Membership and Contribution To ESA
ESA is an intergovernmental organisation of 20 member states Member states participate to varying degrees in the mandatory (25% of total expenditures in 2008) and optional space programmes (75% of total expenditures in 2008). The 2008 budget amounted to €3.0 billion the 2009 budget to €3.6 billion. The total budget amounted to about €3.7 billion in 2010, €3.99 billion in 2011 and €4.02 billion in 2012.
The following table lists all the member states and adjunct members, their ESA convention ratification dates, and their contributions in 2012:
| Member state | ESA Convention | National Program | Contr. (mill. €) |
Contr. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 01986-12-3030 December 1986 | FFG | 700152200000000000052.2 | 70001300000000000001.3% |
| Belgium | 01978-10-033 October 1978 | BELSPO | 7002169800000000000169.8 | 70004200000000000004.2% |
| Czech Republic | 02008-11-1212 November 2008 | CCMTSA | 700111500000000000011.5 | 69993000000000000000.3% |
| Denmark | 01977-09-1515 September 1977 | DTU Space | 700127800000000000027.8 | 69997000000000000000.7% |
| Finland | 01995-01-011 January 1995 | TEKES | 700119400999990000019.4 | 69995000000000000000.5% |
| France | 01980-10-3030 October 1980 | CNES | 7002751400000000000751.4 | 700118800000000000018.8% |
| Germany | 01977-07-2626 July 1977 | DLR | 7002713800000000000713.8 | 700117900999990000017.9% |
| Greece | 02005-03-099 March 2005 | ISARS | 70008600000000000008.6 | 69992000000000000000.2% |
| Ireland | 01980-12-1010 December 1980 | EI | 700115600000000000015.6 | 69994000000000000000.4% |
| Italy | 01978-02-2020 February 1978 | ASI | 7002350500000000000350.5 | 70008700000000999998.7% |
| Luxembourg | 02005-06-3030 June 2005 | Luxinnovation | 700115000000000000015.0 | 69994000000000000000.4% |
| Netherlands | 01979-02-066 February 1979 | NSO | 700160300000000000060.3 | 70001500000000000001.5% |
| Norway | 01986-12-3030 December 1986 | NSC | 700163100000000000063.1 | 70001600000000000001.6% |
| Poland | 02012-11-1919 November 2012 | CBK PAN | 700136400000000000036.4 | 69999000000000000000.9% |
| Portugal | 02000-11-1414 November 2000 | FCT | 700115800000000000015.8 | 69994000000000000000.4% |
| Romania | 02011-12-2222 December 2011 | ROSA | 70007600000000000007.6 | 69992000000000000000.2% |
| Spain | 01979-02-077 February 1979 | INTA | 7002184000000000000184.0 | 70004600000000999994.6% |
| Sweden | 01976-04-066 April 1976 | SNSB | 700165300000000000065.3 | 70001600000000000001.6% |
| Switzerland | 01976-11-1919 November 1976 | SSO | 7002105600000000000105.6 | 70002600000000000002.6% |
| United Kingdom | 01978-03-2828 March 1978 | UKSA | 7002240000000000000240.0 | 70006000000000000006.0% |
| Associate Members | ||||
| Canada | 01979-01-011 January 1979 | CSA | 700118700000000000018.7 | 69995000000000000000.5% |
| zaTotal Members and Associates | 70032900100000000002,900.1 | 700172100999990000072.1% | ||
| zb European Union | 02004-05-2828 May 2004 | ESP | 7002867700000000000867.7 | 700121600000000000021.6% |
| zcECS states | various | various | 70005800000000000005.8 | 69991000000000000000.1% |
| zdOther income | 02012-01-01— | 02012-01-01— | 7002246500000000000246.5 | 70006100000000000006.1% |
| zeTotal ESA | 70034020100000000004,020.1 | 7002100000000000000100.0% |
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