Access, distribution and processing of Geographic Information (GI) are basic preconditions to the support of strategic environmental decision-making. The heterogeneity of information on the environment today available is driving a wide number of initiatives, on both sides of the Atlantic, which advocate the strategic role of proper management and processing of environment-related data as well as the importance of harmonised IT infrastructures designed to better monitor and manage the environment.

Within such an articulated and fast evolving scenario the Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) proposed aims at identifying the wide range of implications, spanning from the regulations, technological as well as scientific point of view, involved in the access and processing of geographically-related information to increase environmental security.

The event will gather top scientists with different expertise from NATO Countries as well as from eligible NATO Partner or Mediterranean  Dialogue countries.

The workshop will represent an important event where scientist from different disciplines discuss potential ways forward in the domain of reference.

The results of the workshop will be published as NATO Science for Peace Security Series, published by Springer Science and Business Media.