Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement signed today with the Republic of Serbia
European Commission and Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia establish a partnership on Earth Observation by signing a Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement
A Cooperation Arrangement was signed today in Brussels between the European Commission, represented by Philippe Brunet (Director for Space Policy, Copernicus and Defence) and the Republic of Serbia, represented by Vladimir Popovic (State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia).
This Cooperation Arrangement was signed as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy and will enable the Republic of Serbia to benefit from the European Earth Observation and Monitoring programme.
The Cooperation Arrangement establishes the Serbian BioSense Institute as the focal point in Serbia for the Copernicus programme in terms of data access and use of Sentinel data.
Under the Cooperation Arrangement, the “BioSense Institute” will co-ordinate and promote the use of information and data provided by the Copernicus programme with various Serbian institutions in the public sectors and with academia and private enterprises.