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International Programmes: Ten-Year GEOSS Action Plan

Around 60 nations and more than 40 international organisations
participated in the Third Earth Observation summit on 16 February 2005
in Brussels.

Around 60 nations and more than 40 international organisations
participated in the Third Earth Observation summit on 16 February 2005
in Brussels. The EO Summit took place within the context of Earth and
Space Week, a major EU-ESA sponsored event. Assembled delegates at the
summit formally agreed on a ten-year plan to implement a Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The plan summarises the steps
that need to be taken to put a Global Earth Observation System of
Systems in place. Building a GEOSS means bringing together numerous EO
sources and datasets and creating a sustainable network for the
distribution of data and information products and services. GEOSS aims
to increase responsiveness to user needs and improve information
delivery to users. The creation of a single, comprehensive and
sustained system for Earth Observation could help countries to identify
and address global environmental and economic challenges, including
climate change and natural disasters.

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