Press Release: GMES: good for environment, good for jobs

GMES, Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, the European Commission’s earth observation programme will create 83,000 jobs in Europe by 2030.

This is the result of a study presented by European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani during the London conference "European Space Solutions", an initiative of the European Commission, hosted by the UK Space Agency. GMES's primary objective is to provide information services giving access to accurate data in several environmental and security fields and tailored to users' needs.

European Commission: Speech/12/896: Antonio Tajani: London Space Conference http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-896_en.htm

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