kyoto
Protocol projects to make emissions credits easier for Japan and other
nations to get, government sources said.
Preventing global warming is one of the top issues on the
agenda for the G-8 summit from Wednesday to Friday in Gleneagles,
Scotland, along with addressing poverty, especially in Africa.
Governments should use space more effectively to address society's needs
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has
published a report advising governments to use space technology more
wisely in order to address civil needs.
Cordis-RTD-News©
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Concludes 48th Sess in Vienna
Agreement on Contribution to the 2005 World Summit Reached; Space and
Water Discussed VIENNA, 20 June (UN Information Service) -- During its
48th session, which was held in Vienna from 8 to 17 June, the United
Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) agreed
on a text that could be transmitted to the President of the United
Nations General Assembly by Member States of COPUOS for incorporation
into the draft outcome document of the 2005 World Summit, to be held
from 14 to 16 September 2005. Info extracted from Spaceref.
EU-US Summit promotes cooperation using civilian space-based technologies
On 20 June 2005, a summit between the European Union and the United States of America brought together the Prime Minister and current President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, Commission President Jos?à Manuel Barroso, and US President George W. Bush in Washington D.C. The leaders explored means to eliminate impediments to further economic integration and to develop a forward-looking strategy to enhance the EU-US economic partnership.
Further steps towards a European space policy
The second meeting of the Space Council ?±
concomitant meeting of the ESA Council at ministerial level and of the
European Union Competitiveness Council (Internal
Market/Industry/Research) ?± was held at the Kiem Conference Centre in
Luxembourg today. In consultation with private and public stakeholders,
the Space Council is working on the definition of a coherent space
policy and associated programmes, covering the activities of the EU,
ESA and their Member States. The objective is to endorse, at the third
Space Council meeting planned for November this year, a European space
policy and European space programme for the period to 2013.
Info extracted from ESA PR29-2005- 7 June 2005
Profile of the Seventh Framework Programme
"Building the European Research Area of knowledge for growth?Æ. This central theme is inspired directly by the stated desire to make the ?´Lisbon Strategy?? a success and to set out the ?¨growth triangle?Æ formed by research, education and innovation policy. The Commission??s proposal to establish the Seventh Framework Programme has been before the Council and European Parliament for examination since the beginning of April 2005.
Communication sketching aspects of the forthcoming European Space Policy
For the first time the document reveals the likely components of the
policy, namely: a strategy outlining objectives; a definition of the
roles and responsibilities of the main actors; a European Space
Programme identifying the priorities of the main actors; and a set of
implementing principles.
Info extracted at CORDIS
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