The Arab Regional Office and Arabic Language Expertise Center officially joined the IAU-Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) network this week. The inauguration, which was held in Amman, Jordan on December 02 and 03, 2015, marked the commencement of activities for the first Regional Office in the Middle East and the associated Language Expertise Center. It […]
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Project leader: Premana W. Premadi, premadi@as.itb.ac.id Project location: Indonesia Project Description: This community development project will develop a symbiosis between a prospective astronomical observatory in Timor, Indonesia, and its surrounding community. The goal is to have thriving villages and a successful observatory. The project consists of: (1) Human Capacity Building with programs on empowering human […]
Project leader: Sachin Bahmba, cmd@space-india.com Project location: India Project Description: ‘The Sky on a Bike’ is an Astronomy Outreach programme which will introduce the wonders of the night sky to identified groups of economically disadvantaged and uneducated population in Indian villages with the aim of creating a scientific temper. Telescopes will be carried on bicycles […]
Project leader: Areg Mickaelian, aregmick@yahoo.com Project location: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Turkey, United Arab Emirates Project Description: People usually travel to get acquainted with culture, history, art and architecture of a country or a city. Why not add an Astronomy context to tourism? Why not visit observatories, laboratories, science museums, planetariums and archeoastronomy sites? South […]
Project leader: Angela Pérez, angela.perez@parqueexplora.org Project location: Colombia Project Description: ‘Astronomy with all senses’ is a traveling exhibition, specially designed for people with physical disadvantages in order to let them know about astronomy and other space science and inspire them with the wonders of the universe. For people with normal abilities, it highlights the importance […]