'Tunisian policy on space applications as Model of African Development': E3. Symposium on space policy, regularitions and economics

摘要

After fifty years of independence, Tunisia has achieved impressive results that made international institutions rank it the most emerging country worth joining developed ones by 2016, provided that it maintains and improves its growth rate, its social policy, and its strategy in scientific research and technological innovation.That is how Tunisia has been ranked as the first most competitive country in Africa and the 29th in the world among 128 countries analysed by the "Africa Competitiveness Report 2007", jointly elaborated by World Economic Forum, World Bank, and African Development Bank.Tunisia has been interested in a pacific use of space since the launch of the first satellite in 1957. All the different initiatives have been part of Tunisian policy and adapted to space applications.Tunisia has been represented in the major international conferences mainly those organized by the UNO. Tunisian scientific associations have played a great part in the activities of the International Aeronautic Federation (IAF), the International Academy (IAA), and in those of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). Tunisia has always attended all meetings about issues relating to the development of E-learning, Tele-medicine, Telecoms and other different space applications relative to economic growth.The objectives of the (NSC) have influenced Tunisian policy and though those objectives were set twenty five years ago, they are still valid today. These objectives concern: protect Tunisia's economic, social, cultural, and strategic interests in space matters, Promote technological and scientific capabilities in order to be able to train in specialized management and give vitality to research activities, protect natural resources, and environmental activities,Strengthen the means of production in industry and agriculture ...