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Science is the Captain

Descripción del proyecto

Promoción de la investigación y la ciencia en Georgia

Una de las prioridades de la Unión Europea es promover la investigación y la ciencia en Europa, así como aumentar la concienciación entre el público en general sobre los beneficios sociales que ofrece la investigación científica. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos CAPTAIN tiene por objeto aumentar el interés público en la ciencia y resaltar su impacto en la vida cotidiana de los habitantes de Georgia, además de poner de manifiesto los vínculos invisibles entre la ciencia y otros campos como la cultura, el deporte y la literatura. En el proyecto se organizarán acontecimientos simultáneos a gran escala en seis ciudades de Georgia para explicar el trabajo de los investigadores, crear una actitud más favorable hacia la investigación e innovación, reducir los estereotipos sobre el trabajo de los investigadores y presentar el papel de los investigadores en la mejora de la vida cotidiana y el impulso de la economía. Asimismo, alentará a los jóvenes a iniciar una carrera profesional en el campo de la investigación.

Objetivo

SCIENCE IS THE CAPTAIN project has the ambition to bring truly European style of celebrating science in the Eastern frontier of the European continent, by holding large-scale simultaneous events in 6 cities of Georgia, designed to
- increase awareness among the general public of the importance of research by attracting people from different regions of Georgia, regardless of the level of their scientific background, as to contributing to creation of more favourable attitude towards Research and Innovation public funding and improve their understanding about the invisible role of research in bettering their daily lives and economic development of the country at individual, family and society level.
- reduce the stereotypes about researchers and their profession by creating the open free platform for face-to-face interaction with researchers and engaging with pupils and students across the country in different entertaining and cognitive activities, fostering to bust the deeply held unfavourable perceptions about science career;
- encourage young people taking up research careers by illustrating them the potential of science to accomplish a positive and sustainable change to the benefits of the country and the world;
- Raise awareness and visibility of the work done by the European Union among the general public by disseminating the information and delivering key massages about EU policies, MSCA, Horizon 2020 and highlighting the EU’s role in education, culture and research within Europe and beyond.
This will be achieved by carrying out a panoply of science communication and engagement pre-event and European Researchers’ NIGHT activities, spanning from classrooms to Open Labs and Museums, from Wine to Science, from Football Stadium to Shopping mall, from meeting with real Scientists to copycatting the image of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, from Medieval Castle to Astrophysical Observatory in order to show the unlimited potential and omnipresence of science.

Régimen de financiación

CSA - Coordination and support action

Coordinador

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF GEORGIA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 136 250,00
Dirección
DIMITRI UZNADZE N 52
0102 Tbilisi
Georgia

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Tipo de actividad
Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 136 250,00

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