Greetings from the President NEREUS President, Nichi Vendola (Apulia Region) NEREUS gives voice to the regional dimension of space policy that is crucial to support Europe to face global challenges for the benefits of citizens

OBJECTIVE 1 To strengthen the relationships between the network and the European Space Agency (ESA) and – with the contribution of the members – the National Space Agencies and with GSA. Workshop Interregional Cooperation in Space | Bari, 22-23/09/2015 Meeting with ESA/ESRIN Earth Observation Director | Frascati NEREUS General Assembly | Brussels Meeting with GSA Director | Brussels NEREUS / ESA Workshop | Milan, 20/10/2015 NEREUS Management Board at ESA | Paris, 30/06/2015

OBJECTIVE 2 To build an agreement with the new institutional framework at the European level. Space 4 Growth and Jobs Conference, European Committee of the Regions | Brussels, 28/05/2015

OBJECTIVE 3 To increase the visibility of the network at the EU, national and local level, in order to foster the interregional and intercluster cooperation among the network members and to attract new ones. Workshop on Space Applications | Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, 21-22/04/2015Space Community workshop on NEREUS | Ponta Delgada, 29/09/2015

OBJECTIVE 4 To strengthen the fascination for space through public outreach initiatives. Space Girls Space Women | Paris, Musée des Arts et Métiers Space Girls Space Women | Milan, Expo 2015 Space Girls Space Women | Chieti, University Gabriele d’Annunzio Gravity Event | Brussels, NEREUS Premises Apulia Space Inauguration | Bari, 22-23/09/2015 Space Girls Space Women | Milan, Expo 2015

NEREUS 2015 EVENTS A retrospective of one year’s activities within NEREUS Regional workshop on Space Applications | Bremen, 22-23/04/2015 European conference on “SPACE4Growth and Jobs” with the Committee of the Regions| Brussels, 28/06/2015 Workshop on “Interregional Cooperation in Space” at DTA with si-Cluster and Apulia Space| Bari, /09/2015 NEREUS / ESA Workshop on “The use of sentinel data for supporting land and marine spatial planning and management ” | Ponta Delgada, 29/09/2015 NEREUS/ESA Workshop on “A Trip from Mountains to Valleys : Copernicus Satellites as "sentinels" of environmental and economic changes ” | Milan, 20/10/2015 NEREUS / ESA Workshop on What Copernicus can do for Regions, Bavaria, 12 Nov Space Girls Space Women exhibition in NEREUS Regions Fortino di S. Antonio, Bari | 22-23/09/2015 Expo2015, Milan | 20-31/10/2015 Università Gabriele d’Annunzio, Chieti | 11/12/2015