• a clear and regularly updated overview on GNSS research related activities. During the project, information will be continuously gathered from a wide range of sources and analysed. Possible duplication, inconsistencies and lack of co-ordination between monitored activities will be detected and possible corrective actions will be proposed.

• on request guidance from a set of specialized task forces focused on Galileo key issues such as Controlled Access Services, frequency management, public private partnership, certification, integration with other systems, etc. Task forces are set up according to the need identified during the project and involve experts from an open and flexible network.

• communication and dissemination of information related to Galileo. In addition to the work described above, the institutional partners provide a larger and totally independent support and advice on Galileo key technical and management issues.

To achieve the above work, 3 types of activities are undertaken by the consortium:

Management activities
Technical activities
Expert network activities


Management activities
Management activities contribute to co-ordinate all the tasks performed within the project in order to make sure that all the requirements of the European Commission are fully and efficiently satisfied.

To achieve this objective, the consortium has put in place a management structure composed of :

a Strategic Committee, responsible for the strategic management of the project,
a Technical Committee, responsible for the technical htmlects of the project,
a Project Co-ordinator (FDC), for the operational management of the project.


Technical activities
The work to be performed is split into 3 main technical work packages :

WP 1000 "Monitoring, reporting and advising" provides a clear and regularly updated overview on GNSS research related activities.

WP 2000 "Specialised guidance" provides on request guidance from a set of specialised task forces focused on Galileo key issues.

WP 3000 "Administrative support" provides a permanent and effective administrative support to the other workpackages and to the European Commission.


Expert network activities
These activities are providing the basic infrastructure needed to operate the network of experts.

On management side, it consists in organising the task forces or working groups (contacting the experts, preparing agendas,…), monitoring their activities (respect of deadlines, contribution gathering,…), arranging contractual htmlects (contracts with the experts, reimbursement of expenses,…), etc.

On a technical side, the activities consist in identifying the work to be performed by the experts (identification of key issues, creation of task forces or working groups,…), preparing working documents (problem definition, TORs of the task forces,…), participating actively in the task forces or working groups, validating obtained results, etc.