ABU DHABI: The UAE has laid out a strategic framework for a newly created space agency that aims to integrate various arms of the federation’s burgeoning space industry.
Mohammed Nasser Al-Ahbabi, UAE Space Agency’s director-general, said: “The UAE Space Agency has drafted its strategic plan in line with the vision of the wise leadership of the UAE and the UAE Vision 2021 aimed at establishing the UAE as one of the world’s leading countries in time for the UAE’s Golden Jubilee, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the nation.”
Al-Ahbabi said that the space agency’s focus on human development would be a true pillar of future progress.
Over the course of 2015, the UAE Space Agency will select 15 gifted students as an academic delegation traveling overseas and within the UAE.
This educational mission will be in partnership with the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Fund.
The UAE Space Agency will work with educational and academic bodies to use the concept of space as an inspiration and encouragement for students to embark on the study of science and technology in order to contribute to the UAE’s journey toward space.
Al-Ahbabi also revealed that the agency is working on the establishment of the first Space Research Center in the Middle East.
The center, which will cost nearly AED100 million over five years, is the result of a strategic partnership between the UAE Space Agency, UAE University and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority represented by the ICT Fund.
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