THE BRASIL CAMPUS-CENTRE FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
EDUCATION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-CRECTEALC 
Tania Maria Sausen 
Ministério da Ciéncia e Tecnologia 
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
Av. dos Astronautas 1758.Cx.515 
CEP 12245-970 Sao José dos Campos, SP, Brasil 
e.mail:tania@ltid.inpe.Br 
Abstract 
This paper presents an overview about the OOSA/United Nations Centre for Space Science and Technology Education 
Program and general information about the Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean-CRECTEALC and the Brasil 
Campus. The objective of UN Centres is to enhance the capabilities of member States in different areas of space science and 
technology that can advance their social and economic development. In this paper is presented the International Course on 
Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems, that will be developed by Brasil Campus in 2003. 
Keywords: Regional Centres, United Nations, Latin America and the Caribe, Space science and Technology 
1. 
Introduction 
In response to the General Assembly's endorsement of 
the recommendation of UNISPACE 82, that the United 
Nations Programme on Space Applications should assist 
member States in enhancing their indigenous capability at 
the local level, the Office for Outer Space Affairs-DOSA 
developed a proposal for the establishment of Centres for 
Space Science and Technology Education in the 
developing countries. 
The objective of these Centres is to enhance the 
capabilities of member States in different areas of space 
science and technology that can advance their social and 
economic development. 
The UN General Assembly (GA), in its resolution 
45/72 ‘of 11 December 1990, endorsed the 
recommendation of COPUOS. 
All Centers may be established on the basis of 
affiliation to the United Nations and that affiliation would 
provide the Centres with the necessary recognition and 
would strengthen the possibilities of attractting donnors 
and of establishing academic relationships with national 
and international space-related institutions. 
2. The Centres 
The principal goal of the Centres is the development of 
skills and knowledge of university educators and research 
and applications scientists, through rigorous theory, 
research, applications, field exercises, and pilot projects 
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in those aspects of space science and technology that can 
enhance social and economic development in each 
country. 
Each Centre's initial programmes shall focus on remote 
sensing and geographic information — systems; 
meteorological satellite applications; satellite 
communications and global-positioning systems and 
atmospheric sciences. 
On the basis of the mission report and the additional 
input from Member States, the OOSA/UN has decided to 
establish the following Centres: 
1)The Centre for Space Science and Technology 
Education in Asia and the Pacific. The facilities are 
located in the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing in 
Dehra Dun, the Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad 
and the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad; 
2)The Centre for Space Science and Technology 
Education in Africa-French Language. |t is located in 
Casablanca, Morocco in the École Mohammadia 
d'Ingénieurs in Rabat; 
3)The African Regional Centre for Space Science and 
Technology Education- English Language located at 
Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria; 
4)The Regional Centre for Space Science and 
Technology Education in Western Asia. The Centre in 
Jordan was established at the following educational and 
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