The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) will support 12 projects around the world in 2024. In addition, two ongoing multi-year projects, selected in previous years, will receive their second and third years of funding. These projects will address various socio-economic and sustainable-development challenges using astronomy-related interventions. The OAD is organizing an onboarding sessions for the project teams to meet the OAD, Regional Offices and the various networks.
2024 Projects: https://astro4dev.org/iau-funds-new-astronomy-for-development-projects/
PROGRAM
19- 21 Feb 2024
same link for all sessions https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85226744654?pwd=c0QvTllsWUtpRkhNNnZRWWFhNmJtQT09
All times are in UTC
| Date | Time UTC | Session | Speakers |
| 19 Feb 2024 | 13:00 – 15:00 | Introductions | |
| Welcome & Intro to OAD, IAU | Kevin Govender, OAD | ||
| Introductions by OAD team & Regions, reviewers | OAD team and Regions, reviewers | ||
| Introductions by project teams | Projects | ||
| IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach OAO (10 min) Slides | OAO | ||
| IAU Office of Astronomy for Education OAE (10 min) Slides | OAE | ||
| IAU Office for Young Astronomers OYA (10 min) Slides | OYA | ||
| IAU Centre for Protection of Dark and Quiet Skies from Satellite Constellation Interference CPS (10 min) Slides | Connie Walker, CPS | ||
| African Astronomical Society (5min) | Nombali Qodi, AfAS | ||
| 20 Feb 2024 | 13:00 – 15:00 | (Flagship) Programs & Evaluation | |
| Astronomy for socio economic development (15 min) Slides | Samyukta Manikumar, Joyful Mdhluli, OAD | ||
| Astronomy and Mental health (15 min) Slides | Dominic Vertue, OAD | ||
| Astronomy skills for development (15 min) Slides | Duduzile Kubheka, BRICS astronomy coordinator | ||
| Communications & Reporting (15 min) | Ramasamy Venugopal, OAD | ||
| Intro to Evaluations (1 hour) Slides | Sophie Bartlett, IAU OAE | ||
| 21 Feb 2024 | 13:00 – 15:00 | Fundraising for projects (1 hour) Slides | Genevieve Marshall, OAD |
| Experience sharing by past projects | |||
| 23 Feb 2023 | 13:00 – 15:00 | Final presentations by 2023 OAD projects | |
| https://astro4dev.org/projects-presentation-day-stories-of-impact-2023-projects/ |