SME4SPACE VZW
Acronym: S4S
General Information
Identification Code: 139443815013-24
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Entity Form: VZW
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 11/25/2014
Last Update: 2/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: SME4SPACE is a not for profit organisation based in Leuven.
SME4SPACE general mission is to ehance SME participation in the space sector and to contribute to the creation of a SME friendly playing field in Europe.
More in detail, SME4SPACE pursues the following not for profit goals:
- Defending SMEs and representing their interests towards the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission and its related agencies.
- Emphasising the potential of the space SMEs in the supply chain and beyond
- Supporting Europe’s industrial policy
- Fostering cooperation within our extended network of our members, large companies, research and academia
- Organising seminars and information sessions.
- Participating in European and international collaborative projects.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Budget
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Competition
- Digital economy and society
- Energy
- Environment
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Research and innovation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Union Space Law, Horizon Europe/Space, Digital Agenda, Connectivity, Govsatcom, Space Situation Awareness/Space Surveillance and Tracking, Multi Financial Framework
Communication Activities: SME4SPACE issued the following Position Papers:
- Position Paper on EU Space Law (November 2023)
- POSITION OF SME4SPACE ON THE ACTUAL STATUS OF IRIS2 (October 2023)
- Position Paper on Ensuring the short & long-term financial sustainability of Copernicus (May 2023, Jointly with Eurospace, Earsc, Nereus)
- SME4SPACE Position Paper on EU Recent Developments of the Space Governance (December 2021)
SME4SPACE Chairman was invited by a MEP and participated in a meeting at the European Parliament on The Ambition of the European Parliament for the Connectivity satellites on 11 July 2022.
SME4SPACE replied to the Targeted stakeholder consultation on European Union legislative initiative on safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities ('EU Space Law')
SME4SPACE replied to the Public Consultation on Revision of the EU SME Definition
SME4SPACE is partecipating in the activities for setting up a co-Programmed Public Private Partnership (cPPP) for space together with our stakeholders and the EC.
SME4SPACE is participating in the Stakeholder Mechanism on Space Traffic Management (STM)
SME4SPACE is actively involve in Non-Dependence Urgent Actions updating and finalisation.
SME4SPACE participated in the Stakeholder Space Platform for the definition of the SRIA
SME4SPACE participated in EU Consultation on 2018-2020 Space Work Programme.
SME4SPACE participated in EU GOVSATCOM stakeholders consultation.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Technologielaan, 9
Post Code: B3001
City: Leuven
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Technologielaan, 9
Post Code: B3001
City: Leuven
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 3
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 0.30000001192092896
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.sme4space.org/sme4space-members/
Organisation Members: SME4SPACE is one of founding members of SPACE (Space Partnership Association for the Competitiveness of Europe) Aisbl, that will participate togeter with the European Commission in the co-programmed Public Private Partnership ‘Globally Competitive Space Systems’.