"GMES & Africa"  will  enableto take decisions to reduce the effect of climate change and disaster risk

Under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), 2007 – 2013 the European Commission has made EUR 1.2 billion available in support of the establishment of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) services for atmosphere, emergency response, land,ocean and security. The GMES initiative plays a strategic role in supporting major EU policies. It has an impact on: Europe'senvironmental commitments, Common Foreign and Security Policy(CFSP) and other EU policy areas or policies addressing Europeans' security.