News and events

• A OECD workshop on global value chains in the space sector will take place in Washington DC, on 14 March 2014, co-organised with NASA. This is a follow-up workshop to the one organized in OECD, Paris in October.

• A January 2014 report from IFRI on “Governing the Geostationary Orbit: Orbital Slots and Spectrum Use in an Era of Interference” features selected findings from the OECD Space Forum on interferences of satellite signals. http://ifri.org/downloads/noteespacegpenent.pdf

• The OECD Space Forum was invited to contribute a presentation on 3 December 2014 to a high level space conference in the presence of  Members of the French Parliament, industry and other dignitaries.  (“L'espace, des services quotidiens et des retombées méconnues”) 
  
  
• The OECD Space Forum Steering Group met in Paris at OECD Headquarters on 11 October 2013, to review work conducted, and to discuss, plan, shape and prioritise activities for 2014-15. It was preceded by a workshop on “Global value chains in the space sector” with European, Japanese and Korean industry representatives on 10 October.
  
  
  
• The OECD Space Forum Secretariat was invited to provide a briefing at the 5th International Meeting for Members of Parliaments on Sunday 22 September 2013 in Beijing, China in conjunction with the 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). The topic of the fifth meeting for Members of Parliaments is “Benefits of Space Technology for Economic Growth and Competitiveness of Industry”.  During the Congress, the largest annual gathering of the global space community, the Secretariat chaired the IAC E.3.3 Session “Industrial Policies as Drivers of the Space Economy”, and the “International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Space Economy Technical Committee meeting”.
  
  
  
•  As China’s economic importance on the world’s stage is growing, so is its space programme. See more in this OECD Observer article: China's space wave.
  
  
• The OECD Space Forum has contributed a synthesis chapter to the newly released Space Security Index 2013 report . The chapter provides an overview of the impacts that trends in space activities are having on the security and sustainability of major orbits, with a number of indicators. As a stable space infrastructure is becoming essential to serve our societies’ needs, further international coordination efforts are needed to improve the long-term sustainability of the main orbits that are already used extensively today.
  
  
  

• The OECD Space Forum was invited to present the Forum’s activities on impacts assessments of space applications, and be part of a panel at a European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) workshop on the socio-economic benefits of Earth Observation and geospatial data, in Florence, Italy (June 23-24).The presentation provided some pointers on space applications’ impact assessments, with a view to encourage better evidence-based information to decision-makers and citizens on benefits (and limitations) of space applications.
  
  
  

• An OECD Space Forum workshop on "Assessing the state of the space industry and its economic impacts: Methods and results from selected OECD countries”, on 21 March 2013, aims to take stock of the current state of play in developing and producing statistics on the space sector, and review on-going practices in measuring the impacts of space investments. Representatives of ministries, space agencies, official statistics producers, as well as industry associations will participate.

Past news and events

Publications 

	OECD Handbook on Measuring the Space Economy 2012 This publication provides a summary of the key methodological issues surrounding indicators and statistics on the space sector and the larger space economy.
	The Space Economy at a Glance 2011 This new edition paints an updated and richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream services activities, and its wider economic and social impacts.
	Space Technologies and Climate Change: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport This book examines the contributions that space technologies can make in tackling some of the serious problems posed by climate change.
	Space 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges This book assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks that currently govern space activities in the OECD area and beyond.
	Space 2030: Exploring the Future of Space Applications Where is the space sector heading now? What are the obstacles to its further development? What are its future prospects? What are the applications that are likely to be successful in the future?