FW: progress on ESA side

[JimVolp]

Thank you for the productive meeting and this email Javier.

Just to add: not only does WSWA receive significant support
from NASA. At least CSA and JAXA should be mentioned.

In addition to ESA our aim is to enhance relations with other
Space Agencies, most notably ISRO and CNSA.

kind regards,


Jim Volp



Javier wrote:
> Dear Franco,
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> I have been contacted today by Jim Volp (here in copy), working at ESA, but
> also Director of educational Relations at the UN-led Worldspace week
> Association.
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> As you probably know, they do special space promotion events every year
> during the week (October 4-10). Every year there is a different main week
> event motivation, being for 2009, Space Education. I understood from Jim the
> event is well supported by other space agencies, notably NASA.
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> He would like to see if ESA Education office could provide some support,
> specially this year dedicated for "Space education." This is specially
> focused to secondary school. I explained to Jim that 2 people at ESA
> Education office more suited for that discussion are Hugo Marée (because of
> ESERO offices and his link with secondary education) and Elke Delvoye
> (leading ESA Education Office Outreach activities), both in copy here.
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> Jim noted to me the following concrete possible support:
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> 1) WorldSpace Education and ESA Education cross links;
> 2) Provide the information on the Worldspace week to our teachers data bases
> and ESERO offices;
> 3) Possibility for ESA to sponsor (about 500 euros) one of the education
> awards;
> 4) Support awareness with a possible ESA education webstory (where we could
> mention ESA contributions to that UN Space Education week).
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> I personally thinks this is:
> - limited effort;
> - well in line of our mandate;
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> I said to Jim that this need your previous review and if positive, most
> likely, redirected to Hugo or Elke. on my side, if necessary, Felix-Ferdinand
> Mikl could support.
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> best regards
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