Rabat (Morocco) in October
1998, in order to implement the
Meeting of the United Nations. This
institution is a Centre dedicated to high-
level training, research and scientific
activities in the field of space science and
technology. Among other objectives, it
endeavours to spread scientific informa-
tion and to promote research and deve-
lopment applications regarding space
science and technology. In addition to the
CRASTE-LF that covers Africa as far as
teaching in French language is con-
cerned, the other centres are located in
Nigeria (English language), India (Asia
and Pacific area), Brazil and Mexico
(Latin America) and in Jordan (Middle-
East).
seminars, workshops, conferences and
technical meetings of experts at the
regional scale. Its goal is to enhance the
technical skills of specialists, teachers,
administrators and decision-makers and
to keep them informed of the progress
done in the field of space technology and
its applications. Another of its missions
consists in promoting co-operation
between developed countries and mem-
ber states, as well as among the member
states themselves, in particular through
the implementation of projects. Lastly, it
provides services of technical advice to
member states and to institutions that
make such a request. It also collects,
exchanges and distributes space-related
information.
Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands,
the Central African Republic, Congo,
Gabon, Niger, Morocco, Mauritania,
Senegal, Togo and Tunisia. The Ivory
Coast has started procedures for admis-
sion, and other countries have expressed
Burkina-Faso, Benin,...).
Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems (RSGIS),
Satellite Telecommunications (ST),
Satellite Meteorology and Global
Climate (SMGC), as well as Space and
Atmospheric Science (SAS).
regional and international skills and
expertise to supervise its missions of
training, research and scientific activi-
ties. This is an essential orientation for its
actions, that aim at creating and consoli-
dating a regional centre for training,
research and co-operation able to master
and rationally use space technology and
its applications for the sustainable deve-
lopment of the region. The CRASTE
thus contributes to reducing the mass
exodus of African executives by reco-
gnising their knowledge and skills and by
enabling their mobility and involvement
in regional development. With this aim,
the CRASTE is progressively imple-
menting a network of skills in the field of
space science and technology; such a
network is put at the disposal of partner
institutions to assess, start or manage
projects within their field of interest.
of representatives of member states as
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and the Centre of Substances and Risk
Assessment at the National Institute for
Public Health and the Environment, the
Netherlands.
SCERT participated in the organisation
of LUCC in Central Asia.
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