The Catholic University of Leuven in cooperation with the space and telecommunications consultancy Systemics Network International held a select workshop on the subject:

FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF SPACE POLICY IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF INSTITUTIONAL REALIGNMENT BETWEEN ESA AND THE EU

on 19 September 2002

To view the Workshop Report please click here.

• Background: Highlights of how today's system for space in Europe arose (Dr K Madders, SNI)
• Assessment of Europe's position relative to US and rest of the world (Prof. J. Johnson-Freese, Navy War College)
• Critique: Issues of Purpose and Opportunities for Europe in Space (Mr J-P Poncelet, ESA)
• The process of building space policy in the EU (Mr L Tytgat, CEC)
• Perspectives of institutional realignment and the roles of the EU, ESA and other actors (Prof. Dr Wouters, KUL)
  
• Getting the Message Through: The dimension of strategic communication (Dr Ilana Bet-El, GPC)

The workshop was chaired by Frances Brown, editor of the journal Space Policy.