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W Indow on Copernicus W INDOW ON COPERNICUS A COPERNICUS4REGIONS PUBLICATION SPECIAL ISSUE Discover what Copernicus can do for European regions and cities FOCUS ON COPERNICUS BENEFITS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR GROWTH AND JOBS Institutional corner Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the Committee of the Regions, explains why the alliance of Copernicus and regions is of mutual benefit Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, details his vision of Copernicus. Portraits of Copernicus users Thirteen users at local or regional level recount their experience of using Copernicus products and services. The SME corner Four successful entrepreneurs share their story, their experience as well as their advice on how to build a business around Copernicus services. OPINIONS ON COPERNICUS The added-value of Copernicus for regional and cross-border cooperation in Europe MyAir services: a Copernicus contribu- tion to public health Thilo Erbertseder Monitoring NATURA 2000 habitats at local, regional and European scale Stefan Lang Copernicus Urban Atlas develops urban planning applications at regional and city level Tomáŝ Soukup FOCUS ON COPERNICUS BENEFITS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GROWTH JOBS Earth Observation services to improve waste management at local level Daniela Drimaco Copernicus services monitor ground instability for local authorities Ren Capes Copernicus snow and land ice monitoring services Thomas Nagler Copernicus services for local forest management Mathias Schardt Using Copernicus to map and monitor landslides and ground sub- sidence Fausto Guzzetti Copernicus services for renewable energies Lucien Wald COPERNICUS INDOW ON W SPECIAL ISSUE Editorial Copernicus – a world of opportunities for Local and Regional Authorities he adoption of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) reg- Tulation 1 marked the transition from the existence of GMES2 as an initiative to its consolidation as an official programme of the European Union. In 2012, the GMES pro- gramme was renamed Copernicus. The programme has a robust legal foundation and is now seeking to consolidate its user base at a local level across the European Union. The objective of this publication is to contribute to raising awareness of Copernicus among European Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) as they represent the largest reservoir of potential users of Copernicus services. Whilst this edition of Window on Copernicus showcases the many benefits of Copernicus services with respect to the needs of LRAs, our ambition is also to emphasise that Copernicus will contribute to fostering growth and employment in the EU. When dealing with environment-related issues, regions, provinces and cities are at the forefront of policy-making and initiative-building. But due to the fact that European LRAs differ widely from one to another, a great variety of heterogeneous challenges stand to influence the design of such policies or initiatives. Copernicus offers solutions to efficiently address these challenges, and many of these solutions are presented in this publication. To facilitate the uptake of Copernicus services at local and regional levels, it is neces- sary to make LRAs aware of the solutions available on the market, for providers to understand the needs of LRAs, and for LRAs already using Copernicus services to share their experience. This is the raison d’être of this issue of Window on Copernicus, dedicated to regions and lower levels of local authorities. Through a set of portraits of users of Copernicus services and a range of detailed articles, this issue of Window on Copernicus will guide you through the diverse appli- cations and services of Copernicus, such as urban planning, air quality, water quality, waste management, environmental monitoring, cross-border cooperation, monitoring of forest fires, road network management, and many others. Beyond these areas of benefit, Copernicus also provides a unique opportunity to create synergies amongst two goals which are often considered divergent: economic growth and sustainable development. Copernicus represents an opportunity for LRAs to use services that have a positive impact on the local economy, the environment and, ultimately, on our quality of life. The Copernicus4Regions team trusts that this immersion into the world of Copernicus from a regional and local perspective will generate interest, raise awareness and dem- onstrate that Local and Regional Authorities can successfully become active users of Copernicus. Finally, we hope that the copernicus4regions.eu portal will help you to connect with Copernicus! The Copernicus4Regions Team 1 Regulation 911/2010 on GMES and its Initial Operations, September 22nd, 2010. 2 GMES was renamed Copernicus in December 2012. However the term GMES appears in several places for historical reasons. W INDOW ON COPERNICUS 1 Copernicus/GMES demystified well as those from the private sector – These services allow political decision to access a great deal of information, makers and all of those whose mission such as: the occupation and condition is to be at the service of the citizen’s of our soils; the quality of the water we security, to have the necessary data at GMES: GLOBAL MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY - ONLY FOUR LETTERS drink and the air we breathe, as well their disposal during international ne- ARE REQUIRED TO ENCAPSULATE THE ESSENCE OF AN IDEA, BORN ALMOST FIFTEEN YEARS as the nature and degree of the pol- gotiations. At the national, regional or lution affecting them; the direction of even local levels, these data will also be AGO IN THE MINDS OF A FEW PIONEERS. THESE VISIONARIES, AWARE OF THE FUTURE marine currents and level of the ocean’s most useful to enable decision makers CHALLENGES TO BE MET IN EUROPE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND surface; the movement of animal popu- to fulfil their obligations more efficient- GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF ALL ITS CITIZENS, WERE ALSO MINDFUL OF THE NEED TO lations and variations of the flora; the ly, and to improve the precision of their ACT AT THE PAN-EUROPEAN LEVEL. behaviour of airborne particles and budgetary planning. THE GMES PROGRAMME WAS RENAMED COPERNICUS IN 2012, IN HONOUR OF THE GREAT the extent of the ozone hole; and, the EUROPEAN SCIENTIST AND OBSERVER NICOLAUS COPERNICUS. monitoring of glaciers and polar ice Other Copernicus services will be cover. All of this is Copernicus. developed based on scientific or tech- nological evolution and the provision ECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW. Copernicus aims to coordinate the use of Ensuring that operators are of necessary budgets. Services at the NGMES gathers, in order to share it, Earth Observation technologies with ex- prepared and equipped European level respond to the collec- all the countless pieces of data about isting and future data collection systems. tive needs of institutional agents, and our environment and Security, accumu- Such information will enable users to: address the more specific demands of One of its biggest challenges is to lated from all European countries and - organise city and regional plan- end-users at the national, regional and compile the vast number of very dif- born from years of fruitful research, that ning, with management plans that local levels. have enabled our common technologi- ferent datasets, collected from the are more attuned to our natural cal developments to reach maturity. ground, from altitude by balloons or resources; Help give Europe a leading aircraft, from the depths of the sea or - control our agricultural production role in the monitoring of our Born from years of fruitful the surface of the ocean, by networks and our fish resources effectively; environment research of probes and sensors, as well as from - monitor the factors of pandemic Space for the observation of the Earth. disasters and their evolution more Copernicus is an essential tool in the So, GMES was designed. GMES is a These data resources are then made accurately, minimise the conse- fight against the consequences of cli- huge and ambitious programme for compatible with statistical data includ- quences of natural disasters more mate change that affect our entire environmental monitoring, to be used ing, particularly, socio-economic data effectively, and even anticipate their planet, without exception. Eventually, by all players – both public and private gathered for the European Union, its occurrence and implement the nec- Copernicus is also intended to give – aiming to protect the environment as Member States and their Local and essary mitigation actions. Europe a leading role in the monitoring well as the lives of European citizens. Regional Authorities. of the global environment. In the field, Copernicus services ensure The “G” of “Global” encompasses The other great challenge is to be able that operators are better prepared Copernicus is a tool of international both the global dimension and the to deliver the data and information to and equipped to act during floods, for- cooperation, following the example set diversity of the data to be taken into those decision makers, public authori- est fires and landslides, as well as marine by meteorological services and consti- account. ties, and private companies who are pollution events and illegal dumping, tutes the contribution of the European The “M” of “Monitoring” includes assigned the task of implementing pol- and to provide more effective support for Union to the creation of a vast and the observation activities required for icies or responding to crisis situations humanitarian
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