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Outreach and Awareness raisingThis pillar is to ensure that adequate awareness and outreach activities are undertaken to better engage policymakers, administrators, entrepreneurs, scientists and civil society at all levels in using EO and geospatial data and information.
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Recruitment of Assessors to evaluate the proposals received…
21 December 2024
On 23rd May, 2017, the AUC has launched a call for proposals for Grants under the above mentioned initiative. In this regards, AUC would like now to engage the services of Individual consultants to work as independent assessors for the above call for proposals. The assessment shall be conducted by six (6) Assessors under the coordination of one (1) Team Leader.The African Union Commission invites interested and eligible Individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest (EoI). Detailed Terms of Reference are available on www.au.int .The…
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Appel à Propositions Ouvert
21 December 2024
La Commission de l'Union africaine invite les institutions africaines intéressées et éligibles à faire des propositions pour la mise en œuvre du programme de soutien GMES et Afrique dont les principaux objectifs sont les suivants:La consolidation, l’extension et le développement des applications pour le Services Eau et Ressources naturelles et pour le service zones marines et côtières afin de fournir des informations adéquates aux décideurs, aux scientifiques, aux entreprises et au public en temps réel ;Le renforcement des capacités régionales…
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Open Call for Proposals
21 December 2024
The African Union Commission invites proposals from interested and eligible African institutions for the implementation of the GMES & Africa Support Programme with the following specific objectives:Consolidating, extending and developing applications for the Water and Natural Resources and the Marine & Coastal Areas Services to adequately provide information to policymakers, scientists, businesses and the public on real time basis,Strengthening regional and national capacities to generate and apply EO-based and in-situ information for…
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Official Launching of the GMES & Africa Call for Proposa…
21 December 2024
The African Union Commission and European Commission have launched the Call for Proposals for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa (GMES & Africa) Grants. The launching was marked by a joint press conference by the AU Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, Dr. Martial De Paul Ikounga, and Mr. Thorsten Clausing, Chargé d'Affaires of the European Union Delegation to the African Union. In his launching statement, Commissioner Ikounga proclaimed that the utilization of Earth Observation data lies at…
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Live stream video of the launch of the GMES and Africa call…
21 December 2024
The African Union Commission is about to invite Proposals from interested and eligible African institutions for the implementation of the GMES & Africa Support ProgrammeThe following specific objectives are targettedConsolidating, extending and developing applications for the Water and Natural Resources and the Marine & Coastal Areas Services to adequately provide information to policymakers, scientists, businesses and the public on real time basis,Strengthening regional and national capacities to generate and apply EO-based and in-…
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GMES & Africa participates in the MESA 2nd Policy Dialog…
21 December 2024
On 10th to 11th May, the Water and Natural Resources GMES and AFRICA Senior Expert (M Mahama Bachir SALEY) and the Marine and Coastal Resources Technical Expert (M David KIRUGARA) have participated in the MESA 2nd Policy Dialogue Workshop held at the AUC, the Small Conference Hall.After the plenary session, three break-out sessions were arranged, one dealing with…
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GMES & Africa visits JRC
21 December 2024
The GMES & African team (Programme Management Unit including of AUC, and Technical Assistance Team) is invited for a coordination meeting at JRC in Ispra, Italy, from 4th to 5th May 2017.
This two-days' meeting is the opportunity to present to the team the JRC activities in support to Africa, including the support provided in the framework of the MESA initiat…
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GMES & Africa visits EUMETSAT
21 December 2024
Based on the existing Memorandum of Understanding on Earth Observation between the African Union Commission and the EUMETSA T, GMES & Africa team, (Programme Management Unit including Technical Assistance Team) has been invited for a coordination meeting at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany on 2-3 May 2017.This two-day's meeting is an opportunity for Eumetsat to present the latest status of EUMETSAT programme (including our contribution to Copernicus), our activities in support to Africa, and to discuss the implementation of the GMES &…
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GMES & Africa participates in 2nd MESA Forum, 24-28 Apri…
21 December 2024
The goal of the 2nd MESA Forum is to enhance exchanges with policy makers and the general public on MESA achievements in addressing environmental challenges, including lessons learnt and perspectives for GMES & Africa and other programs.Why does GMES and Africa participate?The first reason is that GMES & Africa is a significant part for the implementation of the African Space Policy and Strategy executed through the AUC as the delegated authority. Secondly, GMES and Africa is designed to take over MESA facilities, structures and…
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5th GMES & Africa Grants Information Meeting - Central A…
21 December 2024
The GMES & Africa Programme, organized the fifth information session with potential applicants for its grants in the Central Africa region from the 12th to the 13th of April 2017, at the Hotel Boulevard in Libreville - Gabon.The session provided the opportunity to expose the participants to critical information on the Guidelines on the Call for Proposals with…
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4th GMES & Africa Grants Information Meeting - Northern…
21 December 2024
The GMES & Africa Programme organized the 4th information session with potential applicants for its grants in the Northern Africa region from the 03rd to the 04th of February 2017, at the Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski, Cairo-Egypt.
GMES & Africa will be implemented through an open Call for Proposal, using AUC procurement procedures, to institutio…
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3rd GMES & Africa Grants Information Meeting - Southern…
21 December 2024
The GMES & Africa Programme, organized the third information session with potential applicants for its grants in the South Africa region from the 15th to the 16th of March 2017, at the Hotel Meikles. in Harare, Zimbabwe.
The session provided the opportunity to expose the participants to critical information on the Guidelines on the Call for Proposals with a v…
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Call for Entries – Competition for GMES and Africa Logo
21 December 2024
The African Union Commission launches a logo competition for GMES and Africa. The Call is for African youth on the continent and in the diaspora to submit original artwork and concepts to the Science and Technology Division, under the Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST).Designs may come in any format, whether they are hand-drawn illustrations or well-polished graphic files. The winning design by an African youth will receive a US$1000 prize and letter of recognition by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.…
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2nd GMES & Africa Grants Information Meeting - Western A…
21 December 2024
The GMES & Africa Programme, organized the second information session with potential applicants for its grants in the West Africa region from the 1st to the 2nd March 2017 at Novotel Hotel, in Dakar, Senegal.
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The GMES & Africa Coordinator thanked participants for availing their time and commitment to attend the session, underlining the fact th…
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1st GMES & Africa Grants Information Meeting - Eastern…
21 December 2024
The GMES & Africa Programme organized the first information session with potential applicants for its grants in the East Africa region from the 17th 18th of February 2017, at the Hotel Gorilla, in Kigali, Rwanda.
GMES & Africa will be implemented through an open Call for Proposal, using AUC procurement procedures, to institutions that will act as regional…