Brussels, 30/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European satellite earth monitoring programme GMES has been granted €5.8 billion for the period 2014-2020 off-EU budget.
On Tuesday 30 November, the European Commission proposed €5.8 billion for the period 2040-2020, outside the budgetary framework of the EU, to fund the European global monitoring by satellite programme for the environment and security. The European executive has proposed creating a specific GMES fund, similar to the model...