The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, is organizing a meeting between businesspersons and representatives of research and educational institutions interested in cooperation with ESA

English: The activities related to the research and peaceful use of space and space infrastructure are relatively well present in Slovenia. Slovenia, as one of the smallest EU member states, can with its research and innovation capabilities, also has significant contribution to fast developing space sector and space science. Some of the evidence to prove this, we already have. We are convinced that more intense cooperation with ESA will give impetus to faster development in the area of science, industry, and socio-economic development and culture as well.

Because of this, at the end of January has signed in the name of Republic of Slovenia an European Cooperating State Agreement - ECS with the European Space Agency (ESA), that allows Slovenia to participate in some of the ESA projects, so called PECS program. The main purpose of the Agreement is to prepare and enhance the capabilities of the county to participate with ESA on the competitive base in the future. Slovenian companies, researchers from public research organizations and students can now for the first time cooperate with ESA under the Slovenian brand name, which is a great challenge but also a great opportunity.

At the thematic event the ESA specialists will present the plans and procedures for ESA project participation. The national public call, which was launched, to gather the interest from Slovenian participants in ESA projects will be presented as well.

Ministrstvo za visoko šolstvo, znanost in tehnologijo skupaj z Gospodarsko zbornico Slovenije in Evropsko vesoljsko agencijo organizira posvet na temo Evropska vesoljska agencija odpira vrata Sloveniji

Slovensko: Dejavnosti na področju raziskovanja in miroljubne uporabe vesolja so v Republiki Sloveniji razmeroma živahne. Slovenija, kot ena manjših evropskih držav, lahko s svojimi podjetji in raziskovalci prav tako prispeva na področju vesoljskih dejavnosti. Nekaj dokazov za to že imamo. Prepričani smo, da bo sodelovanje z ESA v Sloveniji spodbudilo razvoj na področju znanosti, industrije in tudi kulture.

Konec januarja 2010 je zato minister Gregor Golobič v imenu Republike Slovenije z Evropsko vesoljsko agencijo (ESA) podpisal sporazum Evropske sodelujoče države, ki Sloveniji omogoča sodelovanje v nekaterih konkretnih projektih Evropske vesoljske agencije, t.i. PECS program. Namen tega sporazuma je predvsem priprava in krepitev sposobnosti za sodelovanje z ESA na osnovi konkurenčnih pogojev v prihodnosti. Slovenska podjetja, raziskovalci iz institucij znanja ter študenti lahko tako sedaj prvič samostojno sodelujejo v programih ESA, kar predstavlja izziv in hkrati veliko priložnost.

Na konferenci bodo strokovnjaki iz ESA predstavili načrte in postopke ESA, predstavljen pa bo tudi javni poziv, ki ga je za pridobitev predlogov s strani zainteresiranih nedavno objavilo Ministrstvo za visoko šolstvo, znanost in tehnologijo.

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