Greetings from the President

NEREUS President, Nichi Vendola (Apulia Region)

NEREUS gives voice to the regional dimension of space policy that is crucial to support Europe to face global challenges for the benefits of citizens

OBJECTIVE 1To strengthen the relationships between the network and the European Space Agency (ESA) and – with the contribution of the members – the National Space Agencies and with GSA.

Workshop Interregional Cooperation in Space | Bari, 22-23/09/2015

Meeting with ESA/ESRIN Earth Observation Director | Frascati NEREUS General Assembly | Brussels Meeting with GSA Director | Brussels

NEREUS / ESA Workshop | Milan, 20/10/2015 NEREUS Management Board at ESA | Paris, 30/06/2015

OBJECTIVE 2To build an agreement with the new institutional framework at the European level.

Space 4 Growth and Jobs Conference, European Committee of the Regions | Brussels, 28/05/2015

OBJECTIVE 3To increase the visibility of the network at the EU, national and local level, in order to foster the interregional and intercluster cooperation among the network members and to attract new ones.

Workshop on Space Applications | Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, 21-22/04/2015 Space Community workshop on NEREUS | Ponta Delgada, 29/09/2015

OBJECTIVE 4To strengthen the fascination for space through public outreach initiatives.

Space Girls Space Women | Paris, Musée des Arts et Métiers Space Girls Space Women | Milan, Expo 2015 Space Girls Space Women | Chieti, University Gabriele d’Annunzio

Gravity Event | Brussels, NEREUS Premises Apulia Space Inauguration | Bari, 22-23/09/2015Space Girls Space Women | Milan, Expo 2015

NEREUS 2015 EVENTS A retrospective of one year’s activities within NEREUS

• Regional workshop on Space Applications | Bremen, 22-23/04/2015

• European conference on “SPACE4Growth and Jobs” with the Committee of the Regions| Brussels, 28/06/2015

• Workshop on “Interregional Cooperation in Space” at DTA with si-Cluster and Apulia Space| Bari, 22-23/09/2015

• NEREUS / ESA Workshop on “The use of sentinel data for supporting land and marine spatial planning and management ” | Ponta Delgada, 29/09/2015

• NEREUS/ESA Workshop on “A Trip from Mountains to Valleys : Copernicus Satellites as "sentinels" of environmental and economic changes ” | Milan, 20/10/2015

• NEREUS / ESA Workshop on What Copernicus can do for Regions, Bavaria, 12 Nov. 2015

• Space Girls Space Women exhibition in NEREUS Regions• Fortino di S. Antonio, Bari | 22-23/09/2015• Expo2015, Milan | 20-31/10/2015• Università Gabriele d’Annunzio, Chieti | 11/12/2015