{"id":40133,"date":"2025-10-10T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/?p=40133"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:34:22","slug":"the-government-of-catalonia-presents-the-catalonia-space-2030-strategy-to-further-boost-the-space-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/en\/the-government-of-catalonia-presents-the-catalonia-space-2030-strategy-to-further-boost-the-space-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Government of Catalonia presents the Catalonia Space 2030 Strategy to further boost the space industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2022 The Minister of Business and Labour, Miquel S\u00e0mper, has presented the Generalitat\u2019s roadmap to strengthen the space industry and contribute to Europe\u2019s technological sovereignty in this field
\u2022 The new strategy, which will continue to count on the collaboration of the IEEC for its implementation, foresees eight satellite missions by 2030 focused on Earth observation and communications to address global challenges
\u2022 The Strategy will have an initial investment of \u20ac40 million<\/p>\n

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The Catalonia Space 2030 Strategy presentation took place at the Montsec Astronomical Park. Government of Catalonia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Today, the Government unveiled the Catalonia Space 2030 Strategy,<\/strong> its new roadmap for the next five years. Catalonia is thus establishing a public capital fund to promote the space industry, with an initial investment of \u20ac40 million. The aim of the strategy is to further strengthen Catalonia\u2019s space industry and contribute to Europe\u2019s technological sovereignty in this field,<\/strong> while addressing major global challenges related to space, such as data management and exploitation or connectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Minister of Business and Labour, Miquel S\u00e0mper, stressed that the Catalonia Space 2030 Strategy \u201creflects the country\u2019s ambition to lead the future of the space sector through innovation, talent, and collaboration.\u201d This new strategy also aims to strengthen Catalonia\u2019s industrial and business capabilities in the space sector. \u201cWe are betting on industrial transformation through space technologies,\u201d he emphasised.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Catalonia Space 2030 Strategy is structured around five main pillars: fostering more innovative companies, more qualified talent, more alliances with key sectors, stronger international presence, and positioning Catalonia as a reference in the space sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

To achieve these goals, a public capital fund of \u20ac40 million will be allocated to boost the space industry, in addition to a \u20ac7.5 million budget to launch the first actions in 2026. The Government\u2019s objective is to mobilize up to \u20ac150 million in public investment over the next five years, with the expectation of doubling this figure through private capital. It is estimated that every euro of public investment will generate two euros in total.<\/span><\/p>\n

This new fund will be managed by <\/span>Avan\u00e7sa<\/span><\/a>, the public company of the <\/span>Department of Business and Labour<\/span><\/a> responsible for promoting Catalonia\u2019s business ecosystem through public-private collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n

The strategy is the result of a participatory work process with the main actors in the Catalan space sector, as well as experts, institutions, and international stakeholders, with the aim of addressing the needs of a sector that must be key to the reindustrialization of Catalonia and that must be connected with Spanish and European strategies in order to position us in the first division of space. The <\/span>Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia<\/span><\/a> (IEEC \u2014 Institut d\u2019Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), together with the <\/span>i2CAT<\/span><\/a> research centre and the <\/span>Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia<\/span><\/a> (ICGC), played a key role in shaping the strategy and will continue to be essential in its implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eight satellite missions<\/h2>\n

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The new strategy foresees eight satellite missions by 2030 to strengthen European sovereignty in two main areas:<\/span><\/p>\n