The second Progress Meeting for the GSE FM Stage 2 was held in Hamburg, Germany from 4-5 April 2006. The meeting was hosted by Prof. Dr. Michael Köhl (Chair of World Forestry Institute) of SfM in Hamburg.

ESA and a select group of 12 GSE FM Consortium partners presented and discussed the recent activities which included innovative developments with the presentation of a prototype GSE FM Web Portal, the INSPIRE-related activities, and the technical steps for the Service Evolution that have been initiated as well as the formalisation of the User Executive Body (UEB).

The meeting was successful in achieving its objectives of reviewing and discussing the deliverables of the last quarter and their role in further developing the service network. The reports, presentations and minutes of the meeting can be found on the Intrasite.