THE OECD AND THE SPACE ECONOMY Barrie Stevens, Deputy Director Advisory Unit to the Secretary Genera

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THE OECD AND THE SPACE ECONOMYBarrie Stevens,
Deputy DirectorAdvisory Unit to the Secretary
General of the OECD
Symposium on the Space Economy Friday, March 13,
2009U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD)

• An international organisation in which
  governments representatives work together to
  address the economic, social and environmental
  challenges of interdependence and globalisation
• A source of economic statistics - provider of
  comparative data, analysis and forecasts to
  underpin multilateral co-operation
• Strategic foresight for Member Countries

30 OECD Member Countries
Countries/Economies Engaged in Working
Relationships with the OECD
OECD International Futures Programme
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OECD Forum on Space Economics

• Supported by the British National Space Centre
  (BNSC), Centre National dEtudes Spatiales
  (CNES), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), European
  Space Agency (ESA), Italian Space Agency (ASI),
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
  Administration (NOAA), the Norwegian Space Centre
  (NRC) and the GEO Secretariat (Observer)
• Objectives
• Providing international visibility of the space
  sector, in particular with policy makers outside
  the space community
• Strengthening economic analysis concerning the
  space sector
• Assessing and publicizing how space applications
  can be used to tackle key societal challenges
  (climate change, environment, education)

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Defining Measuring The Space Economy

• The Space Economy is the full range of
  activities and the use of resources that create
  and provide value and benefits to human beings in
  the course of exploring, understanding, managing
  and utilising space.

It goes well beyond the space sector itself,
since it also comprises the increasingly
pervasive and continually changing impacts (both
quantitative and qualitative) of space-derived
products, services and knowledge on economy and
society.
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The Space Economy At A Glance

• First OECD publication looking at the Space
  Economy
• International comparable data
• Manufacturing, Services, Budgets, RD, Human
  Capital, Patents, Spotlights on Selected
  Countries -- with original approach (readiness,
  intensity, impacts)
• Coverage Includes all major OECD players,
  Russia, China, India, and others

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A Focus on Socio-Economic Contributions

• Long-term view (climate change general trends
  in water, marine and maritime domains)
• Analysis of socio-economic contribution of space
  infrastructure, with toolbox for investment
  decision-making
• Demand-based and socio-economic angle (not
  exclusively a technology-oriented or scientific
  report)
• Large audience in policy circles

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