Information on national environmental and security-related programmes and activities is available on the following websites:

• Ministry of Sustainable Development, www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2066 (English and Swedish versions)
• Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) www.formas.se
• Swedish Environmental Protection Agency www.naturvardsverket.se
• Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute www.smhi.se
  
• Swedish National Space Board, www.snsb.se (English and Swedish versions)
• Ministry of Defence, www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2060 (English and Swedish versions)

The 16 Environmental quality objectives established by the Swedish parliament and to be achieved by the year 2020 are available at www.miljomal.nu/english/english.php

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is involved in GEOLAND.

Several institutional bodies are involved as core users in GMES Services Element:

• The Swedish National Board of Forestry is involved in "Forest Monitoring".
• The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is involved in SAGE.
• The Swedish Rescue Service Agency is involved in Risk EOS.
• The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute is involved in ICEMON.

Sweden participates in organisations whose activities are potentially relevant to GMES:

• European Space Agency (ESA)
• European Environmental Agency (EEA)
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
• European Sea Level Service (ESEAS)
• European component of Global Ocean Observing System (EUROGOOS)
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
• Europe's Meteorological Satellite Organisation (EUMETSAT)
• Network of European Meteorological Services (EUMETNET)
• Baltic 21 a regional multi-stakeholder process for sustainable development
• Helsinki Commission (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission)