Andrew Yee[_1_]
May 6th 08, 01:42 AM
ESA News
http://www.esa.int
5 May 2008
Poland and ESA sign the Plan for European Cooperating State (PECS)
On 28 April 2008 Poland reinforced its relations with ESA by signing the
Plan for European Cooperating State Charter. This is a direct follow up to
the signing of the European Cooperating State Agreement in April 2007.
The Plan for European Cooperating State (PECS) Charter was signed in Warsaw
by Rafal Baniak, Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and
Chris de Cooker, Head of the International Relations Department of ESA.
By signing the Charter, Poland now becomes the fourth European country to
subscribe to PECS. Hungary signed the Charter in November 2003, the Czech
Republic in November 2004 and Romania in February 2007.
Poland has a long-standing tradition in space activities. Its institutions
have participated as co-investigators in many ESA science projects,
including Ulysses, ISO (archive data), SOHO, XMM, Cluster; Double Star,
Huygens, Mars Express, Herschel (hardware for the HIFI instrument), Planck,
XEUS, Integral, Rosetta and BepiColombo. Polish researchers were also
involved in developing the instruments for the ExoMars rover.
In the field of Earth observation, Polish principal investigators are active
users of Envisat data, while a number of Polish students have received
training and been given fellowships at ESA, as well as the space
establishment of Member States. At present, several students are involved in
the ESA educational project known as the Student Space Exploration and
Technology Initiative (SSETI).
The signing of the PECS Charter represents a new milestone in the relations
between Poland and ESA as it means that Poland will now be able to
participate in more ESA programmes and activities.
Initially the PECS Charter will allow Poland to take part in ESAs space
science, human spaceflight, navigation, telecommunication, and technology
research and development programmes for a five-year period.
For any further information please contact:
Anabelle Fonseca Colomb
ESA International Relations Department
Tel: +33.1.5369.7238
Fax: +33.1.5369.7627
Bernard Zufferey
ESA PECS Manager
Tel: +31.71.565.3498
Fax: +31.71.565.4693
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http://www.esa.int
5 May 2008
Poland and ESA sign the Plan for European Cooperating State (PECS)
On 28 April 2008 Poland reinforced its relations with ESA by signing the
Plan for European Cooperating State Charter. This is a direct follow up to
the signing of the European Cooperating State Agreement in April 2007.
The Plan for European Cooperating State (PECS) Charter was signed in Warsaw
by Rafal Baniak, Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and
Chris de Cooker, Head of the International Relations Department of ESA.
By signing the Charter, Poland now becomes the fourth European country to
subscribe to PECS. Hungary signed the Charter in November 2003, the Czech
Republic in November 2004 and Romania in February 2007.
Poland has a long-standing tradition in space activities. Its institutions
have participated as co-investigators in many ESA science projects,
including Ulysses, ISO (archive data), SOHO, XMM, Cluster; Double Star,
Huygens, Mars Express, Herschel (hardware for the HIFI instrument), Planck,
XEUS, Integral, Rosetta and BepiColombo. Polish researchers were also
involved in developing the instruments for the ExoMars rover.
In the field of Earth observation, Polish principal investigators are active
users of Envisat data, while a number of Polish students have received
training and been given fellowships at ESA, as well as the space
establishment of Member States. At present, several students are involved in
the ESA educational project known as the Student Space Exploration and
Technology Initiative (SSETI).
The signing of the PECS Charter represents a new milestone in the relations
between Poland and ESA as it means that Poland will now be able to
participate in more ESA programmes and activities.
Initially the PECS Charter will allow Poland to take part in ESAs space
science, human spaceflight, navigation, telecommunication, and technology
research and development programmes for a five-year period.
For any further information please contact:
Anabelle Fonseca Colomb
ESA International Relations Department
Tel: +33.1.5369.7238
Fax: +33.1.5369.7627
Bernard Zufferey
ESA PECS Manager
Tel: +31.71.565.3498
Fax: +31.71.565.4693
[NOTE: An image supporting this release is available at
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM5SO2QGFF_index_1.html ]