The European Commission (EC) has commissioned a study – Assessing the Economic Value of GMES: “European Earth Observation (EO) and GMES Downstream Services Market Study” – investigating the economic impact of the GMES programme beyond the institutional sector, with a focus on the downstream market (which will be followed by a study on the midstream market in 2013).
Initial results show that GMES is not only a monitoring tool for institutional needs, but can also stimulate economic growth and employment in a wide range of industrial sectors. Overall the impact on employment from GMES is estimated at approximately 83.000 jobs in Europe by 2030.
The study was presented by European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani yesterday, 4th december 2012, during the London conference “European Space Solutions”, an initiative of the European Commission, hosted by the UK Space Agency.
Please find here the EC’s press release: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1304_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom.
Please find here more info on the London conference “European Space Solutions”:
http://www.space-solutions.eu/index.php?kat=home.html&anzeige=home.html
Source: http://www.copernicus.eu
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