Medusa contract

• Organises introductory workshops in each partner country explaining the results of GNSS I; prepares specific country reports;
• Analyses the chain of responsibilities for the provision of GNSS services and the identification of the necessary regulations to be followed in order to render Safety of Life (SOL) and other GNSS services to final users;
• Identifies the institutional means to achieve a common interface of regulations applied in Europe and the regulations to be applied in the ENPI South countries for the use of GNSS; drafts a road map to achieve the proper institutional means for each beneficiary country;
• Develops service enablers in the domain of safety critical transport applications: definition of specific GNSS-based operational concepts and procedures, safety assessment, definition of interface with traffic control centres, preparation of ad-hoc business cases;
• Sets up a long term cooperation and operation structure of GEMCO (Mediterranean cooperation office for Galileo) with a proper regional participation of the various beneficiary countries and a long term work plan.

• Assesses the status in target countries of the introduction of performance-based navigation according to ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) requirements as well as of GNSS-based navigation services;
• Holds workshops with Civil Aviation Authorities and Air Navigation Service Providers in the beneficiary countries to inform them about the status of EGNOS Safety of Life (SoL) service provision in Europe;
• Produces an analysis that will specifically examine certification procedures;
• Establishes road maps for the introduction of EGNOS Safety of Life services for aviation; prepares regional guidance material for national civil aviation authorities and air navigation service providers.

• Complements Euromed GNSS-1 deliverables by concluding the necessary infrastructure developments required to provide an EGNOS signal over the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (MEDA) countries;
• Delivers at least four RIMS sites with dual channels (A and B) in order to provide the EGNOS signal.