Yearbook on Space Policy 2016 by Cenan Al-Ekabi & Stefano Ferretti

Author:Cenan Al-Ekabi & Stefano Ferretti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

3.4.3 New Tools for Cooperation?

Whereas dialogue mechanisms serve to channel needs and feedback on technological implementation, the use of space assets also requires diverse expertise and resources, which are not always readily available in developing nations. For this purpose, several types of actions could be implemented to join and share resources, to the advantage of all participants.79

Space agencies, for instance, could welcome third-party activities, by enabling the secondment of personnel from sustainable development agencies and being willing to carry out programmes with funding from developing countries, the private sector and NGOs, to channel their expertise into new fields and new regions.80

Thanks to its privileged position, UNOOSA could also co-ordinate the execution of joint programmes with the participation of different countries and global regions not covered by existing space agencies, to create new space-based services responding to unmet needs. Moreover, through its existing regional centres, local Space for Sustainable Development programmes could be initiated to further economic development and capacity building. Funding from aid agencies could be used in this context to elicit support from established space agencies on the more technical and programmatic aspects.81

Global student exchange programmes have supported generations of young and motivated students in gaining access to new knowledge while discovering new cultures. Establishing similar programmes between talented engineers from developing countries and developed space agencies, possibly including two-way exchanges, could thus support capacity building and promote future cooperation between the countries involved.82

Finally, existing frameworks such as the Charter on Space and Major Disasters, currently concentrating on disaster relief, would be extremely effective if extended to cover sustainable development efforts, supporting developing countries with specific requests to tackle their largest challenges.83

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