  The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a project for the construction of a
next generation VHE gamma ray observatory with full sky coverage. Its aim is
improving by about one order of magnitude the sensitivity of the existing
installations, covering about 5 decades in energy (from few tens of GeV to
above a hundred TeV) and having enhanced angular and energy resolutions. During
2010 the project became a truly global endeavour carried out by a consortium of
about 750 collaborators from Europe, Asia, Africa and the North and South
Americas. Also during 2010 the CTA project completed its Design Study phase and
started a Preparatory Phase that is expected to extend for three years and
should lead to the starting of the construction of CTA. An overview of the CTA
Consortium activities project will be given.
