On March 24 and 25, the 5th Review Workshop of the National Program for Space Activities (PNAE) took place, at the headquarters of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), in Brasília. The event took place in person and online with the purpose of consolidating the version of the program for the ten-year period between 2022 and 2031, which will be completed by the end of this year.
Today, PNAE is in its last year, which makes updating one of AEB’s priority agendas in 2021. Thus, the Agency leads a process, among other activities, which has already consolidated the holding of five workshops. All events, including the most recent, were attended by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI), the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA), the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), from the Institute for Promotion and Industrial Coordination (IFI), from the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), from the Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (CLBI), from the Brazilian Aerospace Industries Association (AIAB), the Ministry of Defense (MD), the Commission for the Coordination and Implementation of Space Systems (CCISE),
In the workshop, the future of the Brazilian Space Program was discussed, the projects that could be implemented and how the program format will be. The most relevant topic addressed was the budget issue and how the space sector can meet the challenges of public policies in Brazil. “We are identifying the demands that exist in all public policies in the country, such as security, health, education, agribusiness, natural disasters, civil defense and other sectors that the space agenda can contribute to,” says Cristiano Trein, Director of Space Sector Governance at AEB.
The main result of the workshop is the consolidation of the understanding that the PNAE must move forward and be formalized in a document in which all SINDAE bodies and institutions can add, with their point of view, to guarantee improvements in the space sector.
About AEB
The Brazilian Space Agency, central body of the National System for the Development of Space Activities (SINDAE), is an autarchy linked to the MCTI, responsible for formulating, coordinating and executing the Brazilian Space Policy.
Since its creation, on February 10, 1994, the Agency has been working to make the Brazilian State’s efforts to promote the well-being of society via the sovereign employment of the space sector viable.