Space for Development

Avenues for spe­cif­ic col­lab­o­ra­tions were devel­oped in 2022, inspired by the shared desire to high­light con­crete syn­er­gies at the inter­sec­tion of the respec­tive objec­tives of the Lux­em­bourg Space Agency (LSA) and the Lux­em­bourg Devel­op­ment Cooperation.

Thus, cer­tain spe­cif­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties are emerg­ing: space-based tech­nolo­gies that can direct­ly sup­port the imple­men­ta­tion of devel­op­ment coop­er­a­tion projects, as well as access to Space for devel­op­ing coun­tries and the capac­i­ty build­ing (includ­ing through uni­ver­si­ty train­ing and tech­ni­cal assis­tance facil­i­ties) that is required in order to do this, and the pro­vi­sion of (secure com­mu­ni­ca­tion) space tech­nolo­gies. These will be pur­sued in accor­dance with any needs expressed by the coun­tries with which the Direc­torate for Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion and Human­i­tar­i­an Affairs cooperates.

For exam­ple, Lux­em­bourg pro­vid­ed exper­tise through the Space Law for New Space Actors project imple­ment­ed through the Unit­ed Nations Office for Out­er Space Affairs (UNOOSA).