OSL Project - Outer Space Law Sapienza

OSL – “Outer Space Law for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development” is a Research Project aiming at advancing capacity-building and research on key concepts of space law, including sustainability and cooperation.

Project activities, carried out by the OSL Team within the Department of Political Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome, fall within the scientific cooperation between the University and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

OSL Project is the way Sapienza University is strengthening its commitment in promoting international cooperation in the field of space law and spreading knowledge and expertise in space law and policy, as well as confirming its leading role in the field at national and international levels.

The Project, started in 2019, foresees capacity-building activities to support the development of national expertise and capacities in emerging space countries, with a focus on Africa, performed through webinars and online courses. In addition, it aims to disseminate research results widely, through the publication of scientific articles and periodic activity reports.

Main research areas refer to the sustainability of space activities through space law, regulatory frameworks of space activities of emerging African countries, international space cooperation between Italy and Kenya.

The latter research area is of utmost importance, considering the long-standing history of bilateral cooperation in the field, started in the early Sixties with the establishment of the Broglio Space Centre in Malindi (BSC) and lasting until today, after the conclusion of the 2016 Italy-Kenya Agreement on the BSC and its five Implementing Arrangements.

Finally, the Project represents an important tool for consolidating the relations between ASI, Sapienza University of Rome and Kenyan universities in order to engage in a collaboration in the field of space legal sciences, as it has been done in the engineering sector.

ACTIVITIES

The OSL Project Report “Space Governance in Africa” 2023
Overview The African continent is today a burgeoning actor in the international space arena. African countries are investing in, and developing, space technologies to face their current and future socio-economic challenges. The Report provides an insight on the evolutionary approach to space activities in the continent, by analysing the governance of such activities, in both… Read more: The OSL Project Report “Space Governance in Africa” 2023
Kenya Space Expo and Conference
From 15 to 17 June 2022, the Kenya Space Agency hosted the first Kenya Space Expo and Conference in Nairobi, focusing on leveraging space science, technologies and applications to address existential socio-economic challenges and in the development of national economies. On 17 June, the three-day event featured a Plenary session on “Enabling Space Law and… Read more: Kenya Space Expo and Conference
Italy Statement at COPUOS 2022 highlights the results of Sapienza University of Rome and the Kenya Space Agency partnership on Space Law
On 1 June 2022, the Italian delegation delivered a Statement under item 8 on the Report of the 61st session of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) at the 65th session of the COPUOS highlighting the importance of capacity-building, training and education in space law,… Read more: Italy Statement at COPUOS 2022 highlights the results of Sapienza University of Rome and the Kenya Space Agency partnership on Space Law
The IAF Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries
From 16 to 20 May 2022 the OSL Team from Sapienza University and from the Kenya Space Agency participated in the Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries – GLEC 2022, organised in Quito, Ecuador, by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Sideralis Foundation. The Team organized and contributed to the Masterclass on Space… Read more: The IAF Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries
First Webinar Sapienza/KSA
On 20 April 2022, the OSL Team Sapienza, in partnership with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) organized the Webinar “Highlighting the Relevance of Space Law for Developing Space Ecosystems in Africa”. As part of the OSL Project, the main purpose of the Webinar was to gather representatives of Italian,… Read more: First Webinar Sapienza/KSA
Training Course at the Broglio Space Center in Malindi
Prof. Sergio Marchisio, OSL Scientific Director, delivered the Space Law and Policy Module of the Training Course on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, Space Science, Law and Policy. The Training Course took place at the Broglio Space Center in December 2019 and was organized by ASI, in collaboration with the Kenya Space Agency and supported… Read more: Training Course at the Broglio Space Center in Malindi

OUTER SPACE LAW

Sapienza University of Rome
Department of Political Sciences

OUTER SPACE LAW

Sapienza University of Rome Department of Political Sciences

Sapienza University of Rome
Department of Political Sciences