'Opening up the gate to space'.Byline: Lucy Millett THE DIRECTOR of External Relations at the European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. (ESA 1. (architecture) ESA - Enterprise Systems Architecture. 2. (body) ESA - European Space Agency. ), Peter Holsroj, met yesterday with the Minister for Communications and Works, Nicos Nicolaides '''NICOS NICOLAIDES THE CYPRIOT: HIS LIFE AND WORKS Nicos Nicolaides (in Greek:Νίκος Νικολαϊδης) was born the son of poor parents in Nicosia,Cyprus on the April 31884. , and his Permanent Secretary, Makis Constantinides, to discuss an agreement between Cyprus and the ESA. ESA is an international organisation Noun 1. international organisation - an international alliance involving many different countries global organization, international organization, world organisation, world organization with 18 member states. They have close links with the EU. Their mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space is beneficial to the citizens of Europe and the world. ESA has been providing for and promoting cooperation among European States in space research and technology for over 40 years. ESA's programmes are designed to find out more about Earth and space, as well as to develop satellite-based technologies and services, and to promote European industries. ESA also works closely with space organisations outside Europe. Constantinides said: "We have signed an official agreement with ESA called a Framework Cooperation Agreement. This is the first step in cooperation between ESA and Cyprus. The next step is to become a European Cooperating State and then a full member." Constantinides said the agreement would "open up the gate to space" for Cyprus. "The benefits are endless, including safety, search and rescue, monitoring of the environment, satellite navigation and communication, education, training, telemedicine -- the list goes on. "The benefits of satellite monitoring alone include improvement of road safety, improvements in air traffic controlling, shipping, fishery, agriculture, exploration of natural resources, mappingC*endless applications." He concluded: "It is up to us to make full use of the benefits of being part of this family, the fascinating family of space." Under the European Space Policy A formal European Space Policy was established on 22 May 2007 when a joint and concomitant meeting at ministerial level of the Council of the European Union and the Council of the European Space Agency adopted a Resolution on the European Space Policy. of 2007, the EU, ESA and its Member States committed themselves to increasing coordination of their activities and programmes and to organising their respective roles relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc space. The ESA member states are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Greece also joined in 2005. Hungary, Romania and Poland are 'European Cooperating States' and Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia have also recently signed cooperation agreements with ESA. Copyright Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail is a Cypriot English-language newspaper. It is published daily (except Mondays) and a number of articles are available online. Its current chief editor is Kosta Pavlowitch. The managing director is Kyriakos Iacovides. 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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