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UN Office for Outer Space Affairs:

UN-affiliated Regional Centres forSpace Science and Technology Education

Space Tools for Monitoring Air Pollution and Energy Use for SustainableDevelopment

UN/Austria/ESA SymposiumGraz, Austria

12-15 September 2006

1. United Nations2. Asia and the Pacific: India

3. Africa: Morocco4. Africa: Nigeria

5. Latin America and the Caribbean: Brazil/Mexico


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N Mandated by the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assemblyand the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)and its subsidiary bodies

N Intergovernmental ProcessN Programme on Space Applications

N Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities

N Responsibilities of the Secretary-General under the UN Treaties andPrinciples on Outer Space

N Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and PeacefulUses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III)

N 1999 UNISPACE III: The Space Millennium - Vienna Declaration on Spaceand Human Development

N Action Teams established by COPUOS under voluntary leadership by MemberStates

N 2004 UNISPACE III+5 Plan of Action contained in the report of COPUOS tothe UNGA on the review of the implementation of the recommendations of

UNISPACE III and endorsed by the UNGA

UN Office for Outer Space Affairs


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N United Nations International Space Information System(UNISIS)

http://www.unoosa.org/

N United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Offices

N UNDP cooperates with governments and peoples, largely indeveloping countries

N 178 offices worldwide

N

Cc: 185 Permanent Missions of UN Member States

N United Nations Information Centres and OfficesN

Located in over 60 nations in all regions.

UN Information Dissemination Network

UNDP Regional groupings


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Regional Centres for Space Science and TechnologyEducation affiliated to the United Nations

N The Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology

Education were created under the auspices of the UnitedNations through its Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

N The goal of the Centres is to develop, through in-deptheducation, an indigenous capability for research andapplications in the core disciplines of Remote Sensing and

Geographical Information Systems, Satellite Communications,Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate, and Space andAtmospheric Sciences as well as data management.

N Regional Centres located in:N

African region: CRASTE-LF (Morocco), CSSTE-E (Nigeria)N Asia and Pacific region: CSSTEAP (India)

N Latin America and the Caribbean: CRECTEALC (Brazil and Mexico)


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Regional Centres for Space Science and TechnologyEducation affiliated to the United Nations: Mandate

The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution

45/72 of 11 December 1990 endorsed the

recommendation of the Committee on the

Peaceful Uses of Outer Space that

"... the United Nations should lead, with the active

support of its specialized agencies and other international

organizations, an international effort to establish regional

centres for space science and technology education inexisting national/regional educational institutions in the

developing countries. "


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Regional Centres for Space Science and TechnologyEducation affiliated to the United Nations: Mandate

In 1995, the United Nations General Assembly furtherendorsed the regional centres initiative and in its resolution

50/27 of 6 December 1995, and recommended that

"... these centres be established on the basis of affiliation to the

United Nations as early as possible and that such affiliation would

provide the centres with the necessary recognition and would

strengthen the possibilities of attracting donors and of establishing

academic relationships with national and international

space-related institutions."


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Education curricula

N The United Nations Programme on Space Applications, withthe support of prominent educators, developed a set of

standard curricula to be adopted by the centres for each topicof the core disciplines


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Centre for Space Science and Technology Educationin the Asia and Pacific region (CSSTEAP)

N CSSTEAP is located at Dehradun on the campus of the Indian

Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS). The Centre also has twooperational offices at Ahmedabad on the campus of SpaceApplications Centre (SAC) and at Physical ResearchLaboratory (PRL)


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CSSTEAP Organizational Structure

IIRS-NRSADehradun

RS & GIS

SACAhmedabad

SATCOM&

SATMET

PRLAhmedabad

Space &Atmosph

Science

AdvisoryCommittee

Secretary,Dept. of Space,

Govt. of India

CSSTEAP

GoverningBoard

CoordinationCommittee


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CSSTEAP Post-graduate Academic Structure

9-month course

at IIRS inRS/GIS

9-month course

at SAC inSATCOM

9-month course

at SAC inSATMET

9-month course

at PRL in SpaceScience

Award of PG diplomaby CSSTEAP

1 year follow-up project inhome country

CSSTEAP 1 yearfellowship in India

Award of Masters (M.Tech) degree by Andhra University

By merit, since2004, at IIRS


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CSSTEAP Linkages

India:

N DOS/ISRO Host Institutions & other institutions

N

Andhra University Recognition of PGD curricula to meetcourse-work requirement of Mtech

N GOI Organisations for international student travel support

N Academic Linkage with Universities/Institutes for Guest Faculty

International:N UN Agencies including UNOOSA, UNESCO, UNDP, WMO

fellowships / travel support/ sponsor short courses

N International Centres (ICIMOD, TWAS, GDTA*) Studentsponsorship/ exchange

N Universities / Institutes: Guest Faculty (US,UK,Europe)


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CSSTEAP Post-graduate student statistics

Participantsfrom:Space SciSATMETSATCOMRS & GIS

12 students*

6 countries19 students*

13 countries2005-2006

9 students

5 countries15 students



15 students



11 students




14 students



9 students




18 students

8 countries

17 students


10 students



11 countries1998-99

13 students


14 countries1997-98

Afghanistan

AzerbaijanBangladeshBhutanCambodiaChinaDPR KoreaFijiIndiaIndonesia

IranJapanKoreaKazakhstanKyrghyzstanLao PDRMalaysiaMaldivesMongoliaMyanmar

NepalPakistanPapua N.GPhilippinesSri LankaThailandTajikistanTaiwanUzbekistan

Vietnam

25 students

14 countries1996-97

CoursesYear


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CSSTEAP Course record

N The Centre has conducted 23 nine-month Post-graduatecourses:N 10 courses in RS and GIS

N 5 courses in SATCOM

N 4 courses in SATMET

N 4 courses in Space Science

N The Centre has also conducted 16 short-term courses/workshops and awareness programmes

N These programs have benefited 596 participants from 30countries in the Asia-Pacific region (360 in long-termcourses and 236 in short-term courses & workshops)

N In addition, 26 participants from 16 countries outside Asia-Pacific region have been trained at CSSTEAP


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CSSTEAP web-site

CSSTEAP homepage:http://www.cssteap.org/


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African Centre for Space Science and Technology - inFrench Language (CRASTE-LF)

N CRASTE-LF is located at the LEcole Mohammadia D'Ingenieurs

in Rabat, Morocco.


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CRASTE-LF Organizational Structure

CRASTE-LF

Ressources Financires

tats Membres, OOSA,Institutions Rgionales etInternationales et sur Projets

ConseildAdministration

ConseilScientifique

Ressources Humaines :Rseau dexperts pour la prise en

charge des enseignements, de laconduite des actions de recherche,de pilotage de projets,..


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La formation au CRASTE-LF

N Pour la Mise en uvre des programmes, encadrement desactions de formation, de recherche et danimationscientifique:

N Rseau de comptences et dexpertises rgionales

N constitution et consolidation dun espace rgional de formation, derecherche et de coopration au service du dveloppement de largion,

N endiguer lhmorragie des cadres africains travers la valorisationde leurs savoirs,de leurs comptences, en assurant leur mobilit etleur implication dans le dveloppement rgional.,

N Expertise internationale : institutions partenaires telles lESA,le CNES, lAgence Spatiale Canadienne, lIUT, EUMETSAT,


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CRASTE-LF Course record

N The Centre has conducted 8 nine-month Post-graduatecourses:

N 4 courses in RS and GIS

N 2 courses in SATCOM

N 2 courses in SATMET

N

The Centre has also conducted 10 workshops

N These long-term programmes have benefited 80participants from 16 countries in the African region


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CRASTE-LF web-site

CRASTE-LF homepage:http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SAP/centres/morocco/index.html


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African Regional Centre for Space Science andTechnology Education - in English Language (CSSTE-E)

N CSSTE-E is located at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-

Ife, Nigeria.


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CSSTE-E Course record

N The Centre has conducted 7 nine-month Post-graduatecourses:

N 2 courses in RS and GIS (since 1999)

N 2 courses in SATCOM (since 2000)

N 2 courses in SATMET (since 2001)

N 1 course in Space Science (since 2005)

N The Centre has also conducted 8 short-term courses/workshops and seminars

N These programs have benefited 30 participants from 9countries in the African region.


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CSSTE-E web-site

ARCSSTE-E homepage:http://www.arcsstee.org/


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Regional Centre for Space Science and TechnologyEducation for Latin America and the Caribbean(CRECTEALC)

N The Brazil campus of CRECTEALC is located in So Jos dosCampos, So Paulo. It is hosted by the National Institute ofSpace Research (INPE).


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CRECTEALC History

N MARCH 1997: Brazil and Mexico signed the Agreement toestablish the Centre for Space Science and TechnologyEducation for Latin America and the Caribbean.

N SEPTEMBER 2000: Agreement of Headquarters firmed byCRECTEALC with the Government of Brazil.

N OCTOBER 2002: Operational Agreement firmed byCRECTEALC with the Government of Mexico.

N JUNE 2003: Affiliation Agreement firmed by CRECTEALC with

UN OOSA.


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CRECTEALC Administration

CAMPI:

N The Campi are responsible for the planning, the organization,

the implementation and the administration of educationprogrammes in the areas concerning the competence of theCentre.

N There are two campus located in:N Brazil

N

Host institution: National Space Research Institute INPESo Jos dos Campos, So Paulo, Brazil

N Mexico

N Host institution: National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics andElectronics INAOE Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico


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CRECTEALC Support

N Foreign Relations Ministry of Brazil MRE

N Foreign Relations Secretary of Mexico SRE

N Brazilian Space Agency AEB

N National Institute for Space Research INPE/MCT

N National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics INAOE

N National Council for Science and Technology CONACYT

N National Council for Scientific and Technological Development CNPq/MCT

N University of the United Nations UNU

N United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs UN OOSA

N Organization of the American States OAS


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CRECTEALC International Course on RS&GIS

N From 1985 to 2002, the 7-month Course was promotedunder the responsibility of the National Institute for SpaceResearch - INPE of the Ministry of Science andTechnology-MCT of Brazil.

N From 2003 to 2005, 36 students have graduated from thiscourse under the coordination of the CRECTEALC/Campus

Brazil. This year, 7 students should graduate and the totalwill reach 43 students.

N Up to December 2006 the Course will form 189 specialistsfrom Algeria, Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso,

Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico,Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Nigeria, Senegal, Uruguay andVenezuela.


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CRECTEALC 9-month post-graduate course in RS & GIS

N CRECTEALC (Campus Brazil) has conducted 2 nine-monthPost-graduate courses: in RS & GIS.

N 25 students from 10 countries from the region participated.

N The CRECTEALC (Campus Brazil) has also promoted 4workshops on RS & GIS.

N THE CRECTEALC (Campus Mexico) is organizing its firstpost graduate course in RS & GIS to be carried out at thepremises of the National Institute of Optical and ElectronicAstrophysics in Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, where the

Center is headquartered.


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CRECTEALC web-site

CRECTEALC homepage:http://www.inpe.br/unidades/cep/atividadescep/crectealc


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General Assembly resolution 60/99

In 2005, the UN GA, in its resolution 60/99Notes with satisfaction that, , the African regional centres ,

in the French language and in the English language, located in

Morocco and Nigeria, respectively, as well as the regional centre

in Asia and the Pacific and the regional centre for Latin America

and the Caribbean, entered into an affiliation agreement with theOffice of the Secretariat and have continued their education

Programmes in 2005;

Agrees that the regional centres referred to in [the] paragraph

Above should continue to report to the Committee on their activities

on an annual basis;

Notes with satisfaction that the centre in Asia and the Pacific

celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2005.


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