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Global Symposium for Regulators 2025

Leverage emerging technologies for space Build shared learning infrastructure
sustainability Establish mechanisms to share best practices such as

Where ICT regulators hold a space mandate, use AI and communities of practice, joint training platforms and peer
other tools for space-traffic monitoring, collision avoidance mentoring schemes. Leverage country experiences with
and orbital resource optimisation. Where they do not, experimentation and innovation to support regulatory
enable coordination with the competent space authority, advancements that are adaptable to diverse markets and
promote data sharing and standards-based safety contexts. Support open-access knowledge tools that can
measures so space services remain safe, reliable parts of be adapted locally and reused by other regulators.
digital infrastructure.
Coordinate data, tools and standards
Build the capacity to deliver Promote interoperability-by-design. Each country should
Recognize that digital transformation requires strategy, decide the appropriate partners – domestic agencies,
not just software. Invest in multidisciplinary talent, promote neighbouring regulators, regional bodies and standards
open standards and develop shared infrastructure across organisations - and align regulatory action where it
government to avoid duplication and overdependence on adds value using, among others, common APIs, shared
proprietary systems. indicators and data-sharing protocols. Consider setting
collaboration frameworks for privacy-preserving data
sharing (e.g. aggregated incidents/performance) to
IV STRENGTHEN CROSS-BORDER support aligned oversight and cross-border incident
COOPERATION FOR A response.
CONNECTED FUTURE
Assert regional voice and digital sovereignty
Make collaboration results-driven Coordinate at regional levels to influence emerging
international frameworks, ensuring adaptability to diverse
Use regional and international partnerships to address national contexts. Engage in multilateral fora and regional
common challenges and shared priorities, from spectrum platforms, support regional initiatives, and build regional
coordination to cybersecurity to AI governance, taking capacity and shared mechanisms to turn common
into account established global regulations and positions into action while preserving national policy
principles. Prioritize joint activities, regulatory sandboxes space.
or enforcement efforts that deliver tangible impact for
consumers over formal agreements alone and resource
accordingly. Leverage regional and international
cooperation to accelerate national agendas
Promote regulatory interoperability where it Cooperate – as appropriate to national context –
adds value with regional bodies, peer regulators and standards
organisations to share practices, pursue targeted
Encourage alignment through common baselines and alignment where it reduces duplication or speeds
principles in areas such as digital trade, AI ethics and deployment (e.g. in spectrum planning, safety,
data protection, noting existing or established global interoperability), and mobilize joint capacity to advance
and regional principles and recommendations and with national regulatory and innovation goals. Embed
explicit safeguards for domestic policy space. Shared coordination in existing structures, assign dedicated units,
policy principles and coordinated timing help balance facilitate cross-border planning and track the real-world
interoperability with sovereignty. impact of cooperation. Integrate systemic coordination
and consultation into institutional and policy design to
support ongoing alignment, as necessary, across policies,
sectors and stakeholders.

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