Project description DEENESFRITPL Promoting research and science in Georgia Promoting research and science in Europe and increasing awareness among the general public of the societal benefits delivered by scientific work is a priority for the EU. The EU-funded CAPTAIN project aims to increase public interest in science and highlight its impacts on everyday life among the people of Georgia and reveal invisible links between science and other areas such as culture, sport and literature. The project will organise large-scale simultaneous events in six Georgian cities to explain researchers’ work, create a more favourable attitude towards research and innovation, reduce stereotypes about researchers’ work and showcase the role of research in improving daily life and boosting the economy. It will also encourage more young people to pursue careers in research. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective 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. Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.5. - Specific support and policy actions Topic(s) MSCA-NIGHT-2020 - European Researchers' Night Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2020 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF GEORGIA Net EU contribution € 136 250,00 Address DIMITRI UZNADZE N 52 0102 Tbilisi Georgia See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 136 250,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all SHOTA RUSTAVELI NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Georgia Net EU contribution € 61 250,00 Address ALEKSIDZE 1 0193 Tbilisi See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 61 250,00