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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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GMES & Africa Kick-Off Meeting, Addis Ababa, 13-15 Feb.…
18 April 2024
The African Union Commission and the European Union Commission have jointly organized the GMES & africa Support Programme kick-off meeting in AUC Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13 to 17 February 2017. The first phase of GMES and Africa was officially launched on 26 November 2016, in Brazzaville, Congo, thereby marking the beginning of the implementation process. Overall, GMES & Africa seeks to strengthen institutional, human and technical capacities in Africa for access to and exploitation of EO-based services for…
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GMES & Africa Consultation Forum with RECs and RICs
18 April 2024
The Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology organised a consultative forum with Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Implementation Centers (RICs), from the 19 – 20 December 2016, in Abuja Nigeria.The forum aimed to engage the RECs and RICs in an open and inclusive consultation, drive local ownership and reinforce regional networking and the mobilization of regional competencies towards the implementation of GMES and Africa.Unlike previous projects, GMES & Africa will be implemented through an open Call for…
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GMES & Africa Official Launching
18 April 2024
GMES and Africa was officially launched at a historic ceremony on the 26 November 2016, in Brazzaville, Congo. This marked the beginning of the process to implement the initiative, which seeks to promote the development of local capacities, as well as institutional, human and technical resources in Africa for access to and exploitation of EO-based services for sustainable development.Download the Brazzaville Declaration (in French)
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Cooperative arrangement on GMES and Africa signed by the EC…
18 April 2024
In a meeting in Brussels on the occasion of the Joint EU-Africa Summit on 1 April 2014, the Representatives of the European Commission and of the African Union Commission signed a Cooperative arrangement for the development of a long-term cooperation in the area of Earth Observation. This agreement Formalizes the recognition of the essential and strategic role that Earth Observation (EO) plays in supporting sustainable development. Emphasizes the importance of establishing a coherent framework for the development of EO activities…