The project, lasting 18 months, aims at increasing economic cooperation between Europe and Asia, while encouraging growth and transnational agreement in the region and promoting mutually beneficial economic co-operation relationships between European and Asian SMEs in the aerospace sector, with a special focus on GALILEO - based satellite navigation applications.

To achieve the objectives of the project, the main activity planed is to organize a business matchmaking event between European and Southeast Asian companies operating in the aerospace and ICT sectors on satellite navigation applications with a special focus on GALILEO. The Event “SIDEREUS” aims to involve 160 Asian companies and 140 European companies in the final matchmaking event in November 2008 at Beijing.   More ...