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09. February 2010 Publishable Summary of geoland2
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04. February 2010 The 6th geoland Forum

geoland Forum_6 will take place on March 24th and 25th, 2010 in Toulouse, France and will bring together stakeholders from accross Europe.

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28. December 2009 10th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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01. August 2009 9th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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20. May 2009 geoland Forum_5 brings together stakeholders from across Europe

The 5th geoland Forum, jointly organised by geoland2 and the European Environment Agency (EEA) was held in Berlin, Germany, between 12th and 14th May 2009.

The forum brought together over 170 representatives of user organisations, service providers and research institutions from 27 countries across Europe and Africa and provided an excellent opportunity for the exchange of experiences and knowledge within the GMES Land community. 

A keynote speech was given by Ms. Katherina Reiche, vice-chairman of the CDU / CSU Parliamentary Group with focus on Environment & Research Policies. In her speech, Ms Reiche recognised the significant contributions made by the GMES initiative for the stimulation of technological development and the strengthening of the competitiveness of European geo-information providers. Download her speech here.

Over the course of the 3 days the status and progress of various projects were presented and an outlook was given on upcoming steps of the projects. In round table discussions and workshops visions for the future development of the GMES services were further developed and debated.

All presentations will available for download.

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01. January 2009 8th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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16. October 2008 FP7 Space Information Day Central Europe
The Information Day will outline the most recent development in GMES and space technology and aims to facilitate the establishment of working contacts between researchers and entrepreneurs from Central and Eastern European countries and Western Europe, thus strengthening European space cooperation.
13. October 2008 3rd GOFC-GOLD Symposiumon Forest and Land Cover Observations, Jena, Germany
The 3rd symposium is driven by the recent GOFC-GOLD activities and is a continuation of international meetings of the GOFC-GOLD land cover project office at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in 2004 and 2006.
Website: http://www.gofc-gold.uni-jena.de/sites/Jena08.php
30. September 2008 GLOBCOVER Project Result
The POSTEL Service Centre makes available the first global land cover map at 300m resolution. It discriminates the continental ecosystems in 22 classes validated by independent experts.

The land cover map can be viewed with a zooming capacity and downloaded through the POSTEL seb site at the address http://postel.mediasfrance.org/. A Product Description Manual (DPM) is enclosed. The associated validation report is under finalisation and should be available at the same address after the 15th of October.

The map is generated in the framework of the GLOBCOVER project, an ESA funded initiative, using the data acquired between December 2004 and June 2006 by the MERIS sensor on-board the ENVISAT satellite.

23. September 2008 GMES / Kopernikus Information Event

The aim of the Brandenburg GMES / Kopernikus Information Event is to inform regional authorities about the current status and future developments of the GMES / Kopernikus Land Services following the GMES Forum 2008

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19. September 2008 7th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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19. September 2008 Forum GMES 2008

Together take better care of the planet

Website: www.forumgmes2008.eu

The GMES Forum 2008, entitled “Together, take better care of the Planet”, organised by the European Commission and the current French Presidency of the European Union, took place in Lille on September 16th and 17th. During his opening speech EU Vice-President Mr. Verheugen announced the new name of the GMES programme: Kopernikus. He also firmly announced the implementation of operational budgets for Kopernikus by the next year and for the next financial period (from 2013).

The forum featured a series of speeches and presentations on the benefits and the political future of GMES as well as on the new challenges introduced by climate change. In addition, an accompanying exhibition gave a comprehensive overview on the existing service portfolios for the individual thematic areas of GMES: Land, Emergency, Marine, Atmosphere, Security and Climate.

 

List of available documents - see here.

16. September 2008 GMES Forum 2008 & geoland 2 Kick Off
The geoland 2 consortium of 50 service providers, users and research institutions has officially kicked off their major undertaking at the GMES Forum 2008 in Lille. See here. In Addition the GMES Land Consortium has released their new portal, providing direct access to all Land related services. See here.

