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EARSeL Newsletter September 2002 - Number 51
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of information and advice.
3.2.5 JRC announces re-structuring
for FP6
In preparation for the launch of the Sixth
Framework programme (FP6) in November
2002, the European Commission's Joint
Research Centre (JRC) is to restructure its
management arrangements. Barry Mc-
Sweeney, Director-General of the JRC, said:
"In planning the restructuring, I took many
factors into account, important among
those being the background, expertise and
qualification of Directors. Another consideration
was the Directors' length of time in
office, in line with the new Commission
policy on mobility. Directors who had
about five years in their position have been
moved." All new appointees have both scientific
and management experience, enabling
the JRC management team to
provide strong leadership and direction.
The changes below will come into effect on
1st November 2002.
•Manfred Grasserbauer, current Director
of the Institute for Reference Materials
and Measurements, in Geel, Belgium,
moves to the position of Director of the
Institute of Environment and Sustainability,
in Ispra, Italy.
•Jean-Marie Martin, current Director of the
Institute of Environment and Sustainability,
Ispra, becomes Principal Advisor to
the Director-General on Science and Technology,
with particular emphasis on increasing
the linkages with European
scientific organisations. He will be based
in Ispra.
•Alejandro Herrero, current Director of Science
Strategy, based in Brussels, will become
Director of the Institute for
Reference Materials and Measurements, in
Geel.
•David Wilkinson, current Director of the
Institute for the Protection and Security
of the Citizen, moves to Brussels as Director
of Science Strategy.
•Jean-Marie Cadiou, current Director of
the Institute for Prospective Technological
Studies, in Seville, Spain, moves to the
position of Director of the Institute for the
Protection and Security of the Citizen, in
Ispra.
•The position of Director of the Institute
for Prospective Technological Studies will
be filled as soon as possible.
For further information, please consult the
web-site www.jrc.cec.eu.int.
3.3 New Swiss EO Service Providers
Society
Message from Dr. Michael F. Baumgartner,
President, Swiss Earth Observation Service
Providers Society
The Swiss Earth Observation Service
Providers Society, which has been founded
recently, is an association of the Small and
Medium Enterprises (SME) in Switzerland
which offer services and value-added
products in the field of space-borne Earth
observation (EO).
The new society has the following goals: representation
of the interests of the Swiss EO
service providers; discussion forum for the
Swiss EO service providers; improving the
awareness and visibility of the Swiss EO service
providers; contact for industry, administration,
research and education; customer
link for raster-based data and geomatics.
The following companies are presently
members of the new society: Ernst Basler
und Partner; Gamma Remote Sensing;
MFB GeoConsulting; Sarmap. The society
and its members can be contacted via the
web-site www.erdbeobachtung.ch, or by
email (info@erdbeobachtung.ch).