partner about his perspective and role towards the implementation process.
The meeting
ended with concrete agenda for the project period.
The first GMES AND Africa took place in Libreville,
GABON 19-23/11/2018. This conference marks a very important milestone for the
GMES and AFRICA community. All project participants from all regions of Africa
have gathered for this conference organized by the African Union GMES and
Africa program.
The conference outlined GMES and Africa Thematic
Services and Priorities for all current projects. Topics for African
Environment, Water and Natural
Resources, Climate Change, Coastal Economy, Marine and Earth Sciences in
relation to Earth Observation were actively presented and discussed.
NAfcoast is represented in the 1st GMES and Africa Forum by Prof.
Islam Abou El-Magd from NARSS, Egypt; Prof. Kamal Labbassi from UCD, morocco
and Eng. Ahmed Osman from Cartologic, Egypt