An opening ceremony of the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) School on Space Weather (SW) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) has been held in Baku.

The School, which will be lasted until October 12, is hosted by the Science Development Foundation (SDF) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory (ShAO) of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and sponsored by the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) through the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), ISWI and the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP).

"AzerCosmos" OJSC and Azerbaijan’s National Aviation Academy are providing the School with the necessary scientific-technical support.

Addressing the ceremony, Executive Director of the Science Development Foundation Elchin Babayev highlighted the key goals and objectives of the School, and outlined international cooperation prospects.