Objective The main goals and objectives of Researchers’ Night in Estonia are to enhance public recognition of researchers and their role in local Estonian society and in Europe, to establish a social bond between researchers and citizens and to introduce Estonian research areas to a wider audience. This will be achieved by the means of active communication between researchers and the public. Estonia is a small country (about 1.3 M inhabitants), but there are 67.000 students studying at 47 universities in Estonia (the highest percentage in Europe). Yet -connected with the lack of information and the direct connections to or role models from the community of researchers, the interest of students for the careers in science or engineering falls more and more. Activities of the proposed project are planned taking into account different problems raised by documents of the European Commission and the trends described in Eurobarometer Surveys. The Researchers’ Night message will be delivered to various social groups (children, students, adults, seniors, decision makers, politicians etc.), but the youngsters are the main target group. The mass media, including Estonian National Television will be involved before, during and after the Researchers’ Night, amplifying the ideas of the project. Researchers’ Night is planned as a series of the attractive open public events, social and cultural activities in different cities of Estonia on September 28, 2007. Keywords science communication Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) PEOPLE-2007-5-1.NIGHT - Marie Curie Action: "Researchers' Night 2007" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2007-5-1-1-NIGHT See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator SIHTASUTUS TEADUSKESKUS AHHAA EU contribution € 25 458,00 Address SADAMA 1 51004 Tartu Estonia See on map Region Eesti Eesti Lõuna-Eesti Activity type Other Administrative Contact Tiiu Sild (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EESTI TEADUSTE AKADEEMIA Estonia EU contribution € 22 778,00 Address Kohtu 6 10130 Tallinn See on map Region Eesti Eesti Põhja-Eesti Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Lehti Veeväli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EESTI RAHVUSRINGHAALING Estonia EU contribution € 23 125,00 Address F.R.KREUTZWALDI TN 14 10147 TALLIN See on map Region Eesti Eesti Lõuna-Eesti Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gerda Kulli-Kordemets (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
