Polish flag raised at ESA
The Council meeting at Ministerial level this week sees the Polish flag flying for the first time alongside those of ESA’s other Member States after Poland formally became ESA’s 20th Member State on 19 November.
Poland exchanged Accession Agreements on the ESA Convention on 13 September. The ceremony took place at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, with the participation of Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Waldemar Pawlak, Polish Minister of Economy, and Grażyna Henclewska, Under Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Economy.
The Government of Poland completed the final step in the very short ratification process today, depositing the ‘ratification instrument’ with the Government of France. Poland is now participating in this week’s Ministerial Council as a full Member State.
- Poland accedes to ESA Convention
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Poland_accedes_to_ESA_Convention - ESA Council approves the accession of Poland
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_Council_approves_the_accession_of_Poland - Central and eastern Europe make history with small satellites
http://www.esa.int/Education/Central_and_eastern_Europe_make_history_with_small_satellites - Poland becomes fourth ESA European Cooperating State
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/Poland_becomes_fourth_ESA_European_Cooperating_State - Bureau spatial polonais (en anglais)
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Plan_for_European_Cooperating_States/Poland - Centre polonais de recherche spatiale (en polonais)
http://www.kosmos.gov.pl - Ministère polonais de l'économie (en polonais)
http://www.mg.gov.pl/Wspieranie+przedsiebiorczosci/Polityki+przedsiebiorczosci+i+innowacyjnosci/PECS+-+Programme+for+European+Cooperating+States - Site Internet du Plan pour les Etats européens coopérant avec l’ESA (en anglais)
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Plan_for_European_Cooperating_States