On May 28, 2017, Dr. Awni, General Director of Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Western Asia (RCSSTEWA) visited Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (China) (RCSSTEAP). Mr. Weng Jingnong, Executive Director of RCSSTEAP, Dean of International School, Beihang University and Mr. Jing Guifei, Dean of BeiDou Belt&Road School, Beihang University warmly welcomed the guests.
Mr. Weng extended a warm welcome to Dr. Awni on behalf of RCSSTEAP and gave a general introduction about the Centre in terms of talent cultivation, capacity building and international cooperation,etc. Dr. Awni expressed his thanks for the warm reception and hoped to further promote cooperation between the two Centres in the space technology education training, staff/student exchange, program collaboration under the “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
After the meeting, MEMORANDUM Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between RCSSTEAP and RCSSTEWA was signed.
Dr. Awni's visit is significant for better communication and cooperation between the two Centres. It also lays a good foundation for the Meeting of the Directors of the UN Regional Centres which will be held in June in Vienna.
At present, six UN Regional Centres have been established in all over the world. They aim at promoting the peaceful use of space technology for the benefit of all humankind. RCSSTEAP, the UN Regional Centre in China, was established in November 2014 at Beihang University. It has been actively promoting exchanges and cooperation with the other Centres as well as sharing educational resources and information. Up to now, RCSSTEAP has sent experts to two Centres for training courses and reached cooperation intention with three Centres on sharing resource sharing, joint organization of training courses and establishment of UN Regional Centre Alliance.
