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The OECD has launched a Global Forum on Space Economics to help space agencies and governments better analyse the opportunities and challenges of the space sector. Building on OECD expertise, the Forum will collect and evaluate data and socio-economic indicators, and will aim to provide evidence-based analysis to help agencies and governments shape policies to ensure that the potential of space is more fully realized.
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13-Jun-2008
Since May 2008 passengers travelling on the Thalys high-speed train between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne can now access broadband thanks to technology combining the Internet and satellite communications. Review in this article some interesting aspects of broadband via satellite.
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OECD ministers to discuss climate change, trade and global economy at annual meeting, Paris, 4-5 June
from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008
The economic impact of climate change, trade, growth and development issues will be discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting, in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. A brochure providing the background for the main topics that ministers will address is now online. It include a section on space applications and climate change. Read the document: “Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level 2008 - Key Information” (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/44/40627761.pdf)
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13-Jun-2008
How big is “space” really? The industry is relatively small, but its economic and strategic importance may be as boundless as space itself. Check this article, which presents selected findings from the recently published OECD publication “The Space Economy at a Glance”.
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22-May-2008
Learn in one brief document what the OECD Forum on Space Economics is all about.
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Working Group - 5th meeting: indicators and statistics on the space economy
on 19-Feb-2008
The OECD Forum on Space Economics Working Group met in Paris on February 19th. The main theme of discussions concerned indicators and statistics on the space economy (definition…). Working Group members particularly encouraged the development of an innovative OECD Working Paper entitled “The Guide to Measuring the Space Economy”, to become available in summer 2008.
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14-Nov-2007
In September 2007, the OECD Global Forum on Space Economics issued an innovative 35-page report “Monitoring of the OECD Space Project Recommendations”. This document briefly reviews recent developments in the space sector (spring 2005-spring 2007) through the prism of the OECD IFP recommendations presented in the publication “Space 2030: Tackling Society’s Challenges”.
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22-May-2007
The management of the world’s water resources is set to become one of the most important issues of the 21st century. In that context, a case study is being conducted within the framework of the OECD Forum on Space Economics. The objective is to explore the general capabilities of space technology to enhance water resource management, and see what space systems have generated so far in terms of socio-economic benefits and added-value in water management. The preliminary findings presented here are mainly based on existing literature and meetings with practitioners.
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15-Feb-2007
Beyond the traditional scientific and military, how can space applications help with the range of challenges facing our societies today ? - security, the environment, disaster relief, health, education, communications, remedying the digital divide, transport... How can space help with the economy? In 2002 the IFP launched a project to investigate the economic dimensions of space activities, and how space technologies could contribute to finding solutions to Earth’s problems.
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18-Jan-2007
The OECD Forum on Space Economics was launched in February 2006. This original forum aims to provide evidence-based analysis to assist agencies and governments shape policies to contribute to ensuring that the potential of space is more fully realised. For more information about the Space Forum, please read the descriptive overview . A first publication "Space Economy at a Glance" will be available in summer 2007.
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Space technology has huge potential to provide practical responses to society’s major challenges. Over the coming decades, governments will increasingly be confronted with long-term problems such as threats to the environment or the management of decreasing natural resources.
The report was presented at a news conference in Luxembourg, on 6 July 2005.
Speech by Michael Oborne, Director of the International Futures Programme/OECD in English and in French .
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SPACE
This publication is an innovative compilation of statistics on the space sector and its contributions to economic activity.
The Space Economy at a Glance
SPACE 2030
Space technology has huge potential to provide practical responses to society’s major challenges. This publication explores how governments could use space more effectively to address society's needs.
SPACE 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges
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