G-MOSAIC (GMES services for management of operations, situation awareness and intelligence for regional crises) is a GMES security pilot project financed by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme. G-MOSAIC will develop products, methodologies and pilot services for the provision of geo-spatial information in support of the external relations policies of the union in support to the prevention and management of external regional crisis (and the relevant intervention) for, e.g. peace keeping, peace enforcing, crisis prevention, people and citizens rescue.
G-MOSAIC service domains are characterised in order to deal with EU security related to out-of-EU crisis areas, focusing on:
The following table shows the main G-MOSAIC services versus the GMES areas for actions in the security domain
GMES areas for actions | GMES activities and priorities | G-MOSAIC domains |
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Maritime | Protection of maritime transport/cargoes and protection against piracy and emerging security threats |
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Migration and border monitoring | Observation of civil and military activities in the proximity of the borders, both land and maritime including maritime migration routes. Surveillance of land border-crossing activities and identification of permanent or temporary settlement of people and infrastructures along border routes |
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EU external actions | Trans-regional security threats as from the Petersberg tasks:[1]
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