Václav Kobera will chair the EUSPA Administrative Board 17/6/2021|Press releasesMr Václav Kobera, the Director of ITS and Space Activities Department at the Ministry of Transport was elected today to chair the Administrative Board of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), which is based in Prague. Mr Kobera plans to help the newly established agency with works related to the EU Space Programme and enhance cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Directorate-General for the Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS). Mr Kobera’s CV is available here. EUSPA officially launched on 12 May 2021, when the regulation establishing the EU space programme was published in the Official Journal. Currently, EUSPA is based in Prague-Holešovice, in the same building as the former GSA. In the upcoming 2 years, it will move to new offices to accommodate an increased number of employees.