Media Invitation: ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level

Back to Index Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish Hungarian Italian Irish Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Spanish Swedish. 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.