The Eurisy Project Officer is expected to support and/or lead different activities, including research, communications, events, surveys, interviews, externally funded projects, presentations and any other activities within the association as necessary. The Project Officer will work under the supervision of the Secretary General and/or another senior member of the team and in close collaboration with other team members and external partners.

The post-holder will lead project work packages and activities within well-defined project structures, in line with Eurisy´s mission and operational rules. They will contribute to the production of substantive project deliverables, including, for example, reports, workshop management and communication materials. The Project Officer will contribute to the overall planning of projects and project management (including, for example, steering boards), preparing content and inputs. They will be responsible for the timely achievement of high-quality outputs within the assigned areas of work.

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Closing date for applications: Monday 2 June 2025 at 18:00.

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Eurisy is looking for a new Project Officer to support and/or lead different activities, including research, communications, events, surveys, interviews, externally-funded projects, presentations and any other tasks which are part of Eurisy ordinary activities. The Project Officer will work under the supervision of the Secretary General and in close collaboration with other team members and external partners.

The post-holder will oversee project’s inputs according to the approved project documentation, in line with Eurisy´s mission and operational rules. S/he will contribute to the production of substantive project contents and communication materials. The Project Officer will contribute to the overall planning of projects and participate in project communications activities, preparing contents and inputs. S/he will be responsible for the timely achievement of high-quality outputs within the assigned areas of work.

NEW closing date for applications: 22nd November 2024 12:00 CET.

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At Eurisy, our goal is to build solid relations with communities new to space, to encourage innovative uses of satellite applications to respond to today’s challenges and to share experiences among professionals from different backgrounds. Are you interested to contribute to our mission to bridge space and society? Then do not hesitate to download the vacancies below!

The Eurisy Project Officer will support and lead different activities, including research, communications, events organisation, surveys, interviews, externally-funded project proposal development, presentations and any other tasks which are part of the ordinary activities of Eurisy. The Project Officer will work under the supervision of the Secretary General and in close collaboration with other team members and external partners.

The post-holder will oversee project’s inputs according to the approved project documentation, in line with Eurisy´s mission and operational rules. S/he will contribute to the production of substantive project contents and communication activities, and will be responsible for the timely achievement of high-quality outputs within the assigned areas of work.

Closing date for applications: 19th of November  2023

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In a nutshell:

We are looking for a junior candidate with a Master’s degree in any scientific/technical or social science discipline, fluent in English, highly articulate, with the ability to write in a clear and well-structured way, and with at least 1 year of relevant professional experience.

Experience in multicultural environments, preferably in non-profit or international organisations, as well as proficiency in spoken French will be considered as a distinctive advantage. The following competencies and skills are required for the position:

• Solid analytical, drafting and organisational skills;
• Good communication and problem-solving skills;
• Good computer literacy: Google Docs, MS Office, presentations, spreadsheets, databases, web-meeting platforms;
• Ability to learn quickly, think on your feet, be practical and adapt to a variety of situations and settings;
• Ability to develop and build a strong network of relevant partners;
• Highly motivated, curious, energetic, sociable and sensible;
• Ability to work both autonomously and in teams;
• Ability to interact sensitively and appropriately with interlocutors from different backgrounds and in different settings.

The Eurisy Communication and Administration Officer is expected to support and/or lead different activities, including planning, revision and implementation of Eurisy’s annual Communication strategy as well as the writing of articles and user cases, reports, social media posts; doing interviews, organising events, managing large networks of partners, and of externally-funded projects, and any other tasks part of Eurisy ordinary activities. The candidate will work under the supervision of the Secretary General and in close collaboration with other team members and external partners.

The post-holder has to be flexible and motivated as well as highly organised and an open-minded, enthusiastic and pro-active team worker by participating in various and transverse activities overseeing project’s inputs according to the approved project documentation, in line with Eurisy´s mission and operational rules. S/he will contribute to the production of substantive communication materials and project contents. S/he will be responsible for the timely achievement of high-quality outputs within the assigned areas of work.

Closing date for applications: 28th of November  2023

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In a nutshell:

We are looking for a junior candidate with a Master’s degree in Communication, Public Relations, Social Sciences, Business administration or equivalent and with at least 1 year of relevant professional experience. A proven experience in the space sector or in sectors related to innovation technology as well as proficiency in spoken French will be considered as a distinctive advantage. The following competencies and skills are required for the position:

• Excellent knowledge and/or mastery of digital communication channels and tools including:
  • Social Media (e.g. LinkedIn, Twitter, )
  • Graphic editing software (e.g., Canva and Publisher)
  • WordPress – programming skills are NOT required
  • SEM (e.g. Google Ads) and SEO
  • Other tools (e.g. MailChimp)
• Strong copywriting ability for multiple platforms and audiences (e.g. social media, websites, newsletters);

The working language of Eurisy is English. Excellent command of the English language, written and oral, is a prerequisite.

