International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org For more information, please contact: Kevin Govender – kg@astro4dev.org J.-C. Mauduit – jcm@astro4dev.org @astro4dev @govender fb.com/astro4dev @jcmauduit OAD 1/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
IAU-OAD Strategic Plan 2010-2020 OPTICS TECHNOLOGY High- PERSPECTIVE precision COMPUTERS AND SKILLS IMMENSITY OF adaptive Fastest UNIVERSE optics hardware Tolerance Complex and global software citizenship ELECTRONICS HISTORY Most sensitive Evolution of CULTURE detectors Universe Fastest Our roots AND SOCIETY clocks ANTHRO- SPACE POLOGY ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY Satellite Ancient Miniaturization civilizations Precision Our roots PHYSICS INSPIRATION Laborato ry of Career in extremes science and Making heavy technology elements MATHEM- CHEMISTRY ATICS Producing Abstract organic BIOLOGY thought molecules Building SCIENCE AND blocks of life RESEARCH 2/16 / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
iau.org/static/education/strategicplan_2010-2020.pdf Mission of the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development To help further the use of astronomy as a tool for development by mobilizing the human and financial resources necessary in order to realize its scientific, technological and cultural benefits to society. 3/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Structural overview of the OAD OAD IAU President, Kevin Govender (Director) OAD Steering Gen Sec, JC Mauduit (Project Officer) Committee Div C President Nuhaah Solomon (Admin Officer) Regional Coordinators Astronomy for Astronomy for Astronomy for Universities and Children and the public Research Schools 4/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
OAD Regional Nodes Poland Eastern Europe East Asia, Armenia China BAO Burkina, Gabon South East Asia Francophone Colombia Thailand East-Africa Nigeria, Andean Partners Ethiopia CBSS Zambia CBU Brazil Portuguese OAD Operational To be signed Global Office, Proposal submitted South Africa In discussions 5/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
OAD Task Forces Sze-leung Cheung (OAO) Rosa Doran (Portugal) Jean-Pierre de Grève (Belgium) Thilina Heenatigala (Sri Lanka) Edward Gomez (UK, Co-chair) Richard de Grijs (China) Sarah Kendrew (EU - New Media) Robert Hollow (Australia) Michèle Gerbaldi (France) Lars L. Christensen (Germany, IAU C55) Ofodum Chukwujekwu Nworah Edward Guinan (USA, Chair) (Nigeria) Carolina Ödman (South Africa, VC) Roger Hajjar (Lebanon) Rosa Maria Ros (Spain) German Puerta (Colombia) Edward Jurua (Uganda) Pedro Russo (UNAWE, Co-Chair) Sarah Reed (UK) Katrien Kolenberg (USA, VC) Cecilia Scorza (Venezuela/Germany) Ian Robson (UK, Chair) Hakim Malasan (Indonesia) Linda Strubbe (Canada) Kumiko Usida (Japan) Shengbang Qian (China) Akihiko Tomita (Japan) Nelson Ziping Zhang (China) Nicole van der Bliek (Chile) 6/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Overview of funded projects in 2013 Annual Call for Proposals www.astro4dev.org/cfp/ Astronomy for TF1 Universities and TF2 TF1 TF1 TF1 Research TF3 TF2 TF3 TF2 TF3 TF1 TF1 Astronomy for TF1 TF3 TF2 Children and TF2 TF3 Schools TF3 Astronomy for the public Online interactive overview of projects: www.astro4dev.org/funded-projects/ 7/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for Example of TF1-funded projects Universities and Research National Workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics in Kathmandu, Nepal Project leader: Prof. Binil Aryal 8/16 / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
Astronomy for Example of TF2-funded projects Children and Schools Astronomical kit for the visually impaired (kits to Asia, Africa, South America & Galileo Mobile project) Project leader: Dr. Amelia Ortiz-Gil Kits consist of: • A planetarium show with original soundtrack in various languages and a half- sphere with constellations engraved • Booklet of activities • Tactile 3D Moon with a booklet of Moon activities • Set of the FETTU braille sheets with an activity guide, and (e) a book on tactile astronomy. http://astrokit.uv.es/donate.html 9/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for Example of TF3-funded projects the public Astronomy for the extremely ill/traumatically injured children & their families, USA Project leader: Dr. Donald Lubowich 10/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for Example of TF3-funded projects the public Dark Skies Outreach to Sub- Saharan Africa Project leader: Dr. Connie Walker 11/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Evaluating projects & measuring Impact Framework developed in partnership with the Institute for Monitoring and Evaluation at the University of Cape Town: • A programme Theory (Theory of Change) • Identification of appropriate outcomes • Generation of suitable indicators and measures • Database and data collection templates • Documented procedures for data collection and management 12/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
OAD Annual Call for Proposals (2013) 2013 Call (230) Task Forces: 2012 Call (191) Astronomy for 42 applications 54 applications Universities and € 752,959 requested € 919,308 requested Research Astronomy for 96 applications 113 applications Children and € 772,079 requested € 864,731 requested Schools 53 applications 63 applications Astronomy for € 310,782 requested € 453,805 requested the public € 1,835,820 before eval € 2,237,844 before eval € 968,940 on wish list ≈20% increase from 2012 13/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
OAD wish list projects for 2014 Wish list projects currently looking for funding: www.astro4dev.org/2014-wish-list-projects/ 14/16
OAD wish list projects for 2014 Wish list projects currently looking for funding: www.astro4dev.org/2014-wish-list-projects/ 14/16
OAD wish list projects for 2014 Wish list projects currently looking for funding: www.astro4dev.org/2014-wish-list-projects/ 14/16
Ongoing 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 • Haus der Astronomie The OAD is looking for partnerships http://www.astro4dev.org/partners/ 15/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for a better world: Get involved! ≈ 520 volunteers across the world Become a volunteer or intern: Innovative ideas or projects: Visit www.astro4dev.org contact us or apply for funding - Register as a volunteer online through the annual call: - Browse our internships www.astro4dev.org/cfp Spread the word: follow us on - Facebook fb.com/astro4dev - Twitter @astro4dev - Mailing list: http://www.astro4dev.org/contactus/emaillists/ - Contact us at info@astro4dev.org 16/16 IAU Office of Astronomy for Development / January 2014 www.astro4dev.org
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