About Us

The Greek Regional Section of Euroscience is a non-governmental, non-profit organization which promotes science & technology, as well as policy-making in the field of research and development.

In Greece, the Regional Section of Euroscience is the National Contact Point (NCP) for the Action "Science in Society "of the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme and has 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.

What we do

Euroscience-Greece is running a series of activities in the field of science & technology communication to the wider public and unprivileged social groups.

Among others, our activities include:

- The Euroscience Mediterranean Event 2009 (ESME 2009), organized in Athens from 15 to 19 October 2009. ESME was the first event to take place in Greece with a focus on the greater Mediterranean Region dedicated to scientific research and innovation.For more information visit: www.esme2009.org

- The Science Cafes, bringing together high-profile speakers, young people and students to discuss about the latest scientific issues in a laid-back 'cafe' atmosphere.

- The Scientific Awards Event. The award is given to publishers on the merit of their work in the field. In the days following and preceding the Awards, a series of events take place making up the Science Book Week and aim at bringing science and scientific readings closer to the public.

- Science Photo Contest for Children. Our photo contest, as well other educational programmes we have developed, have been awarded a Netdays distinction.

- 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.

For whom

Euroscience is putting an emhasis on youth and their relation with innovation and research. Our organization is a founding member of the Network of Youth Excellence (ΝΥΕΧ), 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-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" 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 have also run the programme "Knowledge outside the city", aiming at giving children who come from geographically secluded areas access to research and innovation.

We have categorized our 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.