The Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa programme (MESA) builds on the results obtained in PUMA and AMESD and will be a first contribution to the GMES Africa initiative of the EU-Africa Joint Strategy which will consolidate and widen the operational environmental services developed in AMESD while proposing new services, such as African Climate Services.

The purpose of the MESA project is: “to increase the information management, decision-making and planning capacity of African continental, regional and national institutions mandated for environment, climate, food security and related responsibilities by enhancing access to and exploitation of relevant Earth Observation applications in Africa”. Read More