1. Conference of Directors of EU Paying Agencies Ger Nieuwpoort 25-5-2016

2. Netherlands Space Office ► Established in 2009 ► Space agency of the Netherlands government ► Task: to represent The Netherlands in ESA ► Outcome: 1) technology development, 2) participation in ESA programs ► Task: to develop and implement the national space programme ► Outcome: space applications for science, economy and society 2

3. Vision & ambition 2025 (National) Use of space data in line with needs in society Demand-driven from science, society and market Objectives Stimulate the use of space infrastructure in science, society and market Strengthen public services in the Netherlands Strengthening ( international ) market for value adding companies 3

4. Policy instruments ► Roadmap process ► User needs: process demand & supply (use cases) ► Data ► Copernicus Sentinels ► National Satellite Data Portal ► Financial ► SBIR (small business innovation research) ► ESA IAP (integrated applications) ► H2020 (research & innovation) 4

5. Roadmap process Interaction - Inspiration - Innovation bringing together all the links in the information chain (application developers, scientists, intermediaries and end-users) To find opportunities for the use of space data by governments Strengthening ( international ) market for value adding companies Information needs 5

6. Copernicus Data 6

7. Sat data portal Data 7

8. Small Business Innovation Research Program 1. Inform and discuss with government end user: selection of use case 2. Feasibility studies 3. Prototype development 8 For bridging the gap between EO market and end user Innovation via development of information products and services based on satellite data for government organizations Finance

9. SBIR: Use of satellite data for Inspections the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) Objective 1: To realize an information service based on satellite data in order to improve the inspections, more efficiency and cost saving (NVWA) Objective 2: Accelerate use of satellite data, more and better utilization (NSO) Realization: 3 use cases of inspections selected for demonstration and development 9

10. NSO conclusion in the use of satellite data for Inspections Policy regulations and monitoring protocols should match and allow the utilization of satellite based information services More focus is needed on current possibilities (bring current possibilities into practice) instead of looking at new innovative technologies 10

11. 11 Photo ‘the Netherlands by night’ taken by Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers from ISS with ‘night-pod system’ developed by cosine Thank you!! www.spaceoffice.nl