Brussels, 20/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The kick-off for the Community action plan for GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) was given on Tuesday in Brussels. For the first time, users and providers of GMES services and technologies met within the GMES steering committee, a body that assists implementation of the action plan aimed at finalising a European autonomous global surveillance system by 2008. Participants at the meeting also included representatives of the Commission,...