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News 3 July 2012
If you are member of Ecsite, we want your Listings for the Summer 2012 issue of the Ecsite Quarterly Newsletter on Encouraging youth to choose science careers.
News 15 June 2012
“Science – like music – is a global language. It´s a language that is spoken in 3,000 science centres and museums, actively engaging over 300 million people per year in over 90 countries.” These are the opening words of Science centres and museums: Public partners in Rio+20, a short film depicting the diverse ways science centres and museums guide the public to protect planet Earth.
The seven-minute film showcases scenes of environmental engagement in science centres and museums in eleven countries and spanning six continents.
News 15 June 2012
The members were elected during the REV pre-conference workshop on Innovation and Collaboration in Research & Evaluation, at the Ecsite Conference 2012 in Toulouse.
News 12 June 2012
What follows is a summary of a presentation delivered by Robert Firmhofer, President of Ecsite, at the Ecsite Annual General Meeting, 1 June 2012, Toulouse, France. Here, he gives a progress report of the main objectives outlined in Ecsite’s four-year Strategic Plan 2011-2015.
Read the Strategic Plan here: www.ecsite.eu/about/governance/strategic-plan
News 11 June 2012
In the interest of giving science centres and museums an adequate voice in Europe’s innovation and research plans, Ecsite has submitted amendments to the European Parliament in the establishment of Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Members of Ecsite are encouraged to raise the profile of these amendments among their national Members of European Parliament (MEPs).
News 7 June 2012
“This Ecsite Quarterly theme shows how far Europe’s museums and science centres have come in finding ways to ignite the passion and interest of adult audiences.
News 27 May 2012
Approved by the Ecsite board in March 2012, this statement highlights our network’s concern for protecting biodiversity and maps out a proactive response. Read it here: www.ecsite.eu/activities_and_resources/resources/ecsite-position-biodiversity
News 22 May 2012
“Biodiversity is not only an environmental issue. Biodiversity is a security issue, a foreign policy issue, an economic issue…” says Johan Rockström, Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
News 15 May 2012
KiiCS is a three-year European Commission-funded project (2012-2014) coordinated by Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums. It aims build bridges between arts, science and technology by giving evidence of the positive impacts of their interaction for creativity as well as for triggering interest in science.
News 11 May 2012
Here on the second day of the PLACES Training Workshop on social media for science communication, we’re playing a social media game. Podnosh (www.podnosh.com) created this fantastic conversation game to get us thinking about what our social media priorities are.
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