University of Bonn, IPA Space and UNOOSA partner to boost global space capacity building
Date: 2025-09-18
The University of Bonn, the International Peace Alliance (IPA Space), and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a four-year partnership to strengthen global capacity-building in the peaceful use of space technology. The agreement, formalized at a signing ceremony at the University of Bonn, brings together high-level representatives from all three institutions to support sustainable development and disaster risk reduction through space-based solutions.
Ms. Aarti Holla-Maini, Director of UNOOSA and Prof. Dr. Klaus Sandmann, Vice Rector for Studies, Teaching and University Development at the University of Bonn
Ms. Aarti
Holla-Maini, Director of UNOOSA; Dr. Wang Tianyi, Executive Chair of IPA Space;
and Prof. Dr. Klaus Sandmann, Vice Rector for Studies, Teaching and University
Development at the University of Bonn, signed the agreement. The collaboration
will leverage the complementary strengths of each organization, anchored by
UNOOSA’s UN-SPIDER programme and IPA Space’s IPSPACE symposium platform, to
enhance knowledge-sharing, research, and educational initiatives.
Ms. Aarti Holla-Maini, Director of UNOOSA with Dr. Wang Tianyi, Executive Chair of IPA Space
The University
of Bonn’s Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (ZFL), which supports the
UN-SPIDER Bonn Office, will play a key role in advancing the partnership’s
goals. The initiative responds to growing global demand for timely,
high-quality space-derived knowledge and training, aiming to ensure that space
technology benefits communities worldwide.
By: Nana Appiah Acquaye
