Education and training for the Centre for Earth Observation (CEO)
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has published an invitation to tender concerning the provision of education and training services and products for the Centre for Earth Observation (CEO). The CEO programme aims at stimulating the use of earth observation data and at enhancing the exchange of information between earth observation service providers and customers. Education and training are of primary importance to the appropriate and successful use of earth observation data, products and information. Potential customers require the knowledge of what earth observation can do and the skills and experience to assimilate this into existing professional tasks. The invitation to tender concerns the provision of education and training products and services. The purpose of the work is to assist the development of earth observation within appropriate professional uses. It provides a framework within which organizations can propose work, and provides the evaluation criteria against which proposals will be judged. The work will be undertaken by means of a number of separate study contracts of short duration (under six months). Work should be completed by November 1998. Tender documentation may be obtained from: European Commission Joint Research Centre Mr. P. Churchill TP 441 I-21020 Ispra Tel. +39-332-785425; Fax +39-332-785461 E-mail: ceo.helpdesk@jrc.it Completed tenders should be sent to the above address.