"Space
for Human and Environmental Security in the Americas : Space policy, Long-term
sustainability and Cyber-health"
Room José Ma. Morelos,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Mexico D.F. , 23 - 25
April 2012
Introduction
The
Forum "Space for Human and Environmental Security in the Americas : Space policy, Long-term sustainability
and Cyber- Health" will be held from 23 to 25 April 2012 at the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs (SRE) of Mexico ,
Room José María Morelos. The Forum is being organized by the Ministry in its
role as Pro Tempore Secretariat of the VI Space Conference of the Americas (PTS-VI SCA); the Mexican Space Agency
(AEM), the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (CRECTEALC), affiliated
to the United Nations, and Secure World Foundation (SWF).
Background
Daily
life activities and long-term sustainable development of the world depend to a
significant extent on the use of Earth observation, communication and navigation
and positioning satellites. Thus, the long-term sustainability of activities in
outer space is intrinsically linked to better living conditions on Earth.
National space policies that include the protection of current and future
satellites and of the electromagnetic frequency bands in which they operate are
needed. In addition, promoting the alignment of existing and future national
space policies with the international legal regime on outer space and identifying
common space application and research areas facilitates international and
regional cooperation. The VI Space Conference of the Americas
identified a number of application areas in which projects of interest to many
countries in the Americas
could be implemented.
Given
the evident importance of human health in the region of the Americas, Cyber-
Health (Tele-medicine, Tele-health, E-mobiles, Tele-education,
Tele-epidemiology) is an area in which regional cooperation in the use of space
technology can strengthen national capacities to provide health services,
particularly to rural and isolated populations. Since the adoption of the
Pachuca Declaration of the VI Space Conference of the Americas, the PTS-VI SCA,
with the support of the recently created Mexican Space Agency and the participation
of experts from several countries of the region, has developed a proposal for a
regional Cyber-Health project. In June of 2011, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
and the Public Health Agency Canada organized a Workshop on Space Technology
for Public Health Actions in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation as a
follow up to the final report of the Action Team on Public Health of the
Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). The recommendations of the
Workshop, presented to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS during
its session in February 2012, offer a good opportunity to create synergies with
the proposed Cyber-Health project.
Objectives
The
objectives of the Forum are to:
1)
Promote
space policies that support the long-term sustainability of activities in outer
space as essential elements of sustainable development on Earth;
2)
Develop
a the road map for the participation of all countries of the Americas in the Project Cyber-Health,
identifying actions that could be taken in the Context of Climate Change
Adaptation; and
3)
Exchange
of information on national space policies and the possible identification of
space application areas of common interest to countries from within and outside
the Americas .
Participants
will be informed of the ongoing work on the long-term sustainability of
activities in outer space in COPUOS and other international fora and will
discuss ways in which recommendations by their institutions to their
governments can support those efforts. The Forum will review space applications
that are critical for human security in a broad context, such as in food
production, protection of the environment and disaster management.
Through
dialogue roundtables that will deal with the thematic areas of the Forum,
participating experts will share their visions regarding the immediate future
of the space and national development agendas in the Americas.
Thematic areas:
·
Space
policy
Ø Aligning
national space policies with the UN Outer Space treaties
Ø Towards
harmonized hemispherical space agendas and policies
Ø Long-term
sustainability of space activities
·
Space and its relationship with cyber-health
Ø Space
and the importance of human health in the region
Ø A
regional agenda for cyber-health
Ø Governmental,
institutional and public sector support for cyber-health
·
Space for a safer tomorrow
Ø The
use of space technology for food, energy and socio-economic security
Ø Climate
change and the importance of space
Ø Space
and national security
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