1 INTRODUCTION  
2 THE RATE OF BNS MERGING  
3 THE RATE OF SGRBS  
4 UPPER LIMITS TO THE KN RATE FROM OBSERVATIONS  
5 THE RATE OF GRB 170817A-LIKE EVENTS  
6 DISCUSSION  
7 KILONOVAE IN FUTURE LSST, VST, ZTF, SKA AND THESEUS SURVEYS  
8 CONCLUSIONS