Deadline: 5 November 2015
The African Union is inviting applicants for the second phase of the Formulation Study for the Pan-African Programme Support to the GMES & Africa initiative with an aim to explore particular, potential options through which the first two GMES & Africa services could be deployed to be effective in supporting decision making on key environmental issues in African countries.
GMES & Africa is a cooperation framework established within the Joint Africa-EU Strategy by the 2nd Africa-EU summit in the development and implementation of EO-based services to support sustainable development in Africa. GMES & Africa will consist of two main services, namely the African Water & Natural Resources Service and the African Marine & Coastal Service.
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is intended for African entities whose mission, or part thereof, is to contribute to the efforts of African countries in managing Water Resources, Natural Resources and Marine &Coastal Resources in Africa and which have a strong background in using and/or developing EO applications to provide services.
- The entities may be specialised regional agencies/authorities established through regional cooperation agreements, or national public institutions or parastatals or relevant departments of national institutions having a clear regional or national mandate to take an active participation in GMES & Africa or similar initiatives.
- Entities, including private sector operators, whose mission or usual activities are not related to the thematic areas covered by the two GMES & Africa services but whose technical know-how and capabilities can potentially contribute to the development of the services may participate in the call, provided that they are associated with other relevant entities as described above for the purpose of the GMES & Africa initiative.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can submit their concept notes at the mail address, given on the website.
For more information, please visit GMES & Africa.
