Regional Offices Activities: JAN-MAR 2024

Andean

  • Andean Region welcomes new 2024/25 Coordinator, Dr. Faiber Rosas-Portilla from Observatorio Astronómico y Cultural Silatupue, Colombia
  • First general meeting and update of the directory of Andean ROAD
  • TECNOCAMP 4.0-2024: Science, Technology and Innovation Camp.

Arab

East Africa

 

East Asia

  • EAsia-ROAD actively engaged in the OAD Steering Committee meeting, which was conducted virtually on January 29, 2024.
  • From December 2023 to April 2024, EAsia-ROAD participated in a significant temporary exhibition at the Shanghai Astronomy Museum titled “The Beauty of Technology: A 90-Year Astronomical Theme Exhibition Illustrated by ‘Popular Science’.”
  • Members of the EAsia-ROAD committee engaged in productive discussions with peers from the Shanghai Planetarium, focusing on strategies for science teacher training in rural areas.
  • EAsia-ROAD is in the process of organizing the “Astro Ecology Activity” slated for 2024.

Europe

  • The office hosted the first “try-out” of the C-Link Programme, a 1-hour virtual link-up based on astronomy that took place between primary schools in Armenia, Ethiopia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Nigeria.

North America

Portuguese Language

South East Asia

South West And Central Asia

  • Areg Mickaelian Public interviews and TV programs on various problems of astronomy
  • Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory (AbAO), Georgia: Reconstruction works, installation of new telescopes, etc.
  • Interdisciplinary studies: collaboration on Astroinformatics between BAO and Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems (IIAP); mutual visits on 23.01.2024 and 28.03.2024
  • Scientific (Astro) Tourism activities at BAO; visits of thousands of pupils, students and other visitors to BAO 2.6m and 1m telescopes, Planetarium and Viktor Ambartsumian house-museum, night observations with small telescopes

Southern Africa

West Africa