                                                                                                                  
15. September 2008 geoland2 News Release „GMES Fast Track Service Land - adapting to Climate Change”
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09. September 2008 International Information Day & Brokerage Event for the 2nd Call Space in FP7, Prague, Czech Republic
03. September 2008 GEO European Project Workshop, Brussels

The aim of the workshop is to review European Commission project on Earth Observation funded through the Framework Programme of Community Research with various stakeholders and take this opportunity to consolidate their contribution to an integrated Earth Observation approach in Europe.

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(1) Invitation Letter

(2) Draft Agenda

(3) Registration Form

01. June 2008 GMES Land User workshop, Stockholm, 26th– 27th May 2008
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22. May 2008 6th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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15. May 2008 GMES Newsletter
"Window on GMES" illustrates the vast palette of GMES services through examples and interviews with key stakeholders. Download ...
21. January 2008 Séminaire national GMES-France, Montpellier

Co-organiser: Marc Leroy (geoland co-coordinator) Speaker on "Land Monitoring Core Services": Philippe Duthil (geoland consortium member)

http://gmes07.teledetection.fr/

21. January 2008 5th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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07. November 2007 4th GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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22. October 2007 GMES Land User workshop, Madrid, 22nd – 23rd October 2007
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24. June 2007 Euregia Bodensee 2007
Kongress für Standort- und Regionalmanagement mit Fachausstellung
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13. April 2007 3rd GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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02. March 2007 2nd GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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09. February 2007 geoland Forum IV

The Fourth and final geoland Forum and OpenDay took place on February 7-9 in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Affairs (Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung) in their very attractive Erich-Klausner-Saal.

Participants from the geoland consortium, numerous related parallel (GMES) projects and various additional stakeholder organizations appreciated three days of interesting presentations of geoland results, outlooks, and fruitful discussions of future challenges and opportunities.

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10. October 2006 Brussels, October 11th.

Raimer Böge, Member of the European Parliament, has been selected by his fellow parlamentarians and NGOs to win the Parliament Award for „Environment“ for his achievement of additional 100 M€ for Nature 2000 projects within the LIFE+ programme.

geoland has been sponsoring this award, as LIFE+, Interreg4 and similar operational programmes are seen as key potential co-funding sources for the implementation of GMES applications by Europe’s regions.

Further discussion with MEP and DG members are planned to raise the awareness for the successful Land Monitoring Applications and the need for a transition from “research and development” into operational programmes.

Download News Release 10th October 2006 (PDF).
Media Contact: Mareike Döpke, geoland Communications, Mareike.Doepke@infoterra-global.com

01. July 2006 1st GMES Land Information Services Newsletter
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06. April 2006 GMES and geoland coverage in Parliament Magazine's focus issue on research and innovation
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03. April 2006 Joint User Session
Minutes from the Joint User Session at this year´s geoland Forum now released and available online!
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03. April 2006 Terms of Reference for the Implementation Groups of GMES "fast track" Services
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03. April 2006 GMES Fast Track Service Precursor on Land Monitoring - EEA Proposal 2006-2008 - Terms of Reference
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08. March 2006 The European Commission creates a GMES Bureau
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10. February 2006 3rd geoland OpenDay
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09. February 2006 3rd geoland Forum – Technical Sessions
Download Agenda, Forum List of Participants and Presentations from Session I (geoland Regional Observatories and related projects) and Session II (geoland Global Observatories and related projects).
09. February 2006 3rd geoland Forum – UserDay
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09. February 2006 3rd geoland Forum – Poster Session
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16. November 2005 Towards an Operational Implementation of GMES Land Monitoring Services. Service Providers Position Paper
to the GMES Programme Office, 16th November 2005
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09. November 2005 Position Paper on GMES Land Monitoring Services
to the GMES Advisory Council by the GSE Land consortium / geoland Executive Board members (Regional Observatories), 09th November 2005
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01. June 2005 Executive Summary to the Annual Report 2004
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12. December 2004 geoland InformationSheets
Two-page InformationSheet published on geoland in general as well as each observatory, core service and the operational scenarios.
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12. March 2004 1st geoland PressRelease
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