European Economic
and Social Committee
Space package
Key points
The EESC:
- Is strongly in favour of the promotion of multilateral governance of space traffic within the UN framework, including European actors;
- Underlines that standards, guidelines and international best practices in space traffic management (STM) need to be developed through international standardisation;
- Recommends the adoption of standards and guidelines at European level involving the organised civil society;
- Recalls that education and training activities are key for the development of advanced skills in space-related fields.
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