The office organized, with the Jordanian Astronomical Society (JAS), the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Science (AUASS) and some other Jordanian & Arab institutions, several public lectures, seminars, and courses via Zoom
The East Africa Astronomical Society (EAAS) workshop announcement was officially launched on 15th of Feb 2021 and will be conducted virtually from 20-22 May 2021.
On 14 Feb 2021, International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy was celebrated in Ethiopia at Menen Girls Boarding school organized by ESSTI, NOC Ethiopia, ESSS, and Society of Ethiopian Women in Science and Technology
The office participated in the 15th Annual conference of the Ethiopian Physical Society (EPS)and the African Astronomical Society Conference
The office consolidated the discussions of the spaceEU Lorentz workshop in a white paper, which was widely disseminated across astronomy and space networks, as well as EU policy-makers.
The H2020 EU SKIES project was officially launched on March 1 with an online kick-off meeting with representatives from all the consortium partners
A special session on Astronomy for Development will be organized at the online European Astronomical Society EAS2021 conference
North America
The NA-ROAD has been working on the development of a 5-year Strategic Plan. The 16-member Strategic Planning Committee is made up of individuals from the United States, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean Region, and one person from Europe. The Strategic Planning Committee is using the NA-ROAD needs Assessment results to inform the process.
The NA-ROAD is looking to organize an advisory board that will work close with the NA-ROAD Governing Council. The advisory board will include diverse representation across North American regions, keeping the NA-ROAD aware of current needs and opportunities, and assisting with implement of the strategic plan.
Webinar hosted on International Women’s Day: “The experience of being a woman and a scientist in Portuguese-speaking countries”, organized in partnership with Revista Galileu (the largest popular science magazine in Portuguese language) and with the following PLOAD network participants: Ivanilda Cabral (Cape Verde), Marta Simões (Macau), Patrícia Spinelli (Brazil), Rosa Doran (Portugal) and Yara Simango (Mozambique)
SEA-ROAD hosted the “School in Radio Astronomy and Technology with the 13th East-Asian VLBI Workshop (EAVW)” 28 Feb – 5 Mar 2021 (Onsite and Online) for 260 international participants including students, researchers, and experts in Radio Astronomy.
the office conducted online training on “Basic astronomy and how to control planetarium and telescope” on 10 -11 Mar 2021 for staff in Laos by NARIT Public Outreach staff, as the Cabinet of Lao academy of Science and Technology has been constructing an observatory and planetarium in Vientiane
SEA-ROAD provided astronomy booklets and layouts for Laos to be translated into Laos version, and will support the print out of 8,000 copies
The IDP-CAO project supported by the OAD was held on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at the IDP camp in Abuja
An E-Learning platform has been developed to help Undergraduate Students and the Secondary/High School Students using a COVID special grant from the OAD
