A conference on Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) entitled “The Way to the European Earth Observation System GMES – Munich Roadmap” took place on 17 April 2007 in Munich, Germany.

GMES is a joint initiative of the EU and the European Space Agency, which is designed to provide information services on environment, climate change and security and enable effective policy decisions in these fields. The Munich Roadmap, presented at the conference, summarizes the GMES architecture and proposes principles for the operational implementation of European Earth Observation Services GMES, including milestones for the way forward. The first GMES services – Emergency Response, Land Monitoring and Marine – are in the implementation process and expected to be ready by 2008.
Links to further information
German EU Presidency press release, 17 April 2007
The Munich Roadmap