• → European Space Agency

      • Space for Europe
      • Space News
      • Space in Images
      • Space in Videos
    • About Us

      • Welcome to ESA
      • DG's news and views
      • For Member State Delegations
      • Business with ESA
      • Law at ESA
      • ESA Exhibitions
      • ESA Publications
      • Careers at ESA
      • ESAshop
    • Our Activities

      • Space News
      • Observing the Earth
      • Human Spaceflight
      • Space Transportation
      • Navigation
      • Space Science
      • Space Engineering & Technology
      • Operations
      • Telecommunications & Integrated Applications
      • Preparing for the Future
    • Careers at ESA

    • For Media

      • Media
      • ESA TV
      • Videos for professionals
      • Photos
    • For Educators

    • For Kids

    • ESA

    • Business with ESA

    • Business Opportunities

    • How to do

    • SME

    • Global Space Economic Forum

    ESA > About Us > Business with ESA

    Slovenia signs Cooperation Agreement with ESA

    The signing of the Cooperation Agreement with Slovenia
    9 June 2008

    An agreement on closer cooperation between ESA and Slovenia was signed on 28 May, by René Oosterlinck, ESA Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, and Mojca Kucler Dolinar, the Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology.

    In the ceremony at the Sneznik Castle (east of Ljubljana), the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Janša, welcomed the ESA delegation and confirmed the support his Government is ready to give to this new agreement.

    In May 2006, a Slovenian delegation led by Mr Peterle (former Slovenian Prime Minister and currently a Member of the European Parliament) visited ESA’s European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESTEC).

    As a follow up, an ESA delegation went to Ljubljana in February 2007 to exchange information with the State Secretary in the Ministry of Higher Education, Mr Lesjak, and with many potential partners in the Josef Stefan Institute and with entrepreneurs in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

    René Oosterlinck (left), Mojca Kucler Dolinar and Janez Janša (centre), Prime Minister of Slovenia

    Slovenia is the second recent EU Member State to sign a Cooperation Agreement with ESA. Estonia did so in June 2007. The adoption of the European Space Policy by both ESA and the EU confirms the importance of ESA’s space activities for EU Member States. Several other EU members have approached ESA with a request to participate in ESA’s activities.

    ESA participated through its Earth Observation Directorate in the ‘Bridging the gap’ conference in Portorož, 14-16 May 2008, which was organised by the Slovenian Environmental Agency.

    This Cooperation Agreement is a first step. It is expected that Slovenia will in a few years become a European Cooperating State, with an increased financial contribution to space activities.


    For more information, contact:

    Anabelle Fonseca Colomb
    ESA International Relations Department
    Tel: +33 1 5369 7238
    Email: anabelle.fonseca.colomb @ esa.int

    Rate this

    Views

    Share

    • Currently 3 out of 5 Stars.
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

    Thank you for rating!

    You have already rated this page, you can only rate it once!

    Your rating has been changed, thanks for rating!

    660
    Tweet
    • Plan for European Cooperating States web site
    • Related articles
      • Slovenia signs Cooperation Agreement with ESA
        • Poland becomes fourth ESA European Cooperating State
          • Romania becomes third ESA European Cooperating State
            • Hungary and the Czech Republic sign Cooperating State agreements with ESA
              • Estonia signs Cooperation Agreement with ESA
                • European Cooperating States
                • Related links
                • ESA Industry Portal
    • App Store
    • Subscribe
    • mobile version
    • LATEST ARTICLES
    • · ESA teams ready for space
    • · Space smash: simulating when satel…
    • · Sentinel-3B on launch pad
    • · Walking on the Moon – underwater
    • · Storm hunter in position
    • FAQ

    • Site Map

    • Contacts

    • Terms and conditions