Education, Training, Research and Fellowship Opportunities in ...

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INTRODUCTION
The Second United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(UNISPACE 82), held in Vienna from 9 to 21 August 1982, recommended (i) that the expanded
United Nations Programme on Space Applications should develop a fellowship programme for indepth
training of space technologists and applications specialists, with the help of Member States
and relevant international organizations, and establish and update lists of available fellowships in all
States and relevant international organizations; and (ii) that an international space information
service should be established, initially consisting of a directory of sources of information and data
services. At its thirty-seventh session, held in 1982, the General Assembly of the United Nations
endorsed these recommendations of UNISPACE 82 in its resolution 37/90.
Among the first activities conducted under that particular mandate was the convening, under the
auspices of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, of a United Nations
International Meeting of Experts on Remote Sensing Information Systems, hosted and co-sponsored
by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and held in Feldafing and
Oberpfaffenhofen, Federal Republic of Germany, from 7 to 11 May 1984; the meeting was also
supported by the European Space Agency. That Meeting of Experts recommended that the United
Nations International Space Information Service should collect information on education and
training opportunities and disseminate such information, on request, to Member States and
specialized organizations.
Starting in 1985, the United Nations, through a note verbale and a questionnaire, has been
requesting on regular basis information from Member States, United Nations specialized agencies
and international agencies regarding education, training, research and fellowship opportunities
available in different aspects of space science and technology, including basic space sciences,
remote sensing, satellite communications and satellite meteorology, in their educational and
scientific institutions and establishments. The information received have been published as
directories (United Nations documents A/AC.l05/366 and Adds.1 and 2 published in 1986-87,
A/AC.105/432 published in 1990, A/AC.105/548 published in 1993 and A/AC.105/671 published
in 1997).
This directory is an updated and expanded version of the earlier directories, based on the
information submitted by Member States and international organizations up to 15 October 2001.
The information submitted by Member States has been arranged in alphabetical order by country
name in English. The information is given in the language in which it was submitted.
The information contained in this directory for each institution includes its areas of specialization,
the educational and research programmes offered, the facilities available, the prerequisite
qualifications, financial information, fellowship opportunities and opportunities for international cooperation.
Addresses and contact points for further information are also included.
An effort has been made to present, as accurately as possible, the information provided by
responding Member States, specialized agencies and international organizations. However,
programmes frequently change and users of this directory who are interested in a particular
programme are urged to contact the institution for current detailed information. It should also be
noted that the list of countries and institutions contained in this directory is not exhaustive. Further
addenda to this directory will be issued, as necessary, with additional or updated information from
Member States and international organizations.