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La Commission internationale pour la conservation des thonidés de l’Atlantique (CICTA) est une organisation intergouvernementale de gestion des pêches, responsable des stocks de thonidés et d’espèces apparentées de l’Atlantique. Au cours de la période de session de février I, le Parlement européen devrait mettre aux voix un accord avec le Conseil de l’Union européenne visant à transposer plusieurs mesures contraignantes de la CICTA dans le droit de l’Union.

Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation and monitoring programme. It has a space component and a ground-based component, and provides users with data services. It is a user-driven programme under civilian control, building on existing national and European capacities, and continuing the work of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. It is based on a partnership between the EU, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU Member States.

The Copernicus programme is a user-driven programme which provides six free-of-charge operational services (atmosphere monitoring, marine environment monitoring, land monitoring, climate change, emergency management and security) to EU, national, and regional institutions, as well as to the private sector. The programme builds on the initiative on global monitoring for environment and security launched in 2001. It aims at filling the gaps in European earth observation capacities. Data is provided ...

En Europe, l’espace constitue une entreprise de coopération depuis plus de 50 ans. Les premières structures collaboratives entre les États membres dans les années 60 ont mené à la création de l’Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) en 1975. L’Union européenne est intervenue dans le domaine à partir des années 90, en particulier à travers la conception de programmes spatiaux européens : Galileo pour la navigation par satellite et Copernicus pour l’observation de la Terre, tous deux déployés en coopération ...

The December 2016 general elections in Ghana were peaceful and free, with victory to the opposition for both the presidency and the parliament. This strengthens Ghana's reputation as one of Africa's most stable democracies and endorses a trend of democratic consolidation in West Africa. The president-elect, a man with strong human rights credentials, may however face difficulties in fulfilling his generous electoral promises given the country's current economic situation.

The European Programme for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is an Earth observation system with the aim to provide accurate and timely information to policy makers in order to support the management of the environment and civil security. The present study introduces the GMES programme and its components. It draws lessons learned from a comparison with the Galileo Programme. The governance and financing of GMES are critically analysed and discussed. Based on the main findings ...

Given the large volume of funds provided in the past to this area of the EU's research policy, the study investigates the return to the EU economy of the investments made in earth observation by satellite and the problem of ensuring wide dissemination of the benefits. It also examines the current state of the industry in Europe and its prospects.