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International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development

IAU Strategic Plan and the Office of Astronomy for Development. Leiden, 10 th June 2013. International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development. OAD. Kevin Govender and Jean-Chistophe Mauduit kg@astro4dev.org; jcm@astro4dev.org www.astro4dev.org. “ Exploring the

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International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development

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  1. IAU Strategic Plan and the Office of Astronomy for Development Leiden, 10th June 2013 International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development OAD Kevin Govender and Jean-Chistophe Mauduit kg@astro4dev.org; jcm@astro4dev.org www.astro4dev.org

  2. World Space Week 2012, Addis Ababa

  3. “Exploring the Universe for the benefit of humankind”

  4. Elements of Astronomy for Development…

  5. The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development IAU President, Gen Sec, Div C EDOC OAD OAD Steering Committee Regional Coordinators Astronomy for Universities and Research Astronomy for Children and Schools Astronomy for the Public “Astronomy for a better world!”

  6. The Roles of the OAD • Implementation of the Strategic Plan • Strategic advice • Coordination and Facilitation • Funding and Infrastructure • Implementation of special projects

  7. The OAD team • Director • Kevin Govender • Project Officer • J-C Mauduit • Administration • Nuhaah Solomon

  8. OAD Task Forces Jean-Pierre de Grève (Belgium) Richard de Grijs (China) Michèle Gerbaldi (France) Edward Guinan (USA – Chair) Roger Hajjar (Lebanon) Edward Jurua (Uganda) Katrien Kolenberg (USA - VC) Hakim Malasan (Indonesia) Shengbang Qian (China) Nicole van der Bliek (Chile) Rosa Doran (Portugal) Edward Gomez (LCOGT,Cardiff - VC) Mary Kay Hemmenway (USA) Robert Hollow (Australia) Ofodum Chukwujekwu Nworah (Nigeria) Rosa Maria Ros (Spain) Pedro Russo (Leiden/UNAWE, Chair) Cecilia Scorza (Venezuela/Germany) Linda Strubbe (Canada) Akihiko Tomita (Japan) Thilina Heenatigala (Sri Lanka) Sarah Kendrew (EU - New Media) Lars Lindberg Christensen (Germany, IAU C55) Carolina Ödman (South Africa – VC) German Puerta (Colombia) Sarah Reed (Japan/UK) Ian Robson (UK - Chair) Komiko Usida (Japan)

  9. Current interns & their projects Rajin Ramphul • Eli Kasai Laure is currently leading two projects at the OAD, the first one evaluating the impact of different outreach and education programs in collaboration with social scientists and education researchers and the second one aimed at developing an undergraduate astronomy course for historically black universities. Eli has a strong passion helping develop the study of Astronomy in places that lack knowledge in this field. He is currently working on developing resources based on the Khan Academy project. He is also helping TF2 with the AstroPack, a set of astronomical resources that can be distributed globally Rajin loves teaching science as well as topics related to computing. He has just started working on a project which aims at using the skills of astronomical programming to solve problems in other scientific fields Laure Catala

  10. Volunteers (~450) worldwide...

  11. The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development IAU President, Gen Sec, Div C OAD OAD Steering Committee Regional Coordinators Astronomy for Universities and Research Astronomy for Children and Schools Astronomy for the Public “Astronomy for a better world!”

  12. OAD Regional Nodes • Announcement of Opportunity (January 2012) • Language Expertise Centres included • 31 Expressions of Interest • 15 Full proposals • 2 Selected • Iterations on proposals • Revised proposals Feb 2013

  13. OAD Regional Nodes • South East Asia, Thailand Armenia, BAO Colombia, Andean Partners Nigeria, CBSS • East Asia, • China Ethiopia, ESSS OAD • Global Office, • South Africa

  14. The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development IAU President & Gen Sec OAD OAD Steering Committee Regional Coordinators Astronomy for Universities and Research Astronomy for Children and Schools Astronomy for the public “Astronomy for a better world!”

  15. Task Force Calls for Proposals • Call went live on 10th August 2012 • Translation support offered • €80000 available for Task Force recommendations • Projects recommended but not funded go onto “wish list” • EDOC allocates IAU funds by December 2012 • Projects implemented in 2013 • Each Task Force has similar (but separate) call...

  16. OAD Annual Call for Proposals Response: Astronomy for Universities and Research e.g. University twinning, summer schools, equipment grants, etc 42 applications € 752 959 requested Astronomy for Children and Schools e.g. Teacher training, resource development, curriculum research 94 applications € 772 079 requested e.g. Journalist training, citizen science, astro-tourism Astronomy for the public 53 applications € 310 782 requested Total Requested: €1 835 820 After evaluations: € 968 940 on wish list

  17. Task Force 1: Universities and Research

  18. Task Force 2: Children and Schools

  19. Task Force 3: Public

  20. OAD-funded projects: overview www.astro4dev.org/funded-projects/

  21. Collaborations • Royal Astronomical Society • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research • International Science Programme (Uppsala) • International Centre for Theoretical Physics • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics • University of Central Lancashire • Microsoft Research • United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

  22. Current interns & their projects Rajin Ramphul • Eli Kasai Laure is currently leading two projects at the OAD, the first one evaluating the impact of different outreach and education programs in collaboration with social scientists and education researchers and the second one aimed at developing an undergraduate astronomy course for historically black universities. Eli has a strong passion helping develop the study of Astronomy in places that lack knowledge in this field. He is currently working on developing resources based on the Khan Academy project. He is also helping TF2 with the AstroPack, a set of astronomical resources that can be distributed globally Rajin loves teaching science as well as topics related to computing. He has just started working on a project which aims at using the skills of astronomical programming to solve problems in other scientific fields Laure Catala

  23. Other Projects • Astronomy Teaching and Research Orientation Workshop (instrumentation and data - HBUs) • Undergraduate astronomy courseware • East African Astronomy Workshop – Kampala • World Space Week (Ethiopia) • Science Hack Day (“Hacking for Development”) • Microsoft Worldwide Telescope Workshop • Virtual Observatory to enhance Physics teaching • Francophone Africa – Eclipse meeting 2013

  24. Moving forward…

  25. Moving forward… Big Picture

  26. Astronomy for a better world! www.astro4dev.org Kevin Govender kg@astro4dev.org

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