In 2001, COSPAR initiated a series of Capacity-Building Workshops, designed to create lasting bridges between researchers in developing and developed countries in a variety of space related domains. For information about the workshop objectives, scientific programs, funding, practical requirements, and how to submit proposals, please see the COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop guidelines. Workshops held to date are listed below.

• Regional Workshop for African Oceanographers: Ocean Remote Sensing: a Tool for Ocean Science and Operational Oceanography, 19 - 30 September 2005, Rabat, Morocco.
• Regional Workshop for African Astronomers and Space Scientists: Data Processing from the Chandra and XMM-Newton Space Missions: An Advanced School for Multi-wavelength Astrophysics, 28 June - 9 July 2004, Durban, South Africa.
• Regional Workshop for Space Physicists from South-East Asia: Analysis of Data from Multisatellite Magnetospheric Missions, 4 - 13 May 2004, Beijing, China.
• Regional Workshop for Asia-Pacific Astronomers: Data Processing from the Chandra and XMM-Newton Space Missions: An Advanced School for Astronomers Working at all Wavelengths, 13 - 24 January 2003, Udaipur, India.
• Regional Workshop for Latin American Astronomers: Data Processing from the Chandra and XMM-Newton Space Missions: An Advanced School for Astronomers Working at all Wavelengths, 4 - 13 December 2001, São José dos Campos, SP - Brazil.