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Science centres and museums have been part of numerous European projects. The consortia invest a lot of time and energy into developing and testing elaborate deliverables and trying to disseminate them. However, a lot of the good stuff created in these projects seems to have a very short half-life.

Which materials and practices from (finished) European projects have survived in our community. Why? How can we manage true dissemination into organisations that were not involved, thus enriching the practices of our field? Are we acknowledging if our ideas were inspired by a European project?

Experienced EU project managers will spark the discussion by sharing surviving practices and products from various projects. Participants will identify those that have indeed inspired them.

In small-group discussions we will discuss how we as a field can make better use of the wealth of materials, tools and insights from European projects. How can we learn about them – are there effective channels besides the Ecsite conference, website and Spokes magazine? What would we need to gladly adopt them into our own practices? How can we give due credit and feedback if we evolve something further?