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The Greek regional section of Euroscience is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, which aims at promoting science & technology, as well as policy-making in the field of research and development at national level.
Euroscience is the National Contact Point (NCP) for the Action "Science in Society "of the EU's FP7, and we have signed the European Commission Chart on Research and Technology. The branch assembles a multidisciplinary pool of experts and has supporters, friends and volunteers all over the country. Euroscience-Greece is running a series of activities in the field of science & technology communication to the wider public and unprivileged social groups. Euroscience is a founding member of ΝΥΕΧ (Network of Youth Excellence), an international network of NGOs and Organizations under the auspices of NATO and UNESCO, which aims at promoting gifted students to the world's best research laboratories. Under this programme, Greek students visited the X-lab of Gottingen University in the summer of 2005. Euroscience has established the Scientific Awards event -organized in Greece for the first time. The Awards are given to book publishers on the merit of their work in the field. In the days following and preceding the Awards, a series of events -which make up the Science Book Week- take place, and aim at bringing science and scientific readings closer to the wider public. One of our major concerns is children and their relation with innovation and research. In this respect, we organize a science photo contest for children on an annual basis. In addition, we are developing educational programmes inside and outside schools, in cooperation with European Institutions. The photo contest, as well other educational programmes we have developed, have been awarded a Netdays distinction. Euroscience-Greece is also putting an emphasis on deprived social groups (i.e. people with disabilities, migrants etc) and their relation with science. The project "Accessibility to Knowledge" is quite illustrative of our goals, since it aimed at investigating the extent to which Greek Universities and public libraries are accessible to people with mobility problems and visual, or hearing impairments. Meanwhile, we are also running the programme "Knowledge outside the city", aiming at giving children who come from geographically secluded areas access to research and innovation. FARE week, usually organized in mid-October, is one more of our activities. Among others, activities include programmes that bring together science and the arts, like hologram exhibitions and visual art performances inspired by scientific disciplines - organized in cooperation with art exhibition venues- as well as the organization of conferences and seminars. Euroscience-Greece has categorized its activities under the following working groups: "Gender and Science", "Technology & Innovation Dissemination", "Society and Science", "Scientific Book Policy" and "Mobility For Disability". Our section is open to the public, companies and organizations in order to provide information on issues relative to the Action "Science in Society", as well as on other EU projects and activites. Membership for individuals is free of charge.         |
