ESAMinisterial Council 2008
   
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ESA facts and figuresESA and the EUEuropean Space Policy
Context
The role of space in delivering Europe's global objectivesAchievements since 2005: Director General's reviewContext of Ministerial Council 2008Director General's vision for the next decade
Objectives
Contributing to a knowledge-based societyServing Europe's policies, enterprises and citizensEnsuring competitive and innovative industriesSecuring capabilities for independence and cooperationMeeting Europe's security needs
Resolutions
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Overview
 
   
   
   
 
Paris 1977
Ministerial Council, Paris, 1977
 
ESA Director General Roy Gibson and Mario Pedini, Chair of the Council meeting at Ministerial Level, Paris, 1977.
 
   
 
Ministerial Council, Rome, 1985
 
ESA Director General Reimar Lüst and Gijs van Aardenne, Chair of the Council at Ministerial Level, Villa Madama, Rome, 1985.
 
   
 
The Hague, 1987
Ministerial Council, The Hague, 1987
 
ESA Director General Reimar Lüst and Heinz Riesenhuber, Chair of the Council at Ministerial Level, The Hague, 1987.
 
   
 
Toulouse 1995
Ministerial Council, Toulouse, 1995
 
François Fillon, French Minister for Telecommuications and Space(now French Prime Minister) and ESA Director General Jean-Marie Luton at the Council at Ministerial Level, Toulouse, 1995.
 
   
 
Edinburgh 2001
Ministerial Council, Edinburgh, 2001
 
At the Ministerial Council in Edinburgh in 2001, from left to right: Jean-Pol Poncelet, Daniel Sacotte, Antonio Rodotà, Romano Prodi and Edelgard Bulmahn.
 
   
 
Paris 2003
Ministerial Council, Paris, 2003
 
At the Ministerial Council in Paris in 2003, from left to right: Jean-Jacques Dordain, then Director of Launchers, ESA Director General Antonio Rodotà and Chair of Council at Ministerial Level Edelgard Bulmahn.
 
   
 
Berlin 2005
Ministerial Council, Berlin, 2005
 
At the Ministerial Council in Berlin in 2005, from left to right: Hans de Groene, Chair Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Karlheinz Kreuzberg and European Commissioner Günter Verheugen.
 
   
   
 
Last update: 2 February 2010
 
 


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The story of ESRO and ELDO, 1958-1973 (pdf)
A History of the European Space Agency, Volume II:
The story of ESA, 1973-1987 (pdf)
 
 
 
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