FP7Science and society2009

BRASIL · Belgian Researchers Animating Sport and Innovation Links

FP7 — People (Marie Curie Actions)

Duration: 2009-06-01 → 2009-12-31
EU contribution: €100,000
Participants: 10
Scheme: CSA-SA

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Results in brief

Belgian researchers animating sport and innovation links

The project involving several Belgian institutes (universities, high schools and 'scientific institutes') intended to enhance public recognition of the researchers and their role in society in order to communicate the importance of scientific research to the public at large. It particular aimed at offering the large audience the opportunity to discover the researchers not only in their professional environment but also in 'ordinary' situations where they can show their 'human face' and thus be perceived as 'ordinary people' by the participants.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

During the night of September 25th, several events will be organized in eight Belgian cities (Brussels (3), Gent, Kortrijk, Liège, Louvain-la-Neuve, Mechelen, Namur and Redu-Transinne) in the frame of the European Researchers’ Night. So, nine partners are cooperating under the coordination of the Belgian Science Policy Office: six universities (Brussels (French- and Flemish speaking), Liège, Louvain-la-Neuve, Gent, Namur), one high school (Kortrijk), a non-profit body (Flanders Technology International vzw) which will hold its activities in Mechelen (Technopolis) and a private body, Créaction (the activities will be held at the EuroSpaceCenter in Redu-Transinne). The ‘Vrije Universiteit Brussel’ will cooperate with the ‘Erasmushogeschool’. Ghent University and ‘Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen’ will cooperate with their association partners ‘Hogeschool Gent’ and ‘Arteveldehogeschool’. The definition of the programme of activities has been developed by each partner. Each partner is also responsible for his own publicity campaign (local newspapers and / or radios ...) but the template will be common. The overall programme of activities appears thus quite varied, composed of games, quizzes, interactive experiments, demonstrations, on site discoveries, guided tours ... All activities offer the audience an opportunity to directly meet researchers and exchange with them on any topic, whether science-linked or not. Beside all these activities a poster contest will be organised, the launching being planned during this summer. So the “artistes en herbe” will get enough time to create the poster of the Researchers’ Night 2010, as asked by the Commission. Projects will be collected and displayed in all the venues and the winners of the competition will be announced just after the Night.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

DIENST VOOR WETENSCHAPPELIJKE EN TECHNISCHE INFORMATIE- SERVICE D'INFORMATION SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE · Bruxelles / BrusselCoordinatorBelgium
CREACTION INTERNATIONAL BELGIUM SPRL · SAINT LEGERCity levelBelgium
FLANDERS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL · MECHELENBelgium
HOGESCHOOL WEST-VLAANDEREN HOWEST · KORTRIJKCity levelBelgium
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · LOUVAIN LA NEUVEBelgium
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE · LIEGEBelgium
UNIVERSITE DE NAMUR · NamurBelgium
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium
UNIVERSITEIT GENT · GentBelgium
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium