Scientific lecture of the first Romanian astronaut Dumitru Prunariu at the Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education for Western Asia on “A vision to the human space exploration”; lecture by Dr. Abdel-Salam on the physics of planets and stars; numerous other lectures delivered online
Online Workshop titled: GNSS Principles and Applications, held from May 12-21
Preparations ongoing for the Fifth Middle-East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting (MEARIM V 2020) “Astronomy education and research for the future generations”, that will be held at the RCSSTE-WA Amman, Jordan, 15-17 September, 2020.
3 sessions organized at the EAS2020 Annual Conference – “Astronomy for Future: Development, global citizenship & climate action”, “Astronomy for Development”, “Astronomy for Future: Maintaining world-class research and collaboration in the climate crisis”
Twinning programme: Erasmus+ proposal together with the Andean, West African, East African, and South West & Central Asian Regional Offices was successful
Funding received from the NWO for an event at the UN 75th General Assembly (online event in September)
The NA-ROAD is conducting an OAD Needs Assessment of North America to help identify future partners and collaborators, and provide critical information for use in its upcoming strategic planning efforts
The office is collaborating with the North American ROAD on an online student assistantship program. The program will provide access to online resources and learning opportunities that have been developed by NA ROAD partners in the United States. (projects related to observational astronomy, astronomy research, dark skies (light pollution), and coding)
WA ROAD made 2 presentations at the European Astronomy Society meeting from 29th June -3rd July, 2020
WA-ROAD in collaboration with the European ROAD has secured an Erasmus funding for staff and student exchange in Astronomy
Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso have secured grants under the special OAD COVID-19 call