Targeted professional education can improve the role of GNSS as a component of national infrastructure

The widespread utilisation of GNSS makes a satellite navigation system a fundamental component of the national infrastrucuture, despite the fact that the very operation of GNSS systems remains the responsibility of a handful of countries. Thus, maintaining the sustainable GNSS performance becomes the task of the national authorities, as well as the GNSS operators. With the suddenly extended responsibility of national authorities, it becomes important to establish among the community of decision-makers the approporiate level of understanding of GNSS principles, vulnerabilities and risks. Here we propose the knowledge transfer scheme necessary to establish the foundation of the understanding of satellite navigation technology at the national level, in order to successfully maintain the GNSS performance, and establish the GNSS performance monitoring, risk identitfication and correction mechanisms, thus allowing for the national infrastructure protection and supporting the economic growth through development of GNSS-based systems and services. This approach emphasises the role of GNSS experts in professional advancement of decision-makers.