Request For Expressions Of Interest For Consultancy Services For Global Monitoring For Environment And Security And Africa Gmes Africa

Request For Expressions Of Interest For Consultancy Services For Global Monitoring For Environment And Security And Africa Gmes Africa Africa Is A Huge User Of Space Services And Products In Various Decision Chains Even Though It Cannot Exclusively Claim To Have Gained Hegemony In The Four Domains Of Space However There Are Several Strategic Directions That Will Ensure The Continent Frontiers In The Space Sector One Of These Strategic Elements Is The Institutionalisation Of The African Space Agency As The Body Mandated To Steer Space Activities The Space Strategy Underlines The User Requirements That Should Be Satisfied In Deriving Programmatic Missions It Also Informs That Pre Requisite Skills And Expertise Should Be Harnessed Through Robust Training And Human Capital Development Programmes While Drawing On The Intellectual Capital Ofits Strategic Partners The Immediate Steps In The African Space Program Are To Establish The African Space Agency Intensify Intra African And International Collaborations As Well As Build Human And Infrastructural Competencies In The Space Sector In The Earth Observation Domain There Is The Global Monitoring For Environment And Security In Africa Gmes Africa Initiative Which Seeks To Establish A Long Term Capacity Development And Partnership Between The African Union Commission And The European Union With An Aim Of Providing Sustainable Reliable And Timely Services To The Public And Policy Makers Related To Environmental And Security Issues Gmes Africa Is An Extension Of The European Copernicus Programme To Africa Which Seeks To Set Up An Overall Framework In Africa For Earth Observation Eo Applications With A Goal To Support National Regional And Continental Policies Through Systematic Exploitation Of Earth Observation Data Technologies And Services By Making Use Of Spin Offs Offered By The Copernicus Programme

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