{"id":4938,"date":"2022-11-28T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:02:38","slug":"space-commercialisation-lifts-off-at-esa-ministerial-council-cm22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?p=4938","title":{"rendered":"Space Commercialisation lifts off at ESA Ministerial Council &#8211; CM22"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Commitment by Member, Associate and Cooperating States<\/h2>\n<p>At the <strong>ESA Council at Ministerial<\/strong> level held in Paris on <strong>November 22-23, 2022<\/strong>, European Ministers of Member, Associate and Cooperating States sustained the Agency\u2019s ambitions for space with a record <strong>\u20ac 16.9 Bn budget<\/strong>, a 17% increase compared to 2019. Despite the challenges that our continent is facing, with the war on our doorstep, a looming economic recession and climbing inflation, this unprecedented commitment confirms the importance that the several States attribute to the space sector to advancing scientific research and European autonomy in the technology domain.<\/p>\n<h2>Space commercialisation boosted with ScaleUp<\/h2>\n<p>In order to support entrepreneurship and commercialisation of the space sector in Europe, <strong>ESA\u2019s directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement<\/strong> has put forward the <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/2022\/09\/scaleup-programme-accelerating-space-commercialisation\/\"><strong>ScaleUp programme proposal<\/strong><\/a>. This programme is intended to support a company along its entire life cycle with two elements: \u201cScaleUp Innovate\u201d, with the aim of developing new business ideas and start-ups with business incubation, intellectual property and technology transfer services, and \u201cScaleUp Invest\u201d, that will support companies to take more risks, hit the market faster and attract private and institutional investors by introducing business innovation through the establishment of an ESA network of business accelerators and an ESA marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>The ScaleUp programme was very well received during the Council and was granted funding for <strong>\u20ac 122.4 Mln<\/strong>, with an <strong>oversubscription of +22.4%<\/strong> with respect to the initial request. The ScaleUp Innovate element was funded with \u20ac 98.46 Mln, while ScaleUp Invest was funded with \u20ac 23.92 Mln. This relevant commitment by the Council shows how the commercialisation of the European space sector is becoming crucial for our continent, to foster an independent ecosystem where space entrepreneurs can thrive.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>Element 1 &#8211; INNOVATE<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6463\" src=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/element-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Figure 1 &#8211; Funding by State for ScaleUp INNOVATE element<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Element 2 &#8211; INVEST<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6464\" src=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/element-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Ref\"><em>Figure 2 &#8211; Funding by State for ScaleUp INVEST element<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commitment by Member, Associate and Cooperating States At the ESA Council at Ministerial level held in Paris on November 22-23, 2022, European Ministers of Member, Associate and Cooperating States sustained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[766,255],"directorate":[431],"sts-api_categories":[],"esa-fields":[],"class_list":["post-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ministerial-council","tag-scaleup","directorate-commercialisation-competitiveness-support"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Space Commercialisation lifts off at ESA Ministerial Council - CM22 - ESA Commercialisation Gateway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?p=4938\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Space Commercialisation lifts off at ESA Ministerial Council - CM22 - ESA Commercialisation Gateway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Commitment by Member, Associate and Cooperating States At the ESA Council at Ministerial level held in Paris on November 22-23, 2022, European Ministers of Member, Associate and Cooperating States sustained [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?p=4938\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ESA Commercialisation Gateway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-28T09:52:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T10:02:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Downstream_website_header_images_220204-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michele Di Magno\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michele Di Magno\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/commercialisation.esa.int\\\/?p=4938#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/commercialisation.esa.int\\\/?p=4938\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michele Di Magno\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/commercialisation.esa.int\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fe5a9e8fd0334877605f6e0764060ca\"},\"headline\":\"Space Commercialisation lifts off at ESA Ministerial Council &#8211; 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