Eurisy, ESPI, the Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS) of Morocco, and the European Space Agency, invite you to a attend this event in

Rabat, Morocco, on 14-15 October 2010.

This Conference aims to offer a forum to development experts, policy- and decision-makers at local, regional, continental and international levels, satellite service providers, civil society organisations and specialists of the Mediterranean region to:

• Exchange good practices on how satellite information and services help tackle the challenges around the Mediterranean
• Identify the needs of public administrations, businesses, civil society organisations and other potential users with regard to satellite services
• Analyse service providers’ capacities to meet users’ needs
• Initiate cooperation among service providers, and among users, around the Mediterranean
• Identify user requirements for infrastructure development
• Provide the resulting bottom-up feedback to decision-makers

Take note of these dates in your 2010 calendar!

An announcement including a preliminary programme for the conference will be issued here in January 2010.

This Conference takes place within a joint two year project (2010-2011) by Eurisy and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) addressing Euro-African cooperation on space applications for the development of Africa. It is sponsored by the European Space Agency.

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