GMOSS: Global monitoring for security and stability

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 03.0626
• Projekttitel Englisch: GMOSS: Global monitoring for security and stability

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Space; security; GMES; verification; monitoring; earth observation

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: 503699

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.4.2 Space

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

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Abstract (Englisch)

The aim of the GMOSS network of excellence is to permanently reconstruct that part of the European research and development community that is concerned with the science and technology of civil security so that Europe can acquire and nourish the autonomous knowledge and expertise base it needs to develop and maintain an effective capacity for global monitoring. The science and technology encompassed within the Network includes:
1) the generic methods, algorithms and software needed for the automatic interpretation and visualization of imagery including feature recognition, change detection and visualisation;
2) the specific science and technology needed to provide:
a) effective monitoring of international treaties protecting against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
b) better estimates of static and dynamic populations on a global scale;
c) better monitoring of infrastructure and borders;
d) rapid remote assessments of damage and land-use change;
3) investigations of present and future threats to security and the needs for exchange of information between stakeholders during crises.
The reconstruction will be achieved through the development of a jointly agreed common programme of research that will eliminate duplications, promote excellence and focus on those issues and technologies deemed by scientific and political stakeholders to be the most strategic if Europe is to achieve its ambitions of an autonomous capability for global monitoring. The Network includes a programme aimed at training a new generation of researchers to attain excellence and developing capacity in partner countries in the developing world.
The integration of partners will increase throughout the lifetime of the Network creating permanent interdependencies, relationships and sharing of responsibilities that will continue undiminished beyond the formal four-year term.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 03.0626