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As part of its foresight mission and analysis of emerging sectors, the OECD IFP has launched a Space Forum to help space agencies and governments take stock of the opportunities and challenges of the space sector. The Forum's mission is to investigate the economic dimensions and implications of the space infrastructure for the larger economy.

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OECD Handbook on Measuring the Space Economy

07-Mar-2012

This publication provides a summary of the key methodological issues surrounding indicators and statistics on the space sector and the larger space economy.

New publication: The Space Economy at a Glance 2011

30-Jun-2011

This new publication paints an updated and richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream services activities, and its wider economic and social impacts.

Successful workshop on the possible socio-economic contributions of space applications

23-Dec-2010

The Space Forum's Working Group met on Sept. 25th 2010 on the theme “Valuing the socio economic contributions of space applications: techniques and lessons learned”. This original workshop feeds into the OECD Secretariat analysis of potential socio economic contributions derived from space applications. Thirty participants coming from agencies, the private sector, academia and national delegations benefitted from presentations by invited experts (P. Cohendet, I. Leveson, M. Macauley, G. Graziola, H. Hertzfeld) and by the Secretariat.

The space sector during the economic crisis: trends to be presented at the Toulouse Space Show

from 09-Jun-2010 to 10-Jun-2010

The OECD/IFP will present recent statistics and trends on the space sector during the "Toulouse Space Show", a large congress organised every two years in Toulouse by the space community.
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NEW

This report paints an updated and richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream services activities, and its wider economic and social impacts.

The Space Economy at a Glance 2011

CASE STUDIES

Space Technologies and Climate Change. Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport

SPACE 2030

Space technologies have the potential to provide practical responses to society’s major challenges. This report explores how governments could use space more effectively to address society's needs.

SPACE 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges