WP1 – Preparation and implementation of the awareness campaign:
Main target groups:
- Public at large regardless of age and scientific background will be addressed through two subgroups.
- Primary group targets: preschool children, pupils, primary and secondary school, college and university students, employees of the universities and teachers in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.
- Secondary group targets: parents and families, pensioners, employees in public institutions, aprofessional public audience, business audience, other local public and civil society, off-line and on-line media.
Communication tools: offline and online.
- Pre-events programme, incl. national online press conferences, releases.
- Various types of online and hybrid activities: workshops, open-door days, exhibitions, round table, quiz, after mailings referred to above based on their feedback; primary and secondary group (June – September 2021).
- National award competition: Researcher - by rail to a green future; 184 various competitive literary and art products were gathered, created by 176 various authors from kindergartens, secondary and primary schools, out of which best three were awarded in each of the category (kindergarten, primary schools (1-3, 4-6, 7-9 school year), secondary schools).
- Popular science communication-train the trainers and multipliers programme, incl. Tool-kit.
WP2: Preparation and implementation of the Activities during the NIGHT
Venues:
Maribor: Shopping mall Europark, Vetrinjski dvor (Vetrinjski Mansion)
Koper: UP Rectorate, UP FAMNIT, UP Faculty of Humanities, Mythic Park Rodik,
Izola: Archaeological Park Simonov zaliv (Simon’s Bay), UP Faculty of health sciences, University campus Livade,
Nova Gorica: Bevk square.
List of the types of activities: Exhibitions, Experiments, Guided tours, Hands-on activities, Informal talk to researchers, Seminars, Didactic consultations, Workshops, Film viewing, National reward competition reward ceremony, concert performance, Rock bands performances (UM researchers are members), Presentations, Quizzes, Round tables, Science shows, …
Due to pandemic restrictions, we implemented a combination of onsite, online and hybrid activities. Estimated 800.000 people were made aware of the European Researchers’ night and its objectives.
WP3-Preparation and implementation of the impact assessment
We conducted 5 inter-related studies
1. Perception of Slovenian researchers and science among scientific journalists and assessment of the impact of science on the public among scientific journalists.
2. Perception of science and researchers among residents of Slovenia.
3. Visitors' satisfaction with the ERN main event survey.
4. Perception of 'researchers' impact on everyday life in Slovenia and their position in working and living environment among researchers employed with the consortium universities.
5. Perception of the importance of popular science communication and importance of the researchers' participation in events such as the ERN among researchers involved in ERN project at the consortium universities.
WP4: management
Management of financial, administrative and legal aspects was assured throughout the project implementation. The Consortium Agreement was signed. The financial/administrative coordinator (a representative of UM’s Project Office) has been continuously interfacing with EU services (negotiation, reporting), providing support to partners in all financial, administrative, and legal matters and have prepared guidelines for reporting costs and monitored spending. Ongoing support was offered by other UM’s administrative departments, especially PR, financial, legal&HR.
