N° 56–2022: Media Invitation: ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level
7 November 2022
At the ESA Council at Ministerial level, CM22, which will be held in Paris on 22nd and 23rd November, ESA’s Member States, Associated States and Cooperating States will be invited to together strengthen Europe’s space ambitions and ensure that space continues to serve European citizens.
It’s a thrilling time to be involved in space, with more ambitious programmes and more young and driven entrepreneurs than before. ESA’s plans for the coming years reflect the needs of the Member States and a new ambition to raise Europe up another level in space activities. The mandatory activities are the space science programmes and the general budget. They are funded by a financial contribution from all 22 Member States, calculated in accordance with each country’s gross national product. In addition, ESA conducts a number of optional programmes. Each Member State decides in which optional programme they wish to participate and the amount they wish to contribute.
Accredited journalists will be provided with the following media opportunities on location during and after CM22. Journalist unable to be physically present will be given remote opportunities to listen, interview and record.
Journalists are invited to take note that while the announcement of the new astronaut class of 2022 immediately follows the CM22 press conference, the two events are treated as two different media occasions, with separate media invitations and press releases.
Information about the Ministerial Council can be found at https://vision.esa.int/cm22/
Media Program
The following opportunities are provided to journalists during the Ministerial Council.
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Council meeting at delegate level Monday, 21 November 2022 |
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| Time* | Event | Location |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Signing Event: Joint Statement for a Responsible Space Sector | Media Hall, GPE |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Pre-CM22 Media Briefing with the ESA Director General, Council Chair (A. Rathsman) and the Head of the ESA Communication Department | Media Area, GPE |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Scheduled one-on-one interviews with Ministers and High-Level Representatives (media@esa.int) | Media Area, GPE |
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CM22 1st day – Tuesday, 22 November 2022 |
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| Time* | Event | Location |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Photo opportunity of hosting Minister and the ESA Director General welcoming Ministers and High-Level Representatives | Main Hall, GPE |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Doorstep interviews with Ministers and High-Level Representatives | Main Hall, GPE |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Scheduled one-on-one interviews with Ministers and High-Level Representatives (media@esa.int) | Media Area, GPE |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | 1st day CM22 Media Briefing | Media working area, GPE |
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CM22 2nd day – Wednesday, 23 November 2022 |
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| Time* | Event | Location |
| 08:00 – 08:50 | Doorstep interviews with Ministers and High-Level Representatives | Main Hall, GPE |
| 13:30 – 14:15 |
Media Conference by the Hosting Minister, the CM22 Chair and the ESA Director General Publication of press release Live on ESA WebTV |
Main Hall, GPE |
Media accreditation
The Council at Ministerial Level will take place at the following address:
Grand Palais Ephemere
2 Pl. Joffre
75007 Paris, France
Registrations are now closed.
Opening hours media centre:
Monday 21 November: 15:00 – 22:00
Tuesday 22 November: 07:30 – 22:00
Wednesday 23 November: 07:30 – 18:00
While the Media Conference by the Hosting Minister, the CM22 Chair and the ESA Director General on 23 November will be livestreamed, it will not be possible to ask remote questions during the press briefing.
One-on-one interviews
One-on-one interviews of the ESA Director General, ESA Directors, the Chairs and Ministers as well as other high-level representatives can be scheduled at the timeslots identified in the programme (both for media onsite as well as remotely)
Requests shall be submitted to media@esa.int.
Council sessions open to media
Media will be able to listen to the following Council sessions via livestream, either in the media area onsite or via ESA WebTV.
- Opening of the meeting by Hosting Minister, the French Minister responsible for space
- Election of the Chair of the Council meeting at ministerial level (CM22)
- Adoption of the Agenda.
- Statement by the Chair of the CM22
- Statement by the Chair of Council meetings at delegate level
- The Director General’s proposal on ESA accelerating the use of space in Europe
- Statements by Member States and observers
Financial figures and content
Journalists at the CM22 press conference will receive the following information.
- Subscriptions per contributor (2022 and comparison with 2019)
- Subscriptions per domain (2022 and comparison with 2019)
- Total subscription (2022 and comparison with 2019)
The following documents in their final version will be made available to media.
- The Director General’s proposal on ESA accelerating the use of space in Europe
- Resolution on ESA Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe
- Resolution on the Level of Resources for the Agency’s Mandatory Activities 2023 – 2027
- Resolution on ESA Programmes and Activities
Further information
Media representatives can find further information about ESA’s plans to accelerate the use of space in Europe on the ESA Vision website.
There are also nine fact sheets from ESA’s Directorates that outline ESA’s proposals for CM22 and are available to download.
In addition, the following video interviews are available:
Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA
Javier Benedicto, Director of Navigation
Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation
Rolf Densing, Director of Operations
Günther Hasinger, Director of Science
Géraldine Naja, Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement
Daniel Neuenschwander, Director of Space Transportation
Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications
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About the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.
ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are Associate Members.
ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.
By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.
Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int