[UN SPIDER] UN/Austria/ESA Symposium Graz: Information Note and Application Form now Online

[Levent CANTURK]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that  the United Nations/Austria/European Space
Agency Symposium on “Space Tools and Solutions for Monitoring the
Atmosphere in Support of Sustainable Development ” will be held in Graz,
Austria from 11 to 14 September 2007.

The Symposium is part of a series of annual symposia held in Graz since
2003 concerned with the use of space applications for sustainable
development to support the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development. It will be hosted and co-sponsored by the Federal
Ministry for European and International Affairs and the Federal Ministry
for Transport, Innovation and Technology of the Government of Austria, the
State of Styria, the City of Graz and by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Detailed information on the Symposium, including the application form, is
available online at http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SAP/act2007/graz/index.html
.

Within the limited funds available to the co-sponsors, a number of selected
participants from developing countries and countries with economies in
transition, will be offered financial support to attend the Symposium.
Applicants fulfilling the conditions and seeking financial support are
invited to fill out and return the application form by mail,  no later than
Friday, 22 June 2007.

If you or your organization wishes to contribute to the Symposium, e.g. by
making a presentation or demonstration of relevant space applications, or
by sending representatives, please also do not hesitate to contact us.

We also kindly ask you to forward this announcement to anyone who might be
interested.

With kind regards,

Levent Canturk (Mr.)
Associate Programme Officer
Space Application Section
Office For Outer Space Affairs
United Nations Office at Vienna
E-0974
PO Box 500
1400 Vienna, Austria

Tel: (+43-1) 26060-5748
Fax:(+43-1) 26060-5830

Email: levent.canturk at unvienna.org
Website: www.unoosa.org