EU and ESA Perspectives and challenges at the threshold of the 21st century Jack Metthey, European C

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EU and ESA Perspectives and challenges at the
threshold of the 21st century Jack Metthey,
European Commission,DG Research
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The European Union

• The European Union is constructed on three
  pillars
• European Communities (first pillar)
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (second
  pillar)
• Justice and Home Affairs (third pillar)
• The major EU institutions the European
  Commission, the EU Council and the European
  Parliament

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The EU and space

• European Union will soon represent the
  frameworkfor an integrated Europe with 400
  million citizensand a land area gt 4 million km2
• Overall policies of Union (Information Society,
  Environment, Transport, CFDP, etc.)
  increasinglyrequire space as an implementing
  tool
• Space-related know-how on European level mainly
  with ESA and on national level mainly with
  national space agencies
• gt The need for a coherent European approach
  towards space

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The European Space Agency

• Developer and co-ordinator especially of
  large-scale European space efforts ARIANE,
  ENVISAT, COF, ARTEMIS, CLUSTER
• Yearly budget of app. 2.6 Billion , 15 Member
  States
• By 2003/4 all of the Unions present 15 Member
  States will be Member States of ESA
• Switzerland and Norway (ESA-MS) are
  associatedMember States of EUs research
  framework programme

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Europe and Space Towards a European Space
Policy

• Communication prepared together with ESA(main
  element Joint Task Force report)
• adopted by the Commission December 7, 2001
• transmitted to EU Council and European Parliament
  
• ref. COM(2001)718

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Key Messages of the Communication

• European Union needs space both for its
  societyand its role in the world
• Europe needs to develop a European Space Policy
  (space as implementing tool for Unions overall
  policies)
• Space efforts should more strongly focus on the
  benefits for markets and society Community
  initiatives GALILEO and GMES
• Co-operation between EU and ESA has to be
  progressively institutionalised

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EU-ESA GALILEO

• European Council consistently stressed the
  strategic importance of Galileo (Nice, Stockholm,
  Laeken)
• Positive programmatic decisions have been taken
  in ESAs Ministerial Council in Edinburgh in
  November 2001
• Positive final decision on launch of GALILEO
  development phase expected to be taken in next EU
  Transport Council on March 26, 2002
• gt Galileo, as the most important test-case for
  EU-ESA co-operation, is well under way

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EU-ESA GMES

• European Council, Gothenburg, June, 2001
• Support for GMES in the context of
  CommunicationA sustainable Europe for a better
  World
• Support to GMES Action Plan by EU Council
  inNovember 2001
• Positive programmatic decisions taken by ESAs
  Ministerial Council in Edinburgh in November 2001
• First GMES Steering Committee Meeting to be held
  on March 19, 2002
• gt GMES progressing well, gaining political
  momentum

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EU-ESA Framework Programme 6

• Thematic Priority 4 Aeronautics and Space
• Main research areas to supported by FP 6
• Galileo, GMES, Satellite Telecommunication
• Planned launch of FP 6 end of 2002
• Space-related part of the EU programme to be
  closely co-ordinated with ESA
• gt Space and the co-operation with ESA now
  visibly recognised as a strategic asset in EU

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EU-ESA Conclusions (I)

• Increasing effectiveness and visible results
  achieved by the rapprochement between EU and ESA
  through the Joint Task Force, GALILEO, GMES and
  FP
• Against this background the Joint Task Force has
  proposed to Member States an ambitious time
  schedule for the further institutionalisation of
  the relations between EU and ESA

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EU-ESA Institutional Aspects

• Conclusion of a Framework Agreement between EU
  and ESA by the beginning of 2003 ( first step
  with Community)
• Rapid set-up of further unified settings for
  MSe.g. Space Councils
• Exploration of possibilities to amend EU-Treaty
  and ESA-convention

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EU-ESA Political challenges ahead

• Challenges to be met over the next years
• Establishment of a European Space Policy and a
  European Space Programme (ESA/EC national)
• Evolution of different methods of engagement
  (Community, intergovernmental, national)
• Role of space and ESA in the context of the
  EuropeanDefence and Security Policy
• Long-term organisational set-up (ESA to be
  integrated in EU and if so, how ?)

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Worldwide expenditure70B (2001)
ESA/EC
MS
Europe 14
Private 38
Rest of the world 10
Public 62
U.S. 76
Total public expenditure,rest of the world has
to re-scaledaccording to purchasing power
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EU-ESA Conclusions (II)

• Increasing importance of space for the Unions
  society, market and role in the world
• Total space budget in Europe comparatively modest
• European industry already highly integrated
• Ambitious space plans throughout the world (e.g.
  US, China, India, Japan)
• gt Higher degree of integration of European space
  efforts represents the only possible way
  forward,especially for the relation EU-ESA