On 3 February 2016, Jan Woerner, and Maaike Vancauwenberghe signed Memorandum of Understanding, at ESA headquarters in Paris, France.
From left to right: Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Head of the ESA Strategy Department; Yves Frenot, Director of the French Polar Institute; Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV), French Delegate to the European Polar Board (EPB); Maaike Vancauwenberghe, Chair of the European Polar Board; Jan Wörner, ESA Director General; Isabelle Duvaux-Bechon, Head of the ESA Global Challenges and Partnerships Coordination Office; Marco Ferrazzani, Head of the ESA Legal Department; and Didier Schmitt, Space Policy at European External Action Service.