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Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BELS-PLUS (Continuing Building European Links toward South East Asia in the field of GNSS - PLUS)

Teaser

Summary

The recent launch of Galileo initial services shows that the EC\'s new Space Strategy is moving in the right direction, with focus on applications and integration of civil space services combined with terrestrial technologies. An additional support of Galileo, not only in Europe, but also worldwide, is of tremendous importance to provide a viable foundation for the development of GNSS in Europe. South-East Asia is the hot spot for global navigation satellite systems and currently the primary region of global market growth in terms of in-use GNSS devices.
At present, none of the SEA states is running its own GNSS or WAAS systems, but it is the area, where the most number of GNSS systems available worldwide can be accessed. Therefore, the region is of primary interest for European companies offering GNSS products and services. With the Navis Centre in Hanoi, the predecessor project of BELS+ was able to place a foothold for GNSS applications from Europe to SEA. Founded in 2009 the Navis Centre can serve as entry point for European companies aiming at entering the South East Asian market with their GNSS products.
BELS+ aims at preparing the change of business inputs into real outputs. It aims at further progressing in linking the two regions by proposing a set of coordinated activities in both, Europe and South-East Asia. The project is a mix of coordination actions, to strengthen the links between the different actors, as well as support measures to create and propose initiatives and opportunities that increase awareness and generate concrete outputs in a mid to long-term timeframe.
BELS+ is exploiting opportunities offered through the Navis Centre by implementing a Galileo Demo Centre in Hanoi building upon the broad engagement of stakeholders during the predecessor project BELS and aims at attracting further European companies. The Demo Centre will serve as a platform to demonstrate the expertise of European GNSS companies. BELS+ supports the acquisition of European demo companies, prepares a local infrastructure for placement of EU GNSS devices and enables Navis staff to present European EGNSS equipment. This process will be supported by promoting the Demo Centre to European Companies, within EU clusters and at conferences. BELS+ also addresses the need of skilled personnel on GNSS Topics, which is currently rising all over Europe. It intends to elaborate an action plan on how to coordinate activities now and in the future to counteract this shortage of human power. In addition, the project supports capacity building by providing dedicated GNSS training for professionals in the EU & SEA. This task has been motivated by the fact that Europe requires more highly educated human resources in the field of GNSS. In Europe, qualified human resources are very difficult to find. To facilitate this process on the operative level BELS+ builds further capacities through job fairs and professional trainings in EU and SEA.

Work performed

The BELS+ project has proceeded smoothly thanks to the commitment of the BELS+ consortium and the good cooperation of the team. The project was kicked off in March 2018. The first months were mainly devoted to set-up the project plan, initiate activities and dissemination as well as instruments for internal communications. In the 1st year a document management system has been installed as well.
The project website has been conceived, prepared and published as well as accounts in social media have been created. The online communication tools have been used from the very beginning to promote the activities of the project. The Galileo Demo Centre has been set-up at the Navis in Hanoi in order to showcase European GNSS products and services in SEA. Company partners of the BELS+ team installed their equipment in the Centre, while some European companies which applied to the calls started preparations to install their equipment. A total of three workshops within EU clusters has been organized in Germany and Spain to advertise the opportunities offered by BELS+.
The BELS+ team participated in various events and conferences partially with a booth in order to promote the opportunities offered by BELS+. To promote the Galileo Demo Centre to relevant SEA stakeholder, the SEA partners participated in events and organized EGNSS Days in Hanoi in connection with the Opening of the Centre and the GILD workshop to exploit synergies. The Navis team invited SEA stakeholders on a regular base to visit the Demo Centre. A workshop to promote the Demo Centre was foreseen in Thailand. It was held as part of the TAIEX workshop of EC in September 2018 in Bangkok.
A participation in the European Space Solution Conference with a dedicated SEA-EU session was foreseen but not possible. Thus, BELS+ participated in the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2019. A call was issued in order to support a Vietnamese stakeholder to participate, one SEA stakeholder has been selected. Moreover, part of the BELS+ team participated in the ESS with a short video presenting the BELS+ opportunities. In addition, it was foreseen to establish an extension of the European Space Solutions in SEA to present EGNSS technology and solutions to SEA GNSS stakeholders and potential users. To maximize the impact of the event, it was decided to link it to another existing event, so as to attract a bigger and more qualified audience. Contact to other potential events has been established at the end of the first year. Finally, it was possible to include the event in the FIG working week in April, 2019.
Another activity of the BELS+ project was addressing capacity building and expansion of GNSS stakeholders in EU in collaboration and with the support of SEA partners. So, an EGNSS Trainings for Professionals was conceived and organized in Barcelona free of charge. The professional training and especially the practical orientation of the course was very much appreciated by the participants. A call was issued in order to facilitate the participation of SEA stakeholders in the training. Finally, four SEA applicants were selected and supported.
In order to balance on a short timescale, the dramatic need of navigation engineers and scientists, the project fosters and facilitates the participation of EGNSS companies to job fairs/careersâ€™ days organized in Europe. The participation in two job fairs/career days was foreseen in the project. In the 1st year preparations started to participate in two events in April and May 2019.
Overall, the project has achieved its main objectives in the period.

Final results

BELS+ will help EU Companies to present their EGNSS equipment and solutions in the Galileo Demo Centre in SEA and to establish business contacts. BELS+ will promote EGNSS and its applications & solutions in SEA through workshops and specific activities such as training sessions or EGNSS Days. Contacts initiated within the BELS+ project between EU companies and SEA GNSS stakeholders will facilitate future market opportunities in SEA. In addition, the BELS+ team facilitates contacts between EU and SEA institutions in order to disseminate and exploit the results of the project in the future, both, in South East Asia and Europe. BELS+ will support the readiness of the Navis and its Demo Centre to act as a linking entry between EU and SEA and to promote EGNSS in the region.