Objective To face the issue of the declining interest of young people for studying and working in science and more generally to reduce the doubt in the population regarding the link progress/science, the public authorities as well as large companies and professional associations have developed initiatives and tools. Scientific websites play an important role as it is a new media, well adopted by the young people, easy to use and environmentally friendly. Nevertheless there is a lack of tools and methodology to analyse the quality and the orientation of the websites and to adapt them to the different publics (students, pupils, disabled, others) and to the different images of science. Seven organisations of national reputation from France, Spain, United Kingdom, Estonia, Iceland, Netherlands and Bulgaria have decided to combine their efforts in solving the above two issues. As the consortium consists in a mix of operators of scientific websites and/or researchers analysing websites, it will provide larger geographical coverage and set of competences. Yosciweb will be divided in 3 work packages in addition to those of management (WP1) and dissemination (WP5). WP2 will focus on assessing the current situation in terms of: • What are the different approaches already used in those matters? • What kind of public is addressed by the existing websites and on what images of sciences are they built? • How to classify the different scientific websites? WP3 will consist in a deeper analysis of a selected sample of websites, taking into account common parameters. WP4 will consist in defining best practices, in making recommendations for developers and managers of scientific websites and in preparing future actions to render the network sustainable and to increase the impact of the project. Yosciweb will provide the European population with tools and methods able to increase the impact and the efficiency of the scientific communication towards the youth. Keywords education popularization informal education of popularization of science science scientific scientific websites websites youth informal youth Programme(s) FP7-SIS - Specific Programme "Capacities": Science in society Topic(s) SiS-2007-2.2.2.1 - Images of science Call for proposal FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator CONSEIL GENERAL DE L'ESSONNE EU contribution € 110 011,00 Address Boulevard de France 91012 Evry France See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carole Meynadier (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUNDACIO CENTRE D'INICIATIVES I RECERQUES EUROPEES A LA MEDITERRANIA - CIREM Spain EU contribution € 58 372,00 Address Travessera de les Corts 39-43 08028 BARCELONA See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jordi Garcia (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 74 579,00 Address Cowcaddens Road, City Campus 70 G4 0BA Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jean Doganay (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SIHTASUTUS NOORED TEADUSES JA ETTEVOTLUSES Estonia EU contribution € 57 664,00 Address PIKK 67 2 10133 Tallinn See on map Region Eesti Eesti Põhja-Eesti Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Eero Elenurm (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HASKOLI ISLANDS Iceland EU contribution € 61 641,00 Address SAEMUNDARGOTU 2 101 Reykjavik See on map Region Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Margret Bjork Sigurdardottir (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG Netherlands EU contribution € 83 517,00 Address De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Robertus Vermist (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FORUM DEMOCRIT Bulgaria EU contribution € 43 338,00 Address Ivan Vazov 12 1000 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ivaylo Dimitrov (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data