Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency, is to meet Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship, in Paris on Friday 4 March. They will cover various subjects relating to European industry, firms and competitiveness, such as EGNOS and Galileo.
Monday, February 28th, 2011
The European Commission has today adopted rules to harmonise information between all the actors involved in creating the Single European Sky (SES). Member States decided to put an end to the fragmentation of Europe’s air space by creating between themselves nine common geographical air spaces by December 2012: the Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs). The Regulation
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
The INSPIRE Conference 2011 will take place from 27th June to 1st July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The theme of this year’s edition is “INSPIREd by 2020 – Contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to ‘knowledge-based’ sustainable development by putting forward three mutually reinforcing priorities in the
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
At the meeting, EU Heads of State and Government agreed to back four main commitments: to complete the common internal energy market by 2014; to eliminate ‘energy islands’ by 2014 – where some Member States are presently disconnected from the rest of the EU in terms of energy; to boost energy efficiency and to improve
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
At the beginning of February the European Commission launched a consultation on major improvements to EU research and innovation funding to make participation easier, increase scientific and economic impact and improve value for money. The Commission’s Green Paper also provides the basis for far-reaching simplification of procedures and rules. Stakeholders have until 20 May 2011
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The aim of his workshop is to provide an overview of GNSS signals, characteristics, and performances related to any of the navigation, positioning, timing, attitude determination and scientific GNSS services. The use of EGNOS 3&4 and GALILEO 1&2 signals, and all other GNSS signals for operational and/or scientific applications, with 1 to 5 frequencies, will be considered.
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
A series of 12 PhD positions, financed by the European Community, are available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network CHANGES. The CHANGES network will develop an advanced understanding of how global changes (related to environmental and climate change as well as socio-economical change) will affect the temporal and spatial patterns of hydro-meteorological hazards and associated risks in Europe;
Friday, February 11th, 2011
The lack of market prices for ecosystem services and biodiversity means that the benefits we derive from these goods, which are often public in nature, are usually neglected or undervalued. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project is alerting policy makers, businesses and the general public to the pressing need to pay attention to
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The amendment to the regulation on the interoperability of spatial data sets and services regarding code lists was published on the last OJ issue, OJL 31 of 5/2/2011. Read More
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Some €21.1 billion has been earmarked for urban development between 2007 and 2013, representing 6.1% of the total EU cohesion policy budget. Of this, €3.4 billion is targeted at the rehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land areas, €9.8 billion for urban and rural regeneration projects, €7 billion for clean urban transport, and €917 million
