The signing ceremony

ESA and EC signed today in Brussels an agreement for the allocation of an EC budget as a contribution to the implementation of the GMES Space Component (GSC).

From left to right: Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Mr Paul Weissenberg, European Commission Director/Coordinator for Aerospace, GMES, Security and Defence with the DG Enterprise & Industry, Mr Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes, and Mr Heinz Zourek, European Commission Director General for Enterprise & Industry.