Project's progress beyond state of the art reflects in the continuous growth of:
• interest for citizens' research by various groups
• interest for NOCMOC activities by various groups
• interest for participation bay third partners and supporting partners and media
• the number of informed citizens
• the number of interested citizens
• the number of participating organizations, institutions, municipalities, cities, media
• the number of citizens who choose the participation in the NOCMOC activities by deliberate choice
Expected results until the end of the project were achieved according to the plan, apart from circumstances beyond our control, which allowed us to develop an agile and upgraded plan for future projects.
The potential project's impacts on the socio-economic implications show that the project's actions influence the choice of profession among the young the most. This fact supports the analysis of visitors intention; fewer visitors (22 %) in the year 2020 visited the event coincidentally than in the year 2019 (40 %). The ratios could be ascribed to better effectiveness and reach of the project's promotion in the year 2020 and better recognizability of the project in 2020.
Broader societal implications of the project so far further show that our activities are less and less coincidental, so we can say that the general public got aware of the continuity of our project for the last three years. The questionnaires show that:
Less than a quarter (22 %) of the visitors answered that they visited coincidentally (by chance) without specific pre-existing knowledge of the event. A small fraction (5 %) of the visitors did not provide an answer to the question. In the year 2020, more visitors (73 %) visited the event intentionally than in the year 2019 (49 %). In addition, there were fewer visitors (22 %) in the year 2020 who visited the event coincidentally than in the year 2019 (40 %). The ratios could be ascribed to better effectiveness and reach of the project's promotion in the year 2020 and better recognizability of the project in the year 2020.
Also, fewer visitors (22 %) in the year 2020 visited the event coincidentally than in the year 2019 (40 %). The ratios could be ascribed to better effectiveness and reach of the project's promotion in the year 2020 and better recognizability of the project in 2020.
Numerous visitors believed that the online event and its diverse program of contents and activities were more easily accessible from remote areas than in previous years.
In the year 2020, however, a growing number of adults were detected who visited the event to gain additional informal education, improve knowledge in a particular professional field, and acquire new ideas for work. This number could show the systematic and effective promotion of the project, project information distribution, and quality of the content.
Through researchers' training and showcasing the research and innovation results that translate directly to the public, we effectively presented how vital research and innovation in Slovenia is.
The science and its economic and societal impact on society as the core of our endeavors is not just fun; it also endures will, enhances critical thinking, and demands research activities.
