Multipactor is an undesirable effect produced when high power RF electric fields are used in vacuum. In space, this effect is very important since affects the wave-guides for communications limiting the power of the transmissions. Any electron present near the electric field is accelerated impinging the wave-guide walls and producing more electrons by secondary emission which are also accelerated. The final result is an electron cloud which can even destroy the wave-guide. In this talk I will first present the main characteristics of the multipactor effect in space, its relation with secondary emission and how this effect could be mitigated. Then I will present a brief summary of the late anti-multipactor coatings developed in our laboratory during the last years in cooperation with the ESA. Since the problem is still far away from being solved, I will present new ideas for antimultipactor coatings to be developed under an European ERA.Net Project.