As the rest of the world, MACARONIGHT 2021 saw every aspect of their plans repeatedly disrupted due to the pandemic and the evolution -and in some cases devolution- of the safety measures. Nonetheless, even having to monitor and adapt to four different situations (measures in Portugal and Spain were different per province, meaning four provinces: Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Madeira, Açores) the Consortium has shown remarkable flexibility and creativity dealing with changes and new formats.
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In 2021, it was decided to create a Portuguese language Facebook and Instagram profiles to better reach all the population in their own language.
Main tasks undertook: preparation of the project communication plan, specific communication guidelines for internal and external communication, audiovisual promotional material, posters, leaflets, agendas, animations etc;
Main results:
Creation of TikTok
Participation of new schools
500000 people aware of the European Researchers' Night;
12.614 page views at the event website;
720 followers on Facebook (SP);
1028 followers on Facebook (PT);
333 followers on Instagram (SP);
354 followers on Instagram (PT);
1629 followers on Twitter;
5.6k viewers on YouTube;
6 radio interviews conducted;
9 appearances on national/regional TV channels before the event;
2822 Pre and post-events attendants;
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The NIGHT 2021 was organised in sixteen islands using a hybrid format.
Main results
33.612 participants in almost all islands of the Macaronesian archipelago.
72 hands-on experiments, 72 live talks, 67 virtual tours, 6 TV show episodes.
40 different entities collaborated with the project, 259 researchers;
The online EU Corner was composed of 41 EU projects, 1 original online game, 14 EU games and 2 games created by EU projects and the physical EU Corner included the physical version of the online game, information on the EU and opportunities to study and work sponsored by the EU, an online quiz (with prizes), a survey "How much do you know...?" and games for kids;
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Tasks undertaken: preparation of guidelines for data collection and training of volunteers and related questionnaires/QR surveys and the evaluation of the data. Due to the online nature of the event, it was extremely difficult motivating attendants to answer questionnaires.
In total:
113 answers to the pre-event surveys for teachers
1030 answers to the pre-event questionnaires on schools (12 to 18 years old)
462 questionnaires for attending adults
116 answers to the EU Corner questionnaire
TOTAL: 1721 answers
Main results:
Macaronight reached more schools, with a big majority of students not having participated in earlier editions. Nonetheless, it seems to be an expected part of the school year for teachers, who were already asking the venue leaders about the event in the beginning of the year. The biggest lesson learnt for 2021 has been the co-creation of actions with teachers and students via the pre-event questionnaires.