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Who can apply?

Diverse participants from city consortia, industries, SMEs, researchers, and experts.

Why apply?

Elevate your profile within the expansive EU Smart Cities community, fostering connections with influential EU-level initiatives and collaborative projects through the Smart Cities Marketplace. Engage in meaningful peer exchanges, potentially forging consortia to drive tangible, cross-regional, and Member State-reaching actions. Your ideas, your impact.

What is expected?

Members in the Discussion and Focus groups contribute on a voluntary basis. Focus groups meet online or in person, while Discussion groups exchange ideas in an online forum.

When to apply?

Applications for both calls must be submitted by 29 September 2023 at 18:00 CET.

Explore the possibilities, shape your project ideas, and close a deal for launching your Smart City solution!

For inquiries, contact info@smartcitiesmarketplace.eu. Apply now and be a part of the future of smart cities!

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Who is it for?

Quasar is for Italian startups active in the space sector, more in particular early-stage startups (constituted or underway) with high technology potential in three macro categories:

• Space Infrastructure (In-Space propulsion, Space debris mitigation, Intersatellite communication, Space miniaturization)
• Space-Enabled Applications (Logistics & Mobility, Environmental monitoring & Agritech, Insurtech, IoT & Connectivity)
• Tech For Space (Data Management & Cybersecurity solutions, Advanced materials & Energy solutions, Edge computing & Quantum tech)

What is there to gain?

Successful applicants will benefit from multidisciplinary support with industry mentors in the fields of Tech, Business, Funding, Policy & Legal. Moreover, they will have direct access to a dense network of entrepreneurs and industrial managers. They will also have the opportunity to present in front of a crowd of selected investors.

How does it work?

Applications will be collected through a dedicated form within the official website. Projects will be evaluated by a team of experts from both technical and business strategy. The top six applicants will have access to a one-to-one mentorship journey adapted to their needs. The mentor pool includes professionals with specific skills in four verticals: Tech, Business, Funding, Policy & Legal. Finally, teams will present their startups during the final event in front of a crowd of investors, industry companies and institutional bodies.

The final event, held in Milan on 3 December 2021, will be an opportunity to discuss the most important developments in the New Space Economy and create new opportunities for collaboration between ecosystem actors.

Are you ready to ignite the Italian space ecosystem? Apply here by 22 October 2021!

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Start-up companies and SMEs make a significant contribution to building a globally competitive European space sector. To support these entities in their internationalisation efforts, ESA, together with the operational support of Eurisy, has organised the Global Space Markets Challenge. Small promising space-based companies, specialised in upstream or downstream activities and looking to enter new international markets, have now another chance to join the challenge as the deadline for applications has been extended to 30 July.

Three upstream and three downstream SMEs (including start-up companies) with excellent internationalisation plans will win prizes and promotion opportunities, including the chance to showcase their business at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), expected to take place in Dubai from 25–29 October 2021 and to connect with the investor community and with financial institutions.

Eurisy especially encourages downstream companies to apply. In addition to the six overall winners, three more downstream companies will be offered the opportunity to have the presentation of their products and/or services embedded in an immersive 3D web platform. These will also be featured in a unique Virtual Reality tool and in a video, to be presented at ESA or Eurisy roadshows, booths, and international events and fairs. The VR tool and 3D web platform have been designed to overcome some of the major obstacles in the integration and adoption of satellite-based services. Avoiding technical jargon, and with a strong focus on the use and benefits, these will become effective marketing tools.

On 10 September, ESA will announce 12 finalists. On 28 September, the delegates of the Industrial Policy Evolution Working Group (IPE-WG) will select the six best-placed applicants who will be proposed for nomination as winners to ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher who will grant the awards: three for the upstream category, and three for the downstream category.

Click here to find further information on this competition and apply.

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The competition offers SMEs a novel opportunity to present their plans to introduce their space products and/or services to identified target markets. The selected applicants will benefit from awards and support to help them reach new potential users, customers, investors and partners.

If you are working for a space company in an ESA Member States, Associate State or Canada, then this will be of interest to you. The Challenge’s benefits are designed for both the upstream and downstream space sector. Completing the application process only requires a few steps, so there is still time to apply before the end of June!

Competition awards will be available in two categories: upstream and downstream.

Downstream space companies

The Challenge’s downstream category encompasses daily operations of space infrastructure and “down-to-earth” activities that directly rely on the provision of a space capacity (satellite technology, signals or data) to exist and function.

ESA will design, with the assistance of each of the category’s winners, a prospective ESA mentoring programme, addressing the specific needs of each winner to their internationalisation plans (1^st place: EUR 15,000; 2^nd place EUR 10,000; 3^rd place EUR 5,000).

A total of six applicants from downstream companies will also be offered by Eurisy the opportunity to have the presentation of their products and/or services embedded in a Virtual Reality tool and in a video, to be presented at ESA or Eurisy roadshows and booths and international events and fairs. The video will also feature on an associated 3D web platform. The VR tool and 3D web platform have been designed to overcome some of the major obstacles in the integration and adoption of satellite-based services. Avoiding technical jargon, and with a strong focus on the use and benefits, these will become effective marketing tools.

The downstream winners will also be given the opportunity to attend a prestigious third-party event (currently foreseen is the International Astronautical Congress of October 2021 in Dubai), where each winner will have the opportunity to present their company as well as their products or services to potential customers.

Upstream space companies

The Challenge’s upstream category encompasses scientific and technological foundations of space programmes, as well as manufacturing and production of space systems.

ESA will design, with the assistance of each of the category’s winners, a prospective ESA mentoring programme, addressing the specific needs of each winner to their internationalisation plans (1^st place: EUR 15,000; 2^nd place EUR 10,000; 3^rd place EUR 5,000).

The winners of the upstream category will be given the opportunity to attend an event organised by ESA (currently foreseen is the next edition of the ESA Industry Space Days). They will also be given the opportunity to attend a prestigious third-party event (currently foreseen is the International Astronautical Congress of October 2021 in Dubai), where each winner will have the opportunity to present their company as well as their products or services to potential customers.

For more information, visit the official Challenge page and apply by 30 June 2021!

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Developments within small European companies continue to advance Europe’s expertise in technologies, create jobs, stimulate the space economy and benefit daily life through applications such as telecommunication, science data, Earth observation and navigation. This competition serves to extend their reach into international markets.

All entrants should meet the criteria set out in the General Terms and Conditions of the competition and send in their applications to ESA by 23 June 2021.

Six SMEs (including start-up companies) with excellent internationalisation plans will win prizes and promotion opportunities, including the chance to showcase their business at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), expected to take place in Dubai from 25–29 October 2021 and to connect with the investor community and with financial institutions.

European space revenue in the upstream domain accounts for €9 billion – 35% of the global market. Revenue generated from downstream applications accounts for €70 billion which is just 25% of the global market.

ESA, in line with its Agenda 2025, has set up this competition to grow and support European space-based businesses by improving their visibility and worldwide competitiveness to help them be part of opportunities in the global space market.

Applicants can win by presenting the most promising and convincing plans to take their products and/or services to their target international markets.

Winners of the upstream category will also be offered the opportunity to attend an ESA event, such as the Industry Space Days. At this event winners of this category will be offered a company booth for a chance to network, create partnerships and introduce their business to a wider community of space-based companies and potential customers.

In the downstream category, Eurisy, a European non-profit association of more than 15 national space agencies and other organisations involved in space activities, which is partnered with ESA in this competition, will offer the top six downstream companies, the opportunity to have their products or services showcased in a virtual reality environment. This environment will be available online as well as through a virtual reality headset which will be used by Eurisy and ESA at international events and fairs.

On 10 September, ESA will announce 12 finalists. On 28 September, the delegates of the Industrial Policy Evolution Working Group (IPE-WG) will select the six best-placed applicants who will be proposed for nomination as winners to ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher who will grant the awards: three for the upstream category, and three for the downstream category.

Find further information on this competition and apply here!

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What is IoT? Internet of Things is a connected technology that aims at filling the gap between humans, machines and data. More specifically, IoT is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital gears with the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interactions.[1]

Satellite technology will play a critical role in supporting the development of the IoT sector in order to maximise the potential of the IoT interconnected devices. In this context, satellite technology can deliver multiple frequencies, coverage to provide tailored services for smart applications such as solutions for shipping and transportation systems.[2]

Figure 1. Kinéis nanosatellites constellation to be deployed by 2023. Source: Kinéis

According to the InMarsat Report “Industrial IoT on land and at sea: Maritime”[3], different subsectors in the maritime domain are already adopting IoT-based solutions to achieve efficient services, in terms of operations (e.g. the logistic domain), reduce human errors and risks (e.g. maritime traffic), and enhance the offered services (e.g. shipping).

Ifremer (French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea) and the satellite operator and global connectivity provider Kinéis, are launching the Call for Expression of Interest (AMI- Appel à Manifestation d’Intérêt) “Development of marine and maritime services based on spatial data using IoT Kinéis technology”. The call is supported by the clusters Pôle Mer Bretagne-Atlantique and Pôle Mer Mediterranée.

The AMI aims at developing pre-operational solutions using Kinéis technology in the areas of activity of Ifremer, such as ocean knowledge and protection, and the development of the blue economy. In particular, Ifremer aims at financially supporting 5 to 8 projects between the period 2021-2023 through 4 calls for this AMI.

1. First call: 14 May 2021
2. Second call: 17 September 2021
3. Third call: 17 January 2022
4. Fourth call: 17 June 2022

The expected innovative projects will have to target the following sectors of applications:

Halieutic, fishing, aquaculture

• Traceability of the halieutic resources and the associated exploitation process;
• Connectivity of fisheries devices (fishing net, FAD, fish traps, buoys, etc. );
• Use of Biologging in the process of evaluation and exploitation of resources;
• Monitoring of farming

Biodiversity monitoring and assessment

• Biologging
• Observation of natural and artificial habitats
• Monitoring of the chemico-physical status of the marine environment

Maintenance and logistics of surface marine infrastructures and vessels

• Monitoring and positioning of marine equipment seeing by satellites
• Industrial facilities on the sea (offshore, etc.)

The participants to the call should be a consortium composed of one (or more) socio-economic partners and one Ifremer team. The AMI is open to everyone regardless their nationality. What matters is the link of the project with the blue economy sectors and their further development.

The selected demo projects will have a duration of 24 months. At the end of the two years, the proposed solution should reach a TRL 5 (Technology Readiness Level), meaning that the technology has been validated and tested in an industrial environment.

For each selected project, Ifremer will set up a partnership agreement. Based on the eligible costs, the economic support agreed to the partners is limited to:

• €100k per partner;
• €150k per consortium (not including Ifremer teams’ costs).

The laureate projects will receive a minimum of 2 Kinéis development kits that includes:

• An Arduino evaluation board;
• Multiple Kinéis modules;
• A technical support of about 2.5 days per project;
• Access during the 24 months of the project to the unlimited data available on the platform Argos Web/Kinéis and unlimited Airtime with a tailored strategy for each use case.

The AMI is open until May 14^th 2021 at 14:00 CET. The laureates projects will be announced in July 2021. Don’t miss this opportunity, submit your proposal here. For additional information: ami-ifremer_kineis@polemermediterranee.com

[1] Baibhav Mishra, Role of Internet of Things in Shipping and Maritime industry, Sea News. Sept. 7^th 2020. https://seanews.co.uk/features/role-of-internet-of-things-in-shipping-and-maritime-industry/

[2] EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA), Internet of Things (IoT) and the Role of Satellites, https://www.esoa.net/cms-data/positions/1695%20ESOA%20IOT%20%20Sat%20Brochure%20Proof%204.pdf

[3] InMarsat, Industrial IOT on land and at sea: Maritime, InMarsat Research Programme 2018. https://www.inmarsat.com/content/dam/inmarsat/corporate/documents/maritime/insights/Inmarsat_IIoT_on_land_and_at_sea_Maritime.PDF

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The Copernicus Masters is the leading innovation competition for commercial Earth observation (EO) applications. Open for submissions until 6 July 2020, the competition awards prizes to innovative solutions, services, and business concepts that use EO data to solve important societal and environmental challenges. With more than EUR 550,000 worth of prizes, businesses and entrepreneurs have the opportunity to innovate with big data from space.

Similarly, the Galileo Masters annually awards prizes to the best services, products, and business concepts that use satellite navigation in everyday life, spurring the development of respective market-driven applications. Open for submissions until 6 July 2020, the competition awards prizes to innovative solutions at each development stage, with the objective of turning them into real businesses. With more than EUR 1 million worth of prizes, there is an opportunity for great minds to boost their business with Galileo/EGNOS.

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