Europe and Russia are strengthening their cooperation in space. The Head of the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, and European Commission Director General Heinz Zourek met today at Roscosmos in Moscow within the framework of the Tripartite Space Dialogue between the European Commission, European Space Agency and Roscosmos. (Source ESA)

A conference of the German EU Council Presidency on 17 April in Munich will be dedicated to Ensuring Sustainability of GMES (Source GMESinfo & BMVBS)

Space Intelligence Engineering & Quality Network (Source SINEQUANET)

Call for Papers. Extended abstract submission due date: 31 March 2007.
Workshop
GMES: Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 7 to 8 June 2007
in the framework of the
27th EARSeL Symposium Geoinformation in Europe
Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 4-7 June 2007 (Source EARSeL)

The 5th GSE Co-location meeting was held in ESRIN on 6-7 March followed by a 1 day briefing event for national delegates. (Source ESA)

Hearing to Focus on Decline in U.S. Satellite Observations of Earth (Source Alliance for Earth Observations)

On the occasion of the German Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2007, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is staging the open-air exhibition KUNSTWERK ERDE (The Earth as a Work of Art) in the heart of the 'European Quarter' in Brussels. (Source Helmholtz)

Infoday and Brokerage Event on 8 March 2007 Registration form Agenda Location On 8 March 2007 the National Contact Point (NCP) Space Germany organises jointly with the NCPs from The Netherlands, Austria and Luxembourg an information day at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany (lecture hall: HS 26.11). Potential applicants from Europe are invited to participate,

Conference "Future Challenges for Local and Regional Authorities: How can Space Technology help?" Barcelona, 29-30 May 2007 (Source EURISY)

As criticism mounts over Thailand's ambitious plan to have its own earth observation satellite, the United Nations' space agency says the move will help to raise awareness of the peaceful use of space technology in developing countries.(The Nation)

Europe needs better map-based information to support its policies, especially on the environment. A new database designed to achieve this - known as INSPIRE -should be in place by early 2009. Parliament and the Council struck a deal which was approved by MEPs which will enable data to be shared across the EU, without undermining high quality services in the Member States.(Source Europarl)

Understanding
the Seventh Framework Programme (Source EU-FP7)

The newly established space-system-based disaster management programme, a safety framework for nuclear power sources in outer space, mitigation guidelines for space debris and International Heliophysical Year 2007 will be the key agenda items at the 44th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), which will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 12 to 23 February. (Source Spaceref)

A conference dedicated to new EU Member States in FP7 Space Theme will be held in Warsaw in March 2007 (Source GMES.info)