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Oil spill extent mapping in the Red Sea Mapping of active fires in Lebanon & Syria by the FireHub service Αποτίμηση από δορυφορικά δεδομένα της έκτασης της πλημμύρας στο Μεσολόγγι από την υπηρεσία FloodHub του Κέντρου Αριστείας BEYOND του ΕΑΑ BEYOND: Η διαχείριση φυσικών καταστροφών είναι θέμα… τεχνολογίας... Συνέντευξη του Χάρη Κοντοέ στον Γιώργο Φετοκάκη και το netweek! Δημιουργία Κέντρου Αριστείας για παρατήρηση Γης και τεχνολογίες διαστήματος στο ΤΕΠΑΚ «ERATOSTHENES: Excellence Research Centre for Earth Surveillance and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment (EXCELSIOR)»

BEYOND THEMATIC AREAS

Agriculture

Agriculture monitoring, for the purposes of food security, control of the implementation of sustainable agriculture policies and the improvement of the overall agricultural productivity.

Disasters

The rapid changes in climate over the last decades, together with the explosion of human population, have shaped the context for a fragile biosphere, prone to natural and manmade disasters that result in massive flows of environmental immigrants.

Climate

Understanding the Earth system, its weather, climate, atmosphere, and natural/human-induced hazards is crucial to protecting the global environment, reducing disaster losses, and achieving sustainable development

Energy

The EU revised Renewable Energy Directive establishes an overall policy for the production and promotion of energy from renewable sources in the EU.

Coordination
-Research

BEYOND Center of Excellence covers the spectrum of coordination and support actions (CSA) in GEO domain.

Procurement
-Innovation

BEYOND Center has also competences in Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and other procurement schemes in the GEO domain, in which among many assignments it gathers, analyzes and evaluates needs from the demand side.

WEB SERVICES

Our Vision

This vision was born by the clear need for a regional centre for disaster monitoring with remote sensing means, which will systematically provide products and services mainly for south-eastern Europe, including Balkan countries. The Centre will be established in such a way to allow its future access range to reach the wider Mediterranean region, through the integrated operation with twinning organisations in BEYOND. The technological expertise that will be brought together, will allow the potential participation to future research projects with focus on diverse regional characteristics.

About Us

The BEYOND Center of Excellence develops research and provides disaster management services addressing priorities and needs in South Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, N. Africa, Middle East and the Balkans. The Center's creation supported by the competitive framework of EU FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1 and costed 2,3 ΜEuros. It generated unique excellence and EO research infrastructure for the region. It maintains a fully operational and self-sustained activity, through competitive funding from Space research and operational projects supported by EU, ESA and International Funding Organisations (FP7, H2020, ESA EOEP, WB, EIB, etc.).