European Space Agency ESA is the European Space Agency and has as mission to shape the development of Europe's space capability. ESRIN is the ESA Centre for Earth Observation with the responsibility for collecting, storing and distributing Earth Observation satellite data to ESA's partners, and acting as the Agency's information technology centre. ESA is managing the development and provision of GMES Services Elements.

ELSAG Datamat S.p.A. Elsag Datamat spa, a Finmeccanica company, has been a leading player in designing and producing Information and Communication Technology solutions, for more than 30 years. The last 10 years, Elsag Datamat has enforced its commitment in EU co-funded research, with a particular focus on enabling technologies (such as Grid, CWE) and ICT supported applications (environment, emergency management, space, etc.).

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is Germany's national research centre for aeronautics and space. Its extensive research and development work in aeronautics, space, transportation and energy is integrated into national and international cooperative ventures. The DLR Remote Sensing Data Center (DLR-DFD) is dedicated to the reception, archiving, distribution and utilization of satellite data (e.g. ERS, ENVISAT, IRS-P6, TerraSAR-X, CORONAS-F, CHAMP, BIRD, GRACE ) and the applied research in remote sensing technologies.

Mariene Informatie Service MARIS B.V. is a private company specialised in web-based services and applications in the fields of oceanographic datamanagement, geographical interfaces and websites with complex information structures.

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Founded in 1999, the Italian National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology monitors and studies the geophysical phenomena of the fluid and solid components of our planet.

University of Southampton The IT Innovation Centre is an applied research centre advancing a wide range of information technologies and their deployment in industry and commerce.

Terradue Srl Terradue Srl was created early February 2006 supported by the Lazio's Business Innovation Centre (BIC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) programme of pre-incubation and incubation. Terradue is a company focusing its activities on the use of web services and GRID technologies to support distributed spatial data management, and high performance computing applications in collaborative digital environments.

Join Research Centre of the European Commission The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the European Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.

Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare The Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land, and Sea focuses on environmental education, sustainable development, green initiatives, ecological innovation, climate control initiatives, environmental statistics, and community programmes.