Posted on: May 13, 2011
The 3rd Africa-EU summit took place in Tripoli, Libya on 29-30 November 2010 where the 2nd Joint Africa-EU Action Plan (2011-2013) was adopted. SBAS is specifically mentioned in this Joint Action Plan under the priority area: Support to Air Transport Sector and Satellite Navigation of the Partnership on Regional Economic Integration, Trade and Infrastructure: ‘For SBAS, setup and activity of Working Groups, staffing of African GNSS programme management entity, training of African experts, preliminary back bone infrastructure development and initial operations.’