Space Generation Advisory Council

The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is an international non-profit organisation which represents the views of youth on space issues to the United Nations and other bodies. SGAC organises many activities and programmes, including the annual Space Generation Congress which takes place in Valencia, Spain in 2006, and India in 2007.

SGAC's primary work is in advancing space policy making, representing the world's youth on space policy to the United Nations and other international organisations. This goes back to the roots of the Council at the UNISPACE III conference in Vienna 1999 where participants made several recommendations which were incorporated in to Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development.

SGAC continues to present youth input to the UN through our Observer Status with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). SGAC has also been represented at the Space Policy Summit - a meeting of government representatives and heads of space agencies to discuss the future exploration of space. In addition SGAC has contributed to the European Green Paper on Space Policy.

The SGAC initiated a world space outreach project called “Yuri’s Night”, which is a celebration of the first flight into space by Yuri Gagarin. Yuri’s night celebrations are diverse, with events ranging from dance parties attended by 1,500 people to three-day space-related conferences. Yuri’s Night was celebrated in over 70 cities in more than 30 countries. It was estimated that 10,000 people attend Yuri’s Night activities annually and that, through extensive media coverage, the event reaches around 25 million people.

The aim of the SGAC project entitled “Global Space Education Curriculum” is to develop a global space curriculum for primary, secondary and tertiary schools. The curriculum would respond to the educational initiatives of the United Nations aimed at incorporating space science and technology into the educational systems of all countries.

The activities of the SGAC are consolidated and expanded upon at the annual Space Generation Congress, which is the premier international event for young space professionals.

More information on the Space Generation Advisory Council can be found here

